From the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce:
We stand at a turning point for US transport. Real gasoline prices have already surpassed the peak levels that followed the second OPEC oil shocks, and even when adjusted for potential fuel efficiency improvements, have increased to the point where they will dramatically change driving behaviour in America.
Gasoline consumption is [...]
Yet another starchiect - Zaha Hadid - doing yet another pedestrian bridge (or passerelle, as the French call them), this one across the Ebro River in Zaragoza, Spain.
More here in the Independent on the 270-metre bridge which also houses a pavillion for the 2008 Expo being held there.
More than ever, it’s apparent to me that we have [...]
I’m preparing for the Car-Free Cities conference in Portland all this week. Given current events, it should be quite a gab-fest. What were once fringe issues and ideas have moved to centre stage, and will be taken with a new seriousness.
So, what could be more appropriate to fill in the week when I’ll be gone [...]
I have read (though I can’t find the source) that the maximum length of a commute is forty minutes. Any longer, and people make changes in their lives to shorten it. And so it has always been, from chariots in Rome to SUVs in LA.
A four-part series on commuting in the Los Angeles Times seems [...]
Does the meltdown in U.S. housing prices have anything to tell us yet about the impact of peak oil?
According to the current real-estate column in the Georgia Straight: yup. Carilto Pablo quotes Oregon economist Joe Cortwright:
Properties located in cities and neighbourhoods that require residents to go on lengthy commutes and don’t provide many transportation alternatives have [...]
Mark Hornell, loyal PT reader and Victoria city planner, responded to the post below that noted, according to the Canadian Federation of Podiatric Medicine, Vancouver is the “Best Walking City in Canada.”
Oh, really? wonders Mark.
Here in Victoria we take some pride in the walkability of our city, where we have a 24 hour walk mode share [...]
On July 4th, 2004, the people of Redding, CA, celebrated the opening of a footbridge - a spectacular piece of engineering art that would become an internationally known icon for their small town.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava (who has gone on to become one of the world’s ’starchitects’), the Sun Dial Bridge is 700 feet long and cost $23 million.
By comparison, [...]
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 an intriguing map, produced by Mike Kushnir, a UBC geography student with an even more intriguing blog - Twilight City.
It demonstrates, not surprisingly, the relationship between population density and rail service, including those areas where rail service is planned. What makes it even more useful: it has all the rail lines in the region clearly [...]
Down to Seattle last weekend: dismal weather, but an opportunity to see some of the city’s newest development.
It’s a good news/bad news story. The new light rail line connecting Downtown with the Airport is nearing completion. At least there’s enough on the ground to get a sense of what’s coming - and “on the ground” [...]
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