Archive for 'Environment'
Building Coalitions
In response to Professor Chis Leo’s blog article, Kissing Frogs: Building Coalitions For Change In Canadian Cities, about building coalitions to make Winnipeg a nicer place to live insofar as transit and housing are concerned:
In the late 90s, a guy who is and was a cycling activist happened across my uwto.org website.
Cycling Guy suggested starting [...]
Posted: January 23rd, 2008 under Environment, Transit, Urban Studies.
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March 2007 – Eyesore of the Month
James Kunstler visited Winnipeg in early 2007, and took a short tour of our city. He doesn’t think that the Museum of Human Rights looks all that great.
Original link from Kunstler.com website:
http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_200703.html
Here’s a humdinger: a model of Canada’s new Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg. Ever been to Winnipeg? It’s an entire city built to [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2007 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Environment, Tourism.
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Feds give $697-M to Spadina subway extension
The federal Conservative government announced yesterday that it would contribute $697 million to the 8.8-kilometre expansion of Toronto’s Spadina subway line out to York University.
From the Toronto Star:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Premier Dalton McGuinty will announce next week that the federal government will pump $697 million into the plan to extend the Spadina subway [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2007 under Environment, Infrastructure, Transit.
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Make New York’s Subways Free: Philanthropist
In an article from the New York Sun, (Feb 12 2007) New York Lawyer and environmentalist Theodore Kheel argues that if cars can drive for free, people should ride for free.
Free NYC’s Subways
ANNIE KARNI
The New York Sun
If New Yorkers don’t pay a fee to use the police and fire departments, they should not have [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2007 under Environment, Transit.
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