“There Are Too Many People On This Road And I’m Not One Of Them!”
FreeMoveCity
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…
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How to Solve the Pickup Truck Problem
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…
Road Rules: There’s Only One Thing That Affects Traffic
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,…
Fight the Real Enemy
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…
Why Is It So Easy?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the wake of the worst mass-killing in Vancouver’s history, we must ask the question: why is it so easy to do this? Like many people in…
What Is Slowing Down Your Commute?
Reading Time: 2 minutesTraffic sucks! Your driving commute is taking way too long. Let’s figure out why—the real reason why. Ugh. We all hate being stuck in traffic. And if…
The Car-Lover’s Paradox
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you think this is just another anti-car blog, you have deeply misunderstood. A few years back, an acquaintance of mine posted on social about a book…
There’s a Problem With Electric Vehicles
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnd the solution will require a mind-shift North Americans may not be ready for. I bet you think I just LOVE electric vehicles, like any good uppity…
Waze Destroys Neighbourhoods
Reading Time: 2 minutesThat’s right—apps designed to help you save time on your commute are destroying communities and putting lives at risk. And we’re all complicit! While Waze is one…
What The Snow Shows
Reading Time: 2 minutesFresh snowfall shows us how much extra space we sacrifice to cars. The city I live in—Vancouver, BC—doesn’t see snow often. But it will today—the first snowfall…