Sustainable Transportation Planner | Plan & design cool infrastructure for a living 🚲 | Have been known to throw my support behind new housing
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Checking in on the construction of @ISLengineering's design for Phase 2 of the @cityofcoquitlam's Guildford Greenway
The project includes the 1st 3 protected intersections in the Tri-Cities - a huge win for the region!
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The housing shortage is not just quantitative—that is to say, it isn't just that aren't enough homes to go around. It's also qualitative—too many people remain trapped in housing that is either unsafe, poor quality, or too far from jobs, simply because we refuse to build it.
Our team at @ISLengineering rode some of the region's bike infrastructure this week, including a few of our own projects
@roytheplanner has some insights in his blog here ⬇️
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Scott MacDonald retweeted
Are well-intentioned policies from local governments getting in the way of more purpose-built rental housing being built?
Bosa Properties thinks that's the case in #Burnaby, according to a letter they sent to Burnaby City Council this month. #vanRE
storeys.com/bosa-properties-…
A few interesting pics from my trip to Taiwan in March
-Protected bike lanes
-Interesting painted shoulder
-Pedestrian countdown signals
Scott MacDonald retweeted
Vancouver City Council is expected to abolish all minimum vehicle parking requirements everywhere for ALL uses.
Not just residential, but also commercial & industrial.
Goes far beyond BC legislation before June 30 deadline. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanc…
Scott MacDonald retweeted
This is not the "second way" but the only way. The notion that we should have a split system of housing production, where permission to build is governed by planning economy mechanisms but the actual building of housing is governed by market mechanisms, is asking for trouble.
Scott MacDonald retweeted
We tax housing construction like we tax cigarettes, and we wonder why we’re getting less of it.
Governments can fix this.
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I often see more TWSIs in many asian countries than I do back home - not always perfect, but clearly on the mind of road designers
This is something we can do better in Canada 🇨🇦
(📸: Malaysia, Taiwan, & Vietnam)
Scott MacDonald retweeted
In 2016, Auckland, New Zealand upzoned to legalize dense housing developments in most of the city—causing a record construction boom that increased growth & improved affordability
For the US to address its housing crisis, we must learn from New Zealand
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apricitas.io/p/new-zealands-…
We've been doing some exciting work planning improvements to Burnaby's bike network
Let the City know if you like the designs, and whether there's anything else you'd like to see
Please take a minute to fill in this survey on new proposed bike routes and improvements in Burnaby. There's actually some really exciting stuff proposed!
cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/…
