sasha on the street

Earlier this week I wrote about the need for good infrastructure with respect to the trucking industry. The other part of the equation, about 70% of the road users, is commuters. For all the people that commute to work everyday on the highways, having a functioning highway system is paramount.
The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario [...]

Meet blackle.com, the energy efficient search engine from google. Developed in 2005 by Heap Media, an Australian Company, Blackle is a reminder that we all need to be more energy efficient. Completely dependant on our computers it is the little things that count.
Everytime you load a page from blackle you are given an energy efficiency tip. A list of energy [...]

My friend Natalie is obsessed with roundabouts. And why not? They improve road safety, keep traffic moving more efficiently and reduce both air and noise pollution.
North America has been slower to adapt the roundabout, our focus has been the signalized intersection. But in Europe the roundabout is widespread.
Ontario is about to start construction on its first roundabout [...]

BBS, what’s that? Bus-Bypass Shoulders. What that means is that during peak congestion hours on highways buses have the right of way on the shoulders and can pass slower moving traffic. Back in August I wrote an article for Traffic Technology International on the benefits of BBS. (It can be found here).
Last week I had the [...]

A Must Read for Anyone who has Been Stuck in Traffic Before
Late August the Globe and Mail published an article Zoom, Zoom, Crash, Bang a comment by Margaret Wente discussing why men and women are inherently different drivers. What she also mentioned was Tom Vanderbilt’s new book Traffic. After reading the article I couldn’t wait [...]

With the rising cost of fuel we will no doubt will we have to change our consumption patterns. But it is not easy to change something that has become such a habit for us, plus it is a lot of fun to push the envelope and see how fast you can accelerate on the on-ramp [...]

This morning a truck driver narrowly escaped death as his truck catapulted into a bridge pier on the transfer from Highway 401 west-bound collectors to the DVP/404. I think this picture says it all in terms of the severity of the crash.

The highway system around Toronto is expansive but with a crash like this it [...]

London was the pioneer in terms of the congestion chaarging scheme. In February of 2003 the first charges came into effect; a fee of £5 was chargeable during the hours of 7am to 6pm. The fee has increased to £8 per day and may be paid on a website, by SMS message, by phone or [...]