Quick conversation starters on urban mobility.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo unless you live under a rock, on Mars, with your hands over your ears and your eyes firmly shut… you’ve heard about the killing of podcaster…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWho would have—or could have—guessed that the simple meme would become one of the most influential forms of communication in the 21st century. Memes have tipped elections.…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen a pedestrian is killed or injured by a vehicle, too many of us immediately jump into the shoes of the driver. Try thinking of the pedestrian—it’ll…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen you think of books like Fahrenheit 451, government authoritarianism comes to mind. But what if certain dystopian aspects from this work are already in play—and we…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou’re not stuck in traffic, you are traffic. In my home city of Vancouver, British Columbia, traffic… isn’t great. I’m sure your city is similar. In…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a short memorial for the world’s oldest runner. Do you know who Fauja Singh is? He was a fascinating man, born in Punjab, British India…
Reading Time: 3 minutesFull-size pickup trucks remain the most popular vehicles in Canada and the U.S.—despite the fact they are gas-guzzling, infrastructure-destroying people-killers. What can we do? Nobody in North…
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou can put up all the signs in the world, but only effective design changes habits. Stanley Park, the most iconic green space in Vancouver, British Columbia,…
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m pretty hard on cars—for good reason—but I still believe that pedestrians and cyclists have vital responsibilities. So let’s balance the scales. Years ago, I read an…
Reading Time: 3 minutesSocial media has us fighting each other about pedantic and semantic issues facing urban mobility—while the powers that be rest upon their status quo… and laugh. The…
FreeMoveCity