Moving on the World

Climate optimist, Policy Analyst & Transportation Planner - active travel, mass transit, decarbonization, energy abundance + transition, carbon bubble, HS Rail

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

In any city, mandating a minimum amount of car storage does far more harm than good.

[Kenneth Chan @iamkennethchan]

A land assembly of 26 single-family homes in East Vancouver has been acquired by a developer for $100 million.

Near #SkyTrain's Renfrew Station.

The City is planning high-density, transit-oriented development policies for the area. #vanre #vanpoli
https://t.co/Ox5AoV4xzz

[Kenneth Chan @iamkennethchan]

Greenline Ferries' direct routes linking downtown Vancouver with Bowen Island & Sunshine Coast could launch in 2027.

Funding sources secured.

Harbour Green Dock is their preferred terminal site.

Using 150-passenger battery vessels. #vanpoli #vanre
https://t.co/UIj3kjWuJS

[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

Burger alert 🇨🇦

[sam @sam_d_1995]

it’s amazing to see some of congestion pricing’s strongest opponents change their minds once they see how effective it is

[sam @sam_d_1995]

Happy two month anniversary of congestion pricing!

transit ridership, pedestrian traffic and economic activity are all up

while traffic, noise, and car crashes are all down. it’s a policy miracle and it isn’t going anywhere

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Private motorists should subsidize public transit.

There, I said it.

Not for feel-good social reasons, but for financial stewardship reasons.👇

[Streetsblog New York City @StreetsblogNYC]

One of President Trump's anti-congestion pricing mouthpieces has a notable conflict of interest: Her husband owns more than a dozen parking garages in the very part of Manhattan where driving has been reduced by the toll. https://t.co/pSPRaq05j7

[Popcan 🇨🇦 @Popcanada]

Canada subsidizes oil sold to the USA, selling it at a 25% discount. That costs Canadians billions every year that could go towards building our infrastructure and social programs. No more free ride for #Trump's America. End the subsidy. Sell at fair market value. #CanadaFirst

[Reece Martin @RM_Transit]

So sad to see Ottawa making this classic error in thinking about transit. Demand is low because frequency is also too low, most Canadian cities including Ottawa got this historically

https://t.co/oUAnct7d8r

[DKGray @TheRealDKGray]

Ambassador, at this point we don’t even want to visit the United States.

[JR Urbane Network @JRUrbaneNetwork]

When all the private cars are gone, you realize now much of a city is taken up by them.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

The “golden age of America” had a rail system that literally looked like this:

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

President Trump seems to think he can suspend the laws of the United States, of international trade, and of economics.

The American Congress and US courts will decide for themselves how they will address these violations of Presidential powers.

President Trump’s actions will hurt millions of Americans workers and all American consumers. And after promising to reduce inflation, his actions will send it and interest rates up.

In Canada, we understand the laws of economics. That’s why we will be masters of our own house in building the strongest economy in the G7.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

I think the best way to honor Donald Shoup, who just passed away at age 86, is to post 86 days in a row about the ways in which we all pay for "free" parking.

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

BREAKING: I’m hearing the great Donald Shoup has passed away.

Few urbanists can really be called game-changers, but Shoup powerfully changed how we see parking rules and their huge affect on cities.

The recent revolution in parking standards was inspired by his great work. #RIP

[Streetsblog New York City @StreetsblogNYC]

So much for dark theaters on Broadway. It turns out, congestion pricing is boosting ticket sales on the Great White Way: https://t.co/kWGTLNib9N

[sam @sam_d_1995]

it’s awesome how every single anti-congestion pricing argument is completely crumbling when faced with real-world data.

this is why congestion pricing always gets more popular after it’s implemented: it simply works

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Oh.