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…
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Things Are Good: France Installing 100km of Solar Roads
France has announced that they are going to try a mass installation of solar-panelled roads to provide electricity. It’s an attempt to see if they technology can be scalable and durable enough to survive under so much wear and tear. These solar roads aren’t made by the company that turned to crowdfunding a few years […]
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Continue readingThings Are Good: In Stockholm You May Get Paid To Ride A Bike
Stockholm was plagued with horrible traffic congestion that limited the ability of anything to really happen in the city. Cities designed for cars tend to have these traffic problems. As a result, Stockholm instituted a congestion charge which has been a huge success. Even with the charge to drive in the city, traffic is still […]
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Continue readingThings Are Good: Germany Opens Its First Bike Highway
Germany knows that their autobahns, which are famous for not having a speed limit, can only handle so much traffic. To alleviate pressure put on their highways they have built a highway just for bikes! The 100km long bike path runs through 10 cities. The bike path is fully lit, cleared of debris, and even […]
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Continue readingThings Are Good: 6 Cities Where Highway Removal Made the City Better
Car culture has ruined cities with never ending traffic problems and made the streetscape untenable for modern living. Smog from cars kills too many people every year. Yet, we still see places looking backward and ensuring that this regressive car-focussed planning continues. Toronto is one such place with it’s obsession on keeping a decaying highway […]
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Continue readingThings Are Good: 8 Development Banks Combine Efforts for Sustainable Development
Eight development banks from around the world have decided the best way to encourage more sustainable transit development is to combine their efforts. They are looking at accelerating their investments in transport solutions that are better for the environment than current transport solutions. Transportation consumes a heck of a lot of oil and even marginal […]
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Continue readingThings Are Good: The Importance of Infrastructure Changes for a Sustainable World
With COP21 happening this week in Paris there are many approaches to fighting climate change being discussed. No matter what approach is used there will have to be structural changes in how energy is delivered and how goods are transported. Over at Gizmodo they took a look at how quickly we can transition to a […]
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Continue readingThings Are Good: A Delivery Service Which Improves Traffic Flow in Gothenburg
Gothenburg has a delivery service that pools together deliveries for businesses and it’s making a huge difference on the streets. The streets of Gothenburg used to be clogged with vehicle traffic and thanks to this delivery service people in Gothenburg are better able to get around. This makes for more
Continue readingThings Are Good: More Cities Ditching Cars to Increase Transportation Speed
Cities that are designed for cars now have the problem of switching from the traffic-causing polluting machines. Most places can’t build more roads so they need to use what they have more effiencetly. This means repurposing some roads or only having roads used for efficient transit solutions instead of old-school
Continue readingThings Are Good: Groovy Bike Helmet Lights Up
The Lumos helmet is designed to make riding a bicycle even safer. In the majority of collisions between automobile drivers and cyclists the car driver is at fault, so to make riding safer the helmet projects bright lights. This means that people who aren’t paying attention to the road as
Continue readingThings Are Good: Light Rail Bringing Massive Change to American Cities
Let’s face it: driving sucks. Car traffic is bad for everyone and a lot of American cities have caught on to this. As a result, more light rail is being built throughout the USA, recently Pheonix residents voted to back more light rail with a tax hike. What’s pushing this?
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Buying a Car For an Older or Disabled Loved One? Check Out This Handy Info Guide!
Choosing the right car is a big decision. But when it comes to older or disabled people, making the right choice is even more important in order to ensure safety, comfort and ultimately that independence is maintained. Wheelchair access and storage, seating positions and how clear the displays are all
Continue readingThings Are Good: Watch Streets Evolve From Car-Focused to People-Focused
Streets were for people, then cars took over and ruined cities. For the last hundred years cities transformed themselves from walkable places to sprawling buildings which were designed for heavy car use. Now, cities have seen how that’s a mistake. A design firm, Urb-i, has used Google street view to
Continue readingThings Are Good: Commute by Bike to Decrease Your Stress
Stanford University’s Calming Technology Lab has found evidence to support what most commuter cyclists already know: riding a bike to work instead of driving a car lowers one’s stress. Not only are you improving your own mental health you’ll be consuming less gas and save a lot of money while getting
Continue readingThings Are Good: Infrastructure That Cleans the Air
Barcelona is going to build a road bridge which may be the cleanest bridge yet. Of course it’ll have pedestrian walks and bike paths, however, what makes the bridge really noteworthy is that it will clean the air. Concrete is notoriously energy-intensive to create so any carbon offset is beneficial.
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 readingThings Are Good: Seville is Spain’s Cycling Gem
It’s well known that the future of urban design and transportation will support the mass use of bicycles. Still, some cities are slow to catch on to this. In Spain where cycling is not nearly as popular in colder northern parts of Europe the city of Seville is leading the
Continue readingThings Are Good: Paris to Spend €100m on Bike Lanes While Reducing Car Traffic
Paris has had a tough time with traffic and pollution in the city due to the number of cars. They have launched many environmentally friendly intitaves to curb the use of cars while making alternative transit solutions to cars more appealing. It’s working and is already inspiring other cities to
Continue readingThings Are Good: Toyota Releases 5,680 Patents for Fuel Cell Technology
Toyota has followed Tesla’s strategy of giving their patented technology away for free. The patent system is so obviously broken so it’s nice to see these large corporations just letting their patents go. Ultimately, this means that other car companies can now use fuel saving technology (or whatever Toyota has
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Seniors Advocate for B.C and the Elder Care Co-op
Don Maroc by Don Maroc Last Wednesday, at the Cowichan Community Centre, Isobel Mackenzie, newly appointed Seniors Advocate for B.C., spent two hours listening to the concerns of about 50 seniors and explaining the functions of her new office. The following day a committee of the Cowichan Elder Care Co-operative
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