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Brent Wittmeier, a UBC journalism student, wrote a three-part article for a class taught by The Tyee editor David Beers and music writer Chris Smith- but he didn t shop it around. Too bad it s a well-crafted piece on the interplay of technology ...

topics: carbon-offset, councillor, david-suzuki, ecological, economy

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When will Americans (and hence Canadians) support action on climate change? When it s framed as a national security issue.That s what Republican pollster Frank Luntz concluded (he who coined the term death tax ) after doing messaging research (wi...

topics: climate-change, economy, environmental, political, tax

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An occasional update on items from Motordom the world of auto dominance. FREEWAYS AND IDEOLOGYIt started with blogger Timothy Lee describing the decline of St.Louis.Carving up St. Louis with freeways didn't just undermine individual neighborhood...

topics: investment, liberal, liberals, pollution, transit

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Better Environmentally Sound Transportation, in partnership with the Simon Fraser University City Program, presents: Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and its Effect on our Lives August 12, 7pmVenue: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Str...

topics: transit, transportation

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From Dave Ramslie, with the City of Vancouver s Sustainability Office:Last Thursday Council passed a motion that now requires all rezonings in the City to achieve LEED Gold and to Certify . This is a big move for us&. The policy will hopefully res...

topics: city-of-vancouver, sustainability

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Nerd Alert: For urbanists and others who enjoy comparative stats, here s some useful perspective from the Auckland Transport Blog. If you hate outsiders praising our transit system, don t read this. ...

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Not what you re thinking.Terry Lavender writes up a good summary of the STIR issues (rental housing vs highrises) in the Vancouver Observer. ...

topics: housing, west-end

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A succinct post by Human Transit blogger Jarrett Walker on vehicle congestion (and why transit doesn t reduce it). He also explains what does. (No surprise: road pricing.)Great line: Current road pricing policy [i.e. free] requires motorists t...

topics: design, transit, urban-design

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A few weeks ago, Copenhagen was host to Velo-City (which, word has it, will be coming to Vancouver) a conference that brought together advocates, transportation officials and planners from around the world.Streetfilms Clarence Eckerson Jr. aimed...

topics: environment, transportation

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From Dan Freeman:Just came back from a recent trip to Montreal, where I used Bixi almost exclusively to get around. Was a lot of fun and incredibly easy to use even in the sweltering heat.I thought you might enjoy this picture of a surprising us...