{"id":5305,"date":"2012-01-09T09:50:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T17:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=5305"},"modified":"2012-01-09T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T18:02:22","slug":"release-course-transportation-transformation-sustainable-transportation-for-your-community-sat-feb-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/01\/09\/release-course-transportation-transformation-sustainable-transportation-for-your-community-sat-feb-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Release: Course, Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community &#8211; Sat Feb 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5307\" title=\"FalseCreekBanner\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/FalseCreekBanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community<\/strong><br \/>\nLangara College \u2013 Continuing Studies<br \/>\n100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver BC<br \/>\n<strong>Sat February 18, 2012 9:30am \u2013 4:30pm<\/strong><br \/>\nCost: $85<\/p>\n<p>How can residents of Metro Vancouver transform the way we travel to deal with global warming and the end of cheap oil? Learn the basics of sustainable transportation, illustrated with examples from cities that have quickly gone from gridlock to transit and cycling meccas. We\u2019ll explore the surprising ways residents, professionals and politicians have created outstanding transit systems and livable communities.<\/p>\n<p><em>Instructor<\/em> \u2013 Eric Doherty, MA Planning, BA Geography<\/p>\n<p>Eric is a transportation planner and the co-author of the recent Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.policyalternatives.ca\/transportationtransformation\" target=\"_blank\">Transportation Transformation: Building Complete Communities and a Zero-Emission Transportation System in BC<\/a><\/em>. In his consulting business, Ecopath Planning, Eric focuses on practical approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, while improving community resiliency and livability. Find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoplanning.ca\" target=\"_blank\">www.ecoplanning.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Course Outline:<\/p>\n<p>1) Environmental and social impacts of transportation<\/p>\n<p>2) Transportation after the age of cheap oil<\/p>\n<p>3) Transportation Planning Basics:<br \/>\n\u2022 Elasticity of traffic volumes<br \/>\n\u2022 Transit, cycling and pedestrian priority measures<br \/>\n\u2022 Shifting incentives \u2013 money and time<br \/>\n\u2022 Transportation as a determinant of land use<\/p>\n<p>4) Case studies:<br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver BC \u2013 1970s freeway revolt sets stage for future success<br \/>\n\u2022 Zurich Switzerland \u2013 Referendums drive innovation<br \/>\n\u2022 Curitiba, Brazil \u2013 First bus rapid transit system drives land use<br \/>\n\u2022 Bogota, Columbia \u2013 Cycling and walking integrated with transit<br \/>\n\u2022 Portland Oregon \u2013 Freeway revolt opens way for cycling and light rail progress<br \/>\n\u2022 Ottawa Ontario \u2013 Integrated system builds transit ridership in advance of rapid transit<\/p>\n<p>5) The Transportation Transformation vision, how freight and long distance passenger innovations complement changes in cities.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>To register call 604 323 5322 Course # RSRC1042 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.langara.bc.ca \" target=\"_blank\">www.langara.bc.ca <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community Langara College \u2013 Continuing Studies 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver BC Sat February 18, 2012 9:30am \u2013 4:30pm Cost: $85 How can residents of Metro Vancouver transform the way we travel to deal with global warming and the end of cheap oil? Learn the basics of sustainable transportation,<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/01\/09\/release-course-transportation-transformation-sustainable-transportation-for-your-community-sat-feb-18\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Release: Course, Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community &#8211; Sat Feb 18&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[6720,3604,1288,965,6724,6721,2120,1269,6723,2044,975,6719,4131,1193,245,6725,1210,214,6727,6726,6722,4903],"class_list":["post-5305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-604-323-5322","tag-bogota","tag-brazil","tag-british-columbia","tag-building-complete-communities","tag-canadian-centre","tag-columbia","tag-curitiba","tag-emission-transportation-system","tag-greenhouse-gas-emissions","tag-oil","tag-sustainable-transportation","tag-switzerland","tag-transit-systems","tag-transportation","tag-transportation-planner-and-the-co-author","tag-usd","tag-vancouver-2","tag-www-ecoplanning-ca","tag-www-langara-bc-ca","tag-your-community-langara-college","tag-zurich"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Release: Course, Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community - Sat Feb 18 - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/01\/09\/release-course-transportation-transformation-sustainable-transportation-for-your-community-sat-feb-18\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Release: Course, Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community - Sat Feb 18 - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community Langara College \u2013 Continuing Studies 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver BC Sat February 18, 2012 9:30am \u2013 4:30pm Cost: $85 How can residents of Metro Vancouver transform the way we travel to deal with global warming and the end of cheap oil? 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