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LETTER: Investing in a Walk-able City Pays for Itself

With an investment of $3 million annually into improving walkability in St. John’s, the economic benefits would outweigh the costs by four times.

August 21, 2020

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Analysis Commentary

Speaking as a Car-Owner: It’s Time for a War on Cars

Owning a private motor vehicle no more accords you rights to extra public space than owning real estate accords you more votes in a general…

September 9, 2019

Indy Inks (29 July 2019)

July 29, 2019

How parking drives automobility and harms us along the way

As the province undertakes climate change consultations, the Pokémon Go craze and a story about a bike-using professional recycler should make us think twice about…

August 4, 2016

Bike Lanes: Déjà-vu all over again

As municipalities across the country try to encourage active transportation, why does it still feel like bicycles are Public Enemy #1 in St. John’s? Robin…

May 21, 2015

Biking: to helmet or not to helmet?

Why the government is wrong to make cycling without a helmet illegal, even though I (almost) always wear one when I rides a bike.

December 15, 2014

Mandatory helmet law misguided

Proponents of mandatory helmets have good intentions, but the policy can produce more negative outcomes than good.

Sara Rich Dorman

December 15, 2014

“When we can bicycle, bicycle”

Cycling is good for our health, the environment, the economy, and all the cool kids are doing it. So why the hold up in making…

May 30, 2014