Waze Destroys Neighbourhoods
FreeMoveCity
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…
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We All Want The Same Thing
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy do cyclists argue with drivers, pedestrians with cyclists and scooterists with everyone? A recent (and I’ll admit, immature) debate on my neighbourhood Facebook page got me…
The Densification Dream
Reading Time: 2 minutesI once read, “Americans are so nostalgic for their university days because it’s the only time in their lives they’ll live in a dense, walkable neighbourhood.” I…
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…
The Freedom Delusion
Reading Time: 2 minutesCars have long been touted as the ultimate symbol of “freedom.” This is a delusion. Ask my dad what a car symbolizes: “It’s freedom!” But does this…
A Street Parking Problem
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy unrestricted street parking is making your neighbourhood worse. “I love parking meters!” —Absolutely No One Ever Not unlike the Speed Limit Challenge, this one is another…