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Global Cycling Revolution Finding Deep Roots in Toronto
With bike shops reporting thriving sales across Canada and around the world, cycling advocates are pushing hard to ensure that post-pandemic cities include more ... -
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Major Cities Urge Green, Resilient Recovery with ‘No Return to Business as Usual’
There’s no going back to “business as usual” after the COVID-19 pandemic when that previous path had the world on track for at least ... -
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E-Bikes Sales Spike as Commuters Prep for Return to Work
Lighter and faster than ever, e-bikes are in high demand as lockdown regulations ease and commuters begin to return to work. Add in ever-increasing ... -
Edmonton Lays Plans to Reboot, Diversify Local Economy
A new agency unanimously approved by city council in Edmonton, Alberta will oversee the creation of a post–COVID-19 economy—equipped with a C$11-million budget and ... -
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Researchers Cite Urban Density as Solution, Not Cause in Pandemic Spread
It is not density, but instead an inhumane and unhealthy infrastructure rooted in a long history of pervasive inequality and bigotry, that is fuelling ... -
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WRI ‘Build Back Better’ Webinar Addresses COVID-19 Recovery and Public Transport
As the COVID-19 pandemic makes its relentless sweep across the world’s cities, it is revealing the vital importance of urban public transport systems in ... -
High School Transit Training Offers Independence, Confidence to Young Riders
Youth, schools, and communities all stand to gain from a public transit initiative in Kingston, Ontario that is empowering young riders, making (pre-COVID) field ... -
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In Conversation: Post-COVID Recovery Becomes Added Lens for Climate, Energy Efficiency Programs, Dunsky Says
Philippe Dunsky is President of Dunsky Energy Consulting, a 35-person Canadian firm specialized in accelerating the clean energy transition. In early April, he circulated ... -
Canadian-Designed Sensors Helping to Build ‘Smart’ Cities
Once used solely to light commuters’ paths after dark, streetlights can now serve as “technology pillars” for smart city development and maintenance around the ... -
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Mid-Density Cities Can Meet Community Needs While Containing Sprawl, Ryerson Report Concludes
An institute at Toronto’s Ryerson University is diving right into the looming debate over urban density in an age of pandemic. -
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Post-Pandemic ‘Metro Makeovers’ Could Bring Better Pedestrian, Bike Access
Dense cities across Europe are making bike lanes and pedestrian thoroughfares the linchpins in their plans to slowly return citizens to some semblance of ... -
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Saskatchewan Analysts See Energy Retrofits, Renewables as ‘Very Practical’ Path to Economic Recovery
As oil prices plummet and coronavirus-hit economies reel, analysts and experts are urging aggressive investment in labour-intensive renewable energy projects and efficiency retrofits as ... -
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Webinar: New York State Looks to Energy Efficiency for Post-COVID Job Creation
With the COVID crisis shutting down the economy in one of the hardest-hit parts of the United States, New York state is in an ... -
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In Conversation: Community Values Must Inform Post-COVID Rebuilding, Yano Says
Sherry Yano is Manager of Community Renewable Energy at the David Suzuki Foundation. She talks about the fault lines in society revealed by the ... -
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‘Gobsmacking’ UK Announcement Says Green Transport Must Become Citizens’ First Choice
The UK government recently declared that meeting the nation’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 will require that public transit, cycling, and other forms ...
