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SUMMARY:Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for 
 Your Community - Sat Feb 18
DESCRIPTION:Sat February 18, 2012  9:30am – 4:30pm    $85\nTrans
 portation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Communit
 y Langara College – Continuing Studies 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouv
 er BC\nHow can residents of Metro Vancouver transform the way we trave
 l to deal with global warming and the end of cheap oil? Learn the basi
 cs of sustainable transportation, illustrated with examples from citie
 s that have quickly gone from gridlock to transit and cycling meccas. 
 We’ll explore the surprising ways residents, professionals and polit
 icians have created outstanding transit systems and livable communitie
 s.\nInstructor – Eric Doherty, MA Planning, BA Geography\nEric is a 
 transportation planner and the co-author of the recent Canadian Centre
  for Policy Alternatives report Transportation Transformation: Buildin
 g Complete Communities and a Zero-Emission Transportation System in BC
 . . In his consulting business, Ecopath Planning, Eric focuses on prac
 tical approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other envir
 onmental impacts, while improving community resiliency and livability.
  Find out more at www.ecoplanning.ca\nCourse Outline:\n1) Environmenta
 l and social impacts of transportation\n2) Transportation after the ag
 e of cheap oil\n3) Transportation Planning Basics: •    Elasticit
 y of traffic volumes •    Transit, cycling and pedestrian priorit
 y measures •    Shifting incentives – money and time •    
 Transportation as a determinant of land use\n4) Case studies: •   
  Vancouver BC – 1970s freeway revolt sets stage for future success 
 •    Zurich Switzerland – Referendums drive innovation •   
  Curitiba, Brazil – First bus rapid transit system drives land use 
 •    Bogota, Columbia – Cycling and walking integrated with tra
 nsit •    Portland Oregon –  Freeway revolt opens way for cycl
 ing and light rail progress •    Ottawa Ontario – Integrated sy
 stem builds transit ridership in advance of rapid transit\n5) The Tran
 sportation Transformation vision, how freight and long distance passen
 ger innovations complement changes in cities.\nTo register call 604 32
 3 5322 Course # RSRC1042  www.langara.bc.ca\nhttp://ecoplanning.ca/ev
 ents\n\n\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouver.org/eve
 nts/transportation-transformation-sustainable-transportation-for-your
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CATEGORIES:i, day, course
LOCATION:Langara College
WEBSITE:http://www.langara.bc.ca
URL:http://www.langara.bc.ca
CONTACT:604 877 1223
ORGANIZER;CN="Eric Doherty":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/EricDo
 herty
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