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A walk from Waterloo to the University of Waterloo
Waterloo is a small city that has owed much to the rise of the University of Waterloo over the last half century. Uptown Waterloo is the thriving, if small, downtown area. Waterloo has 100,000...
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Missing sidewalks in Kitchener-Waterloo
For a city to be open to pedestrians, there need to be paths between useful destinations, the paths need to be maintained, and pedestrians need to feel safe. Before you can run, you have to walk, and...
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TriTAG and light rail
I haven’t forgotten about this blog. However, as a member of TriTAG, the Tri-Cities Transport Action Group, I have spent quite a lot of time recently on the content for our new website — which I am...
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Recreation versus utility in urban issues
Few things devised by man really ever go away. Plenty, however, go out of use and become exotic or quaint — no longer of practical utility. But sometimes the utility of something can persist and even...
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We should curb parking requirements
This year I am on The Record’s Community Editorial Board. Today’s paper carries my column on the subject of off-street parking requirements. Below is my original text (most is behind the cut): We...
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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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Making new urban space in Northdale
Today’s Record carries my community editorial board column on new urban space and the Northdale university-area neighbourhood. Below is my original text: Making New Urban Space in Northdale In the last...
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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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Flexibility in transportation choice
My actually last Record column for the year focuses on points I’ve discussed in the blog, particularly the fundamental attribution error: Flexibility in Transportation Choice When transportation is...
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