Youth and young adults increasingly car-free
A couple of years ago, when I presented the results of my Masters thesis on the social travel patterns of youth and young adults to TransLink, I got some mixed reactions. On one hand, the younger...
View ArticleTransportCamp
No, TransportCamp isn’t a bunch of transit geeks getting together at a fantasy camp in the woods. In fact, it’s a transportation “unconference” that brings together people from variety of fields with...
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Youth plan to rock the vote on May 2nd
In the past two weeks, an amazing development has taken root at university campuses across Canada. Spurred by comedian Rick Mercer and activist groups LeadNow, Project Democracy and Apathy is Boring,...
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Election excitement? The startling turn of events preceding May 2nd
Since Easter weekend, when record-breaking numbers of voters took to advance polls, election fever has gripped this country from coast to coast. I can’t remember a more exciting campaign, nor a time...
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Goodbye U-Pass! (Unbelievable Prescription for Access to Sustainable Savings)
Since I finished my Ph.D. this month, today was officially my last day to use my U-Pass, and a sad day it was! Long past young adulthood, my grad school status awarded me a universal transit pass...
View ArticleChoose transit, feel young!
If transit were a soft drink, it might adopt the slogan, “Transit: The Choice of a New Generation”. Evidence continues to lend support to the idea that young people in Canada and the US choose to take...
View ArticleLower drivers’ licensing rate among Alberta youth
A couple of months ago, I reported that vehicle licensing rates among youth and young adults in British Columbia had decreased. Now Alberta is reporting a similar trend (“Driver’s licenses not a...
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Planning in high school? Black Business Initiative partners with Dalhousie
HRM active transportation coordinator Hanita Koblents discusses her redesign of Argyle Street. The students, who live all over the region, had never been on this street before. Last Friday, May 18th,...
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Future City Builders Lab
The 30 amazing youth and young adults in this year’s 30Lab. Source: Lumi Studios Media. Today I was honoured to be a mentor for the Future City Builders Lab in Halifax, an amazing initiative through...
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