Tag: urbanism
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Why hasn’t transit kept up with growth?
Sam Holland is the Chair of Better Transit YYJ In 1978, British Columbia had a robust public intercity bus network, two publicly owned intercity rail operators, robust and rapidly growing urban transit, and a brand new public ferry company. Nearly fifty years later, BC has effectively no functional public intercity transit, increasingly unreliable ferries, and…
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Housing demand isn’t fake
Why do people assume that demand for expensive apartments is fraudulent? If you follow housing news in Canada at all, you’re surely familiar with two competing ideas for what’s to blame for the housing crisis. The first is what can be called the market thesis, which holds that housing is expensive because the supply of…
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Who should pay for growth?
Municipalities charge developers money per home they build through DCC’s, and use that money to build critical infrastructure. Sounds smart, right?
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The density debate is about values
We bring up a lot of facts and statements when discussing density, but rarely do we sit down and discuss differing values. It’s time to do that.
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New Westminster boulevard debate reaches flashpoint at City Hall
Would landscaping made up of mulch, small logs, and ferns ever inspire comparisons to the destruction in Gaza? In New Westminster it did, and all it took was the removal of a few square meters of grass on public property to start a turf war. Why have a boulevard if you choose to destroy it?…
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How did SFU end up on top of Burnaby Mountain?
Burnaby Mountain is a little slice of nature in the city. But how did Simon Fraser University end up on its peak?
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Burnaby council sends Hastings bus lanes to public engagement purgatory
On November 18th, Burnaby City Council voted to send the proposal for bus lanes on Hastings Street back to a second round of public engagement, scaling back the original plan.
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McKenzie could finally get better transit—if transit riders stand up
During rush hour, transit riders make up more than half of the traffic on McKenzie, but currently get none of the road space. Saanich is trying to change that, in the face of opposition.