While Vancouver prides itself on multi-modal transportation options, with less than half of trips into its downtown in cars, free parking is still sacrosanct for many.
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Book Review: Streetfight — Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Streetfight offers an empowering road map for rethinking, reinvigorating, and redesigning city streets to work better for everybody that use them.
Growth and Mobility in Metro Vancouver [Weekend Watch]
This video by Matt Taylor highlights—in very stark terms—the necessity of a high level of transit investment in a growing metropolitan area like Vancouver.
Fighting Illegal Parking… with a Tank! [Weekend Watch]
Vilnius Mayor A. Zuokas Fights Illegally Parked Cars with Tank
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [April 9-15th]
Here is this weeks selection of news and views for urbanists.
A Brief History of Urbanism in North America: 1920-1929
The 1920’s saw a continuation of the codification of urban planning across the united States and Canada. Here are some key milestones.
Friday Five: Articles for Urbanists (Dec. 4th-10th)
Urban news and views from the past week.
Zipcar Urbanism: Bridging a Gap in the Urban Fabric
As car sharing becomes more popular across North America it will have a profound effect on our urban form.
The High Cost of Free Parking (Video)
Donald Shoup explains why the cost of curbside parking should be increased in order to reduce congestion and make more parking available.
Friday 5: Urban Miscellany from Sept 25th-Oct 1st
Five good reads for urbanists.