Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts

Monday, December 15, 2014

One Step toward Retrofitting Suburbia


 Think of the places in Metro Vancouver that attract people and commerce. Commercial Drive in Vancouver is one very successful area. People feel good about living, working and visiting this neighbourhood.
 Maybe it's time for Surrey to return to the "old school" main streets that encourage walking and a sense of community. We need to get away from our car-centric culture. In order to do that, Surrey needs to change its  commercial parking requirements.

Sprawling suburban parking acreages are so 70s. Time  for change.   





Full Blog Post by Matt Taylor here

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Who's Your City?

 Richard Florida will be in Vancouver next Wednesday along with Ray Kurzweil.
The topic is Will Innovation Save Us?
 Part of SFU's Public Square Lecture series.