Week in review: April 2, 2018

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Consultations, feedback, and events

• TRANSIT: 2018 network public information centres, April 4, 5, 10, 11, online
  • TRANSIT HUB: online & at the transit consultations
• MHBPNA PRESENTS: Sustainable streets April 6
• HEAVY VEHICLES and vulnerable road users, Transport Canada safety measures consultation, due April 2
• SNYDER’S ROAD: Cycling improvements April 5
• GROWTH: Guidance on the growth plan and intensification targets, due May 7

Vision Zero

• Cyclist killed north of Guelph identified (CBC)
• Charges dropped in crash that killed Waterloo cyclist (The Record)
• Manchester students prove change can happen (Cambridge Times)
• Let’s make our roads safer for everyone (Martin Bauman)
• How coverage of pedestrian fatalities dehumanizes victims and absolves drivers (Streetsblog)
• Hi-vis clothing has ‘little to no impact’ on crashes (BikeBiz)
• Safer roads in cities are possible, but politics holding us back, says report (Curbed)
• Speed and crash risk (International Transport Forum)

Transit

• Liberals promise $11 billion for K-W high speed rail link (CBC)
• Ontario budget vows to slash GO Transit fares (The Globe and Mail)
• Basics: slower speed is a service cut (Human Transit)
• The four problems of urban transportation and the four separate solutions (Forbes)
• Real-time transit info can increase bus ridership and improve rider experience (Mobility Lab) But GRT’s recent real-time data flakiness is undermining confidence.
• How should transit agencies deal with people’s irrational preference for driving? (Mobility Lab)
• April Fools! The ”route 404” bus, (stopping at every door along every street in the Region… eventually), doesn’t exist, but the political pressures to make transit less frequent, quick, and direct in order to put buses on every side street are no joke.

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Cycling

• Cycling and the 2018 budget (Share the Road Cycling Coalition)
• Why don’t more women cycle? (Cycling UK)
• Electric bike purchases pulling people from private cars, finds NITC study (Cycling Industry News)

The shape of our cities

• Big hopes for Uptown as spring, patio season arrives (Waterloo Chronicle)
• City OKs rezoning for Erb Street development (Waterloo Chronicle)
• Huck Glove gets stronger heritage protection, in exchange for higher density (The Record)
• Getting Intense: re-thinking planning for an intensification-first approach (Ryerson City-Building Institute)
• The future of parking garages doesn’t involve cars at all (Co.Design)
• How public transit increases multifamily property value (TransitScreen)

The road ahead

• Cash-strapped and in need of a hand: Ontario’s first carshare bought by Commmunauto, Vrtucar (CBC)
• Private companies want to replace public transport. Should we let them? (The Guardian)
• Uber’s self-driving cars were struggling before Arizona crash (New York Times)
• Here’s the real nightmare scenario for self-driving cars (Vox)