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Good ideas: Permeable pavement
Most pavement is impermeable to water. As a result, paved surfaces need to be designed to funnel water into drains, and drainage and sewer systems need to be designed for the high capacity necessary...
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The curse of flexibility in transit
You hear it all the time. Buses are more flexible than rail. From point A, bus routes can take you to your favorite points X, Y, and Z, each in a single ride. They can detour around an accident. The...
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Another perspective on the Iron Horse Trail
This post is cross-posted to the TriTAG blog. Go there to leave any comments. It can be insightful to take another perspective on something we’re used to. Yesterday I walked the length of...
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The fundamental attribution error in transportation choice
In social psychology, the fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency for people to over-attribute the behaviour of others to personality or disposition and to neglect substantial...
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Down with “avid cyclists”
As if it wasn’t enough that we scare people away from cycling with our exclusively car-oriented infrastructure and even a socially constructed fear of cycling, we also do it by marginalizing cycling as...
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Gridding UW: A new street plan for the University of Waterloo
UW from a hot air balloon. (Photo: Ann E via Flickr) In a previous post I described how the University of Waterloo fails its pedestrians. But UW’s problems go deeper. It was built as a suburban campus...
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Taxpayer money should fund transportation efficiently
The Chicago 'L' and the Dan Ryan Expressway. (Photo: Flickr / Steven Vance) My latest Record column is on the public subsidies for highways: Taxpayer Money Should Fund Transportation Efficiently...
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Twelve reasons why vehicular cycling isn’t enough
Vehicular cycling. (Photo: Flickr / boboD90) We often hear that cyclists should follow the rules of the road, just like motor vehicles. Since recently obtaining a practical city bike I have been using...
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Growing Waterloo Region up with transit infrastructure
The new tramway in Nice, France. (Photo: Flickr / Ian Britton) My Record column today makes the case for light rail in Waterloo Region, with a slightly different approach than last year’s one: Growing...
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The future is multi-nodal
TriTAG's map of the LRT (red) and planned express bus routes. The line is more interurban than it is CBD-to-suburb. My last Record column this year evaluates the idea of the central business district...
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