by Mark Douglas Wessel | Jul 6, 2023 | Stories
Original source: TorontoSun In his book Happy City, urbanist Charles Montgomery observes that “aside from the financial burden, people who endure long drives tend to experience higher blood pressure and more headaches than those on short commutes. They get frustrated...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 10, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Cities Today Have you heard the news? Daimler is no longer a car company. Or at least, not just a car company… a reality that Daimler spokesperson Daniel Deparis confirms without hesitation. “Everybody knows Daimler makes cars, but what we really want...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 10, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Cities Today When Andrea Reimer thinks back to when she was a Vancouver School Board trustee in 2002, she says a common perception of Vancouverites was that their status was ‘second fiddle’ to other cities in the country such as Toronto or Montreal....
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 10, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Cities Today Before the Paris Climate conference in 2015, Veidekke–Scandinavia’s largest construction company–announced to the world that they would do their part, by reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and by 90 percent...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 10, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Cities Today Jennifer Keesmaat is well aware of the multi-generational mindset that’s required in order to bring about positive, lasting change to a major metropolis. As Toronto’s outgoing chief city planner, she’s the first to admit that her greatest...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 10, 2023 | Stories
Original source: TheCityFix Today’s streets are contested spaces There seems to be an ongoing, intensifying competition between cars, bikes and pedestrians, trying to get from point A to B as quickly as possible. How do they all share the limited space available in...
