There’s a cliche around the City of Regina the last while. Politicians will say a project is “on time and on budget”, but fail to point out that the initial estimates for the budget and time it’s expected to be completed, are amended as the project goes along. Get support for the project by low-balling […]
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Things Are Good: Cities Designed for Walking Attract Smart People
The human population of the world is urbanizing, but some places are performing better than others. The key to making a good modern and productive city is to make it walkable. Design for people, not cars. Over at BBC autos they took a look at what attracts smart people to the smartest cities and it […]
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Continue readingThings Are Good: Drivers Need to Learn to Share
Bicycles are an amazingly fast way to get around cities and countries, as a cyclist I often roll past cars idling in bumper to bumper traffic. The cars (and their single occupants) aren’t getting anywhere anytime soon yet drivers as a group demand more and more infrastructure when really they should learn to share. In […]
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Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A Lament For Toyota
My first drivable car was a 1972 Toyota Celica. I was all of sixteen or so when I bought it, and it was near the end of its useful life. Was it the best car ever made? No, but it had something that I haven’t seen in a car from Toyota …
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A Lament For Toyota
My first drivable car was a 1972 Toyota Celica. I was all of sixteen or so when I bought it, and it was near the end of its useful life. Was it the best car ever made? No, but it had something that I haven’t seen in a car from Toyota …
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A Lament For Toyota
My first drivable car was a 1972 Toyota Celica. I was all of sixteen or so when I bought it, and it was near the end of its useful life. Was it the best car ever made? No, but it had something that I haven’t seen in a car from
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #OldNews about Alcohol and Planes
A warning against drunk driving. 6 Sept. 1949. Netherlands.@trouw #OldNews pic.twitter.com/yIFzzXo516 — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) March 23, 2016 Roughly, it says: “Alcohol makes lumps. Whoever is not satisfied, can see it in this photo, which was acquired last night after a driver who was under the influence of liquor, first drove to the gate of […]
Writings of J. Todd Ring: The real costs of fossil fuel-powered vehicles – and the alternatives to them
There is some rising concern, and at times vitriol, about electric car drivers not paying their fair share, because they buy no gas, and therefore do not pay gas taxes, which go to maintaining roads. While this is true, it is only a sliver of th…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Wall’s Faulty Logic
“Showing leadership matters, signals matter, examples matter, but the numbers are the numbers,” Wall said. Essentially, Wall appears to be suggesting that because no single action by itself will solve the problem, we shouldn’t take that single action. Applying this logic to other situations reveals just how faulty it is. When China surpasses the amount & proportion […]
BigCityLib Strikes Back: Life In Scarborough: Goodbye, Old Car!
So I finally pulled the plug on my ’97 Cavalier yesterday afternoon. I feel OK about it. I’d put a new engine in last February and hoped this would squeeze a few more years out of the thing. But it was like sewing a shiny fresh metal…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Don’t Buy a VW
This is awful. Holy crap. VW had software in cars to detect official emissions tests & cheat them. Real world emissions 40x higher http://t.co/j8u9Uw7Pcr — Real Gaz of Trumpton (@gazza_d) September 19, 2015
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Solar All Over California
On our Amtrak trip through southern and central California, I watched the dry and irrigated fields fly by me at 133km/h. We stopped for the night in Bakersfield (the most conservative city in America, some figures show), and it was 41 degrees even with the sun down. The cement around
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Insane! Ludicrous! Plaid!
I knew this was a Spaceballs movie reference when I heard “ludicrous mode”. “Ludicrous speed” is attained by a spaceship in the Spaceballs movie. #Tesla Roadster in my driveway on Canada Day. pic.twitter.com/x1TX0GpVhe — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) July 3, 2015 It leaves us wondering what comes next for Tesla. Bizarre
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Shared Knowledge Conference – Regina
These videos are from the second day of the Shared Knowledge Conference at the Core Ritchie Centre, the second weekend of June. Jim Elliott with many interesting (and terrifying) facts about Regina’s watershed system. We are on the Plaza @MarketRegina today. Find us beside @TrogiFoods #honey #salsa pic.twitter.com/wGd2bYiBVB — Zee-Bee
Continue readingThings Are Good: Bike Lanes Improve Cities Aesthetically and Economically
There is a strong and powerful myth in North America that car drivers spend more and will always require parking. That is a myth. It turns out that nearly every study done on bike lanes as proven that cyclists are the transportation class cities should cater to because drivers don’t
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Model S Tesla Car in Regina
Last month James took me for a spin in an electric Rav 4. This week it was the sporty and futuristic Model S by independent car company Tesla.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Electric Vehicles Gaining Traction in Canada
WWF-Canada wants to get car drivers off their addiction to oil by getting consumers to buy electric cars instead of gas-powered ones. To encourage this switch in car-depender living they have former Toronto mayor David Miller going on ‘dates’ with people in EV cars to discuss what they are doing
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Sun Country Highway in Regina
I rode around in an Electric Vehicle (EV) today in Regina, and saw a (currently) still rare Tesla Model S in the city right now. Pick up some excellent EV tips, from a Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada perspective here, as James and I tour the city on electricity: Find out more
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Electric Car Cup T5
Tesla having a range of 250 miles makes a cross continent trip possible, especially if you’re as clever as the inventor of the T5. He gave rides to people in exchange for a little electricity.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Canada’s Car Culture Criticized
Glad to see some Danes standing up for Canada. A Canadian stands up for the Danes. The Danes stand up for themselves. A few points have arisen as a result of this discussion, largely in defence of “car culture.” I’d like to address them if I may: We love our
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