city planner + environmentalist. opinions are my own.
Regina, Saskatchewan
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A bicycle would need to travel on a road 160,000 times to cause as much wear and tear as single motor vehicle trip.
Hate constant road construction? Advocate for better cycling infrastructure in your city!
ALT Cars gridlocked due to traffic construction/road repairs.
Sincerely cannot wait to tell people I'm European and they ask from where and I say Saskatchewan.
Wow.
"In conversations with France, whose president, Emmanuel Macron, speaks to Carney often, the idea has even come up to allow Canadians to live and work in Europe visa-free, two officials familiar with those discussions said." wsj.com/world/europe/canada-…
This is what environmentalists were referring to about ten years ago when they said we had about ten years to get on track.
Deniers took it as, “they’re saying the world will end in ten years.”
Experts say disaster is inevitable. The scale of that disaster is still up to us.
The world will zoom well past its target for global temperature rise in the next few years, a first-of-its-kind U.N. report warned, exposing people and ecosystems to profound climate impacts that nations had pledged to avoid. wapo.st/4x7qjab
I did a study abroad urban design course in Zurich.
We learned that the design firm responsible for this HQ had to redo their rooftop patio because the gravel rocks they picked as ground cover were the perfect size to get stuck in the very specific soles of On Running shoes.
Bigger wildfires, every summer — forever.
"Even if global carbon emissions were cut dramatically, so long as any greenhouse gases are being put into the atmosphere, climate scientists say the world will continue to get hotter."
thestar.com/news/canada/our-…
You almost can’t blame people who are so extremely pro private automobile.
They’re the targets of one of the largest lobbying and advertising efforts in the history of the world, by the wealthiest industries to ever exist.
The real reason America has no high-speed rail has absolutely nothing to do with geography or technology. It is the result of a single lobbying contract worth $400 million signed in 1955. You are told the country is just "too big" or too spread out for bullet trains. That is a fabricated lie. The American
automotive and oil cartels literally bought
the government to systematically remove
public transit. They ripped up existing
rail networks and paved over the nation
to guarantee people would rely on cars,
insurance, and fuel just to participate in
society.
The future is car-free.
One environment is designed to funnel vehicles through as quickly as possible.
The other helps keep the neighbourhood cool during heatwaves, and dry during storm events.
We know what we’re in for in the coming decades. We should be planning for the latter.
I wish cities installed more speed cameras versus those screens to tell drivers how fast they’re going. They already have a screen in their car that tells them that.
Happy Earth Day 2026.
We must continue to invest in the electrification of every aspect of our cities, while simultaneously building dense, mixed use neighbourhoods which prioritize public and active transportation.
It is good for our community.
It is good for our planet.
Experts confirm: drivers opting for larger SUVs are compounding the pothole problem.
In accordance, road maintenance costs are increasing.
Should large SUV owners be charged a higher tax compared to those who opt for smaller vehicles or bicycles?
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
I’ve been counting and calculating average vehicle occupancy while walking to work lately.
It’s consistently 1.1 people per vehicle, and most are mid-sized SUVs.
One benefit of owning a vehicle that can haul upwards of 7 or 8 ppl could be carpooling and splitting gas, yet the majority of these vehicles are near empty.
This tells me that **for these people***, the price of gas is not too expensive yet.
World-class cycling infrastructure costs a fraction of world-class driving infrastructure.
Mayor Hidalgo transformed Paris by showing residents and visitors alike how wonderful a city can be it is built for people, not cars.
Residents voted today to further that mission. A quieter city, a healthier city, a livable city.
Cities everywhere must strive for the same.
