by Dr. Rae Furlonge | Oct 13, 2016 | Bicycling
The section on Renewable Energy of the Budget Statement 2017 by the Minister of Finance on September 30, 2016 stated, “… the imperative to make the shift to renewable and clean energy and to promote energy efficiency remains our public policy agenda.” Yet, the only...
by Dr. Rae Furlonge | Jul 21, 2016 | Bicycling
World Future Society states in Sustainable Urban Mobility in 2020 that, “Dedicated bicycle traffic lanes are a key element of bicycling infrastructure… Cities and towns throughout the United States are creating designated bike lanes on streets and highways. Downtown...
by Dr. Rae Furlonge | Jul 14, 2016 | Bicycling
In my Newsday Business column of December 31, 2009, I wrote, “…the most significant contributor to highway congestion and main road traffic is the urban centre (cities and towns), because of the inability of the urban centre’s internal roads to adequately receive and...
by Dr. Rae Furlonge | Jun 30, 2016 | Bicycling
EUROCHAMTT and the Port of Spain Corporation hosted “The Green Urban Transport Solutions for a Revitalised POS and Healthier Communities” Workshop on June 22, 2016 at the Murchison Brown Auditorium, City Hall. One of the topics addressed was bicycling. The Motor...
by Dr. Rae Furlonge | Jun 5, 2016 | Carbon Emissions
A former classmate of mine at St. Mary’s College, and now an accomplished traffic engineer in Canada, sent me some information on the Government of Ontario public transport plan for 2020. Its cost is 17.5 Billion Canadian dollars. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA)...
