I suppose there was a remote chance that Vancouver could have had North America’s first Paris-style bike sharing program (see Price Tags 101 for details). But now it looks like Washington, D.C. will be the pace-setter.
The New York Times has an article here.
Starting next month, people here will be able to rent a bicycle day [...]
Here’s the unedited text of my most recent column in Business in Vancouver:
News item: Metro Vancouver’s transportation authority is launching a real estate division that could produce up to $1.5 billion in revenue over the next 10 years, modelled on an agency that has reshaped Hong Kong. …TransLink will purchase land along new rapid transit [...]
Given the messy state of municipal politics, wouldn’t it be better to replace councils with appointed boards of business people who know how to run things efficiently and effectively?
Oh, wait a minute ….
So:
The new chair of the Translink board of directors says media will not be allowed into regular board meetings. Dale Parker says the most effective process for developing strategic plans is without the public or media present.
The arrogance is breath-taking. And, to date, so is the passivity of the response.
Some who believed the previous incarnation of [...]
This is astonishing:
A comprehensive strategy for transit south of the Fraser, costed out, well presented and persuasive. At first glance, it looks to be the kind of thing that keeps teams of consultants gainfully employed and well funded.
It was written by one Grade 12 student.
Paul Hillsdon has put together his vision of a South of the Fraser transit vision for [...]
This popped up in the email a few weeks ago from Dan Freeman, a transportation planner at TransLink:
I know it may come as a shock to some of you, but cool things do happen at TransLink…
We’ve been doing some playing around with Google Earth as a platform for displaying passenger load profile data for almost [...]
Lorin, a PT reader, reminds us:
Metro Vancouver is getting to the end of public meetings on the new regional growth strategy (there are a few more in January). I noticed they’ve extended the comment period from January 15 to January 31.
http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/growth/strategy-review.htm
I have seen almost no commentary or analysis in the blogosphere. But perhaps I’m not looking in [...]
Bike-sharing systems are gaining momentum: at least 75 cities have implemented similar systems, with many more cities in various stages of research and development. In July 2007 Paris unveiled the most ambitious system to date and now has 20,600 bicycles at 1451 docking stations - one every 300 meters.
Will it work in Vancouver?
TransLink has started to [...]
Whom you can find here.
(1) What’s your vision for this region? (Name a place you think we should be more like.)
(2) To whom are you accountable? (”The public” doesn’t cut it as an answer - since you’re not elected.)
(3) What’s your transportation lifestyle?
When you’re waiting for a bus, time slows down. People perceive, (according to some study) that it takes 1.35 times longer for the bus to arrive than it actually does - or something on that order.
It can be stressful. Let’s say you have a choice: wait for a bus or walk to your destination. The bus will be [...]
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