As a founding Mobi member, I’m ecstatic, that not only Vancouver (finally) has bike share, but that its first year has been so successful. Here’s to continued success and future growth based on this strong foundation.
Tag: Transportation
The Artificially Inflated Land Use of Parking
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.
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.
Four Road Diets [Video]
This video describes some of the most common and most effective road diet redesigns.
Vancouver Urbanist Meetup—April 2015
This month we’ll be meeting at the newish Big Rock Urban Eatery at 310 West 4th Avenue in Lower Mount Pleasant.
Vancouver Urbanist Meetup—February 2015
This month we’ll be meeting at The Harrow Eatery & Bar at 850 Thurlow (near Robson) in the West End.
Release: The Better Transit and Transportation Coalition
“Yes” coalition calls on voters to support Metro Vancouver transportation improvements and determine its transportation future.
Vancouver Urbanist Meetup—January 2015
The Vancouver Urbanist Meetup is starting the new year with a special guest! Gregg Vann, an urban designer from Brisbane is in town and will be joining us.
Vancouver “Seacycles” — Burrard Bridge to Point Grey Road
A great video that highlights the success one of Vancouver’s most recent—and controversial—urban interventions, the Seaside Greenway.
Exploring Traffic Congestion in Vancouver [Video]
Vancouver commuters go slower than anyone else in North America, according to data from GPS company TomTom. The city’s transportation director says the traffic congestion is due to economic growth and an increasing population.