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In answering questions from Councillors during last week’s LRT routing debate, Transportation Department officials showed us a conceptual map of the full potential build out of our region’s LRT network to illustrate some points about connectivity. It caught all of us by surprise — pleasantly so. I called it the ‘Hope Springs Eternal’ map. I… Read More
I caused a bit of a stir on Thursday at Council by raising some concerns about the city’s proposed development plan ‘The Way we Grow’. I rather flippantly suggested we could call it ‘The Way we Sprawl.’ Scott McKeen wrote about the plan in Friday’s Journal and his critique is similar to mine. In spite… Read More
[UPDATE on outcome at end of post.] The city needs a new policy for dealing with urban development along the edge of the river valley and ravine system. [Background here.] The latest draft came to City Council’s Executive Committee today. We have about 22km of such edges remaining in the city where development may occur… Read More
More than 30 delegates from around the globe assembled to take the LRT south to our newest station at South Campus for a field trip to see the Local Motion EcoMobility pilot project in Parkallen. By the way, EcoMobility means encouraging walking, wheeling, cycling and transit. The city is partnering with Transport Canada and the Global… Read More
Today was another splendid instance of connections with colleagues. I had an impromptu conversation with a number of young elected officials about possibilities for an ICLEI network of younger members. There will be a formal discussion on this that I’m moderating tomorrow at city hall. I attended a great session on EcoMobility in the morning… Read More