Who needs UFC on their lawn when in Canada we have the real Sport of Kings?
Last week Transport Action Ontario President and Transport Action Canada director Peter Miasek was invited to be a part of a panel on Alto HSR at the Canadian Institute's Urban Transit Infrastructure Symposium in Toronto.
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The International Union of Railways has released a report confirming what we have been saying for years: transferring revenue risk to the private sector simply doesn't work, and the public is left to eat the cost anyway.
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Marathon has received a federal grant to build a new port. Being so close to the CP mainline, we think it would be foolish to build a new port without a rail link. Less freight hitting the rails means more emissions and more trucks on already taxed Northern ON. highways.
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Cars-for-everything isn't a smart transportation policy. Giving people mobility options instantly gives them freedom.
Healthy cities provide choices in how you move, and making those choices safe means ending the dominance of the car.
When we do public transit properly in Canada we’re capable of being really good at it:
This is the kind of climate adaptation that we’re going to be needing a lot of:
I shall watch this with interest. There's no way to get 60% of kids actively travelling to school without disrupting current patterns of car-based mobility. This includes making all urban streets safer, not just those right outside schools
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Exclusive: Transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, says cycling and walking plan focuses on ‘everyday travel needs’
IMPORTANT: “The city’s own math shows sprawl comes with a massive bill. A cost-of-growth study found outward growth would cost the city more than $10 billion additional dollars compared to a future in which it chose to grow through infill.” Via @nationalobserver.com #Calgary
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Calgary says it wants more housing and less costly sprawl. But by rolling back rules that made infill housing easier, critics say the city may be pushing growth outward — where every new road, pipe an...
We took the Bow Valley municipal bus system ROAM the other night from Banff to Canmore. Heated shelters (needed 🥲). It’s excellent system. Pay w an easy app. The Americans (Californians) among us were like “omg Canada is amazing. Public transit to another town & trailheads.”
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Winemakers across France are experimenting with the ancient practice of "vitiforestry" – growing trees alongside vines – to tackle the modern issue of climate change, and many are impressed with the…
