Archive for February, 2009
What about artificially increasing the price of power to curb demand?
I had an interesting presentation tonight, delivered by Amir Shalaby of The Ontario Power Authority, it was all about energy and its future in Ontario. The presentation covered a breadth of topics from demand to supply, from current use to projected use, from non-renewable to renewable energy sources. What really stuck with me is the [...]
Posted: February 27th, 2009 under Energy, environment, infrastructure, sustainability.
Tags: Energy, environment, Green, infrastructure, sustainability
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The Future of GO Transit
If you go to the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario’s website and click on News (it’s on the right hand side about two-thirds of the way down) you’ll find this article, GO Transit is Expanding!Awesome, does that mean more trains? More buses? New rail lines? New bus routes? More parking lot space?
No, once you click [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2009 under environment, infrastructure, public transportation.
Tags: environment, GO, infrastructure, Metrolinx, public transportation, Transit
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Protecting Tomorrow: Pollution Probe is a Leader in the war on Climate Change
Ever heard of Pollution Probe?
It is a non-profit environmental group which is presently focusing on clean air and water, climate change, energy conservation, mercury mitigation, children’s health and transportation. Through policy change, research and public education the goal is to achieve positive and tangible environmental change.
What do they do?
Remember the ecoAuto program? I wrote about [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2009 under Climate Change, environment, fuel efficiency, sustainability.
Tags: Climate Change, environment, fuel efficiency, p, pollution, sustainable, Transportation
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Garbage, garbage everywhere…
With the rising temperatures in the east of Canada and the United States it has made for some beautiful running weather. I was even tempted to get on my road bike again, even ride to work, but the massive snow banks deterred me from venturing on the narrowed roads.What also caught my attention was the [...]
Posted: February 11th, 2009 under health, toronto.
Tags: environment, garbage, leisure, sustainable, toronto
Comments: 1
407EAST
No I’m not talking about the existing 407ETR, I’m talking about the proposed extension from its easterly termination of Brock Road over to Highway 115/35. This new extension will be known as 407EAST.
Why have GTA residents not really heard about it?
Minister Jim Bradley released his announcement the same day as the Federal Budget. With all the [...]
Posted: February 5th, 2009 under Congestion, Sustainable Infrastructure, cars, infrastructure, toronto.
Tags: cars, Congestion, highway, infrastructure, sustainability, toll, toronto
Comments: 2
Please Stop Clearing Our Rural Highways
This weekend I headed back up again to Southern Ontario ski country, Collingwood, Ontario. And typical for when I drive I got to go through some nasty weather and what I saw out there scared me; between the drivers and the snow plows.
Ontario snowplowing – Does it Work?
Back in December I wrote an article comparing [...]
Posted: February 4th, 2009 under Driver Safety, Transportation, cars, environment, highway, infrastructure.
Tags: car, Driver Safety, driving, environment, highways, Safety, snow, Transportation, travel
Comments: 2