{"id":15880,"date":"2013-01-04T13:12:49","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T21:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=15880"},"modified":"2013-01-04T13:13:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T21:13:44","slug":"just-a-few-seats-left-for-sex-neuroscience-and-walkable-urbanism-january-10th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/01\/04\/just-a-few-seats-left-for-sex-neuroscience-and-walkable-urbanism-january-10th\/","title":{"rendered":"Just a few seats left for &#8220;Sex, Neuroscience and Walkable Urbanism&#8221;\u2014January 10th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago we<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/12\/21\/sex-neuroscience-and-walkable-urbanism-january-10th\/\"> posted an\u00a0announcement<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0upcoming\u00a0<a title=\"Sex, Neuroscience and Walkable Urbanism \" href=\"http:\/\/cgi.sfu.ca\/~hccweb\/cgi-bin\/OnlineRegistration\/site\/event\/detail.php?id=597\"><em>Sex, Neuroscience and Walkable Urbanism<\/em><\/a> talk at the SFU\u00a0Segal Graduate School Of Business by transportation planner\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nelsonnygaard.com\/Content\/About-Us-Principals.htm\">Jeff Tumlin<\/a>\u00a0on January 10th at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>The (free) seats are almost all spoken for, so be sure to RSVP soon if you want to attend!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nelsonnygaard.com\/images\/tumlin.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, January 10, 2013, 7 pm<br \/>\n<b>Location<\/b>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/mecs\/segal+school\/location.html\"><strong>SFU Segal Building<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(500 Granville Street), Room 1200-1500.\u00a0 [NOTE:\u00a0<strong>NOT<\/strong>\u00a0IN SFU HARBOUR CENTRE.]<br \/>\n<b>Admission<\/b>: Free, but seating is limited, so\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.sfu.ca\/~hccweb\/cgi-bin\/OnlineRegistration\/site\/event\/detail.php?id=597\">registrations are required<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are still undecided, Jeff has provided SFU with a few more details of what he will be talking about next Thursday. \u00a0It looks to be an interesting and provocative talk!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Research in the health sciences has confirmed that \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Driving makes us:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fat<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sick<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Die early<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Poor<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dumb<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Angry<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mistrustful<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>While walking makes us:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fitter<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Smarter<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Able to handle complex reasoning<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sexier<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>More loving<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>More trustful<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>When thinking about their own families, most people prioritize the items on the second list. But not us transportation professionals. Only one measure of success dominates our decision-making: LOS, or the seconds of delay that cars are mathematically predicted to experience at the peak time period. We loathe congestion, and we\u2019ve convinced you to loathe it too.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From an economist\u2019s perspective, however, congestion is merely roadway supply coming into balance with roadway demand. In active urban economies, congestion is a constant, not a variable. If we actually cared about congestion, we would use the same tools we use in every other sector of our economy \u2013 food, clothing, housing, utilities \u2013 to balance supply and demand, namely price. For transportation, however, we continue to use Soviet communist economics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>How can we complain about congestion, yet encourage more driving through subsidized roads? Government policies also require that there be more than three parking spaces for every car, and that 99% of all car trips end in a free parking space. Why are there not three housing units for every citizen, and why do many low income households spend over 40% of their income on housing?\u00a0 More importantly, why do we still have policies encouraging driving when we know that excessive driving has profoundly negative social and health impacts?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The most common indicators of mental illness are engaging in behaviour that causes self-harm, and doing the same thing but expecting a different result. Is our relationship with our cars making us crazy? What are tools that citizens can use to lead happier, healthier, more successful lives, and how can we get government to invest its transportation resources in ways that have the highest return for the public good? Can we have a more pragmatic, less dysfunctional relationship with our cars?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago we posted an\u00a0announcement\u00a0of the\u00a0upcoming\u00a0Sex, Neuroscience and Walkable Urbanism talk at the SFU\u00a0Segal Graduate School Of Business by transportation planner\u00a0Jeff Tumlin\u00a0on January 10th at 7pm. The (free) seats are almost all spoken for, so be sure to RSVP soon if you want to attend! 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