Transit

Six-foot City: Public Transit

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Anybody who has experienced a well-used public transit system during rush hour knows that relaxing their ‘personal space bubbles’ to a... Read More

Pandemic

Six-foot City: The Classroom

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That the pandemic has had a disastrous effect on local and global economies is blatantly clear. But we take for granted that the... Read More

Architecture

Six-foot City: The Corridor

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The lowly corridor falls well short of being adored by most people. Within our contemporary cultural imagination, its association with... Read More

Pandemic

Six-Foot City: Introduction

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Although the recent pandemic has brought to light many important issues, none has been more pervasive than social distancing. Embedded... Read More

Services

Book review: No Place to Go

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Author: Lezlie Lowe (Coachhouse Books, 2018) What makes a city good? Nice coffee shops? A decent public transit system? Abundant green... Read More

History

hindsight: Strathcona

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Click here for a larger image. What happens when a crisis, much like the one we are acutely dealing with right now, undermines the... Read More

Bikes

Release: Revamped Bike to Work Week goes virtual, May 25-31st

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HUB Cycling’s popular, bi-annual Bike to Work Week takes on a new name this Spring as Go By Bike Week presented by MEC. The... Read More

Spacing

Podcast: COVID Reflections

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It is safe to say that it’s been a wild few months. And now, after two months of strict social distancing here in Canada, many... Read More

Politics

Book Review – What a City is For: Remaking the Politics of Displacement

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Author: Matt Hern (MIT Press, 2017) Book Reviewers: William Dunn & Claire Adams Portland is a liveable, progressive, and hip city... Read More

Film & Video

Video Vancouver: Why Public Transit’s Coronavirus Crisis is Different

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About Here I’m really really worried about public transit. So I decided to do something brave and made a video on the internet... Read More

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