{"id":3206,"date":"2017-03-02T15:09:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T22:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2017-03-02T15:09:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T22:09:51","slug":"simon-fraser-university-next-generation-transportation-webinar-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3206","title":{"rendered":"Simon Fraser University Next-Generation Transportation Webinar Series\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beyond the\u00a0Anglosphere\u00a0\u2014 Perspectives from Montreal, Europe and Latin America<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

While much of the conversation about transportation and city-building takes place in English, many of the great innovations are happening in the non-English speaking world. Be part of SFU’s Next-Generation Transportation webinar series and learn about interesting developments happening from Montr\u00e9al to Medell\u00edn and across Europe \u2014 in English, of course! All webinars are free, but you must reserve in advance. Webinar Details and Registration.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Medell\u00edn \u2014 From pariah to poster child<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\nMarch 10, 2017, 12 pm PDT (3 pm EDT)
\nFree webinar, but reservations required. Reserve on Eventbrite<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Medell\u00edn was the murder capital of the world during the drug wars of the 1990s. Today it is regarded as a role model of inclusive urban development and it was recently named by the Wall Street Journal<\/i> as one of the most innovative cities in the world. It is noted for its innovations in education, food, community building, urban design and transportation that support equity, liveability and quality of life for all. Medell\u00edn reconnected its citizens to the river by burying motorways and creating new public spaces and housing. The city also implemented a range of public transit innovations, such as cable-car gondolas, light rail, bus rapid transit systems and bike-sharing programs. In this webinar, you will also hear about the work done in the Comunas with public escalators, new libraries and other social infrastructure. Jorge Jaramillo<\/b>, the former director of planning for Medell\u00edn, will share his insights on the city’s transformation over the past 15 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Montr\u00e9al \u2014 Cycling mecca or laurel rester?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\nMarch 17, 2017, 1 pm PDT (4 pm EDT)
\nFree webinar, but reservations required. Reserve on Eventbrite.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

While most of North America was fixated on a vehicular cycling model of cyclists mixed with traffic, Montr\u00e9al was looking to the great cycling cities of Europe for inspiration and developed a network of protected cycleways in the late 1980s. Abetted by a good bike-share system, a strong cycling advocacy community, and a commitment to keeping key cycleways open during sometimes brutal winters, Montr\u00e9al has an unusually high bike mode share for North America and a much higher than usual rate of participation by women in cycling. But the question remains: As other cities, such as Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary and now Edmonton up their game in cycling, is Montr\u00e9al resting on its laurels?\u00a0Bartek Komorowski<\/b>\u00a0of V\u00e9lo Qu\u00e9bec brings us the low-down on cycling in Montr\u00e9al.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Helsinki \u2014 Nordic innovations<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\nMarch 25, 2017, 3 pm PDT (6 pm EDT)
\nFree webinar, but reservations required. Reserve on Eventbrite<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Finnish capital is one of the least dense cities in Europe but has managed to drop traffic into its core by 20%. It boasts a range of exciting transport innovations, including the Crown Bridges\u2014a series of green bridges for walking, cycling and public transport only\u2014and a planned conversion of urban expressways with a 80km\/h speed limit into urban boulevards with a 40km\/h speed environment. Finland puts paid to the excuse that density is an absolute prerequisite for great transportation and urban innovations.\u00a0Risto Jounila<\/b>\u00a0of WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff will tell us about a range of such innovations in Helsinki and other Finnish cities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna \u2014 Affordable and inclusive greatness<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\nApril 26, 2017 at 12 pm PDT (3 pm EDT)
\nFree webinar, but reservations required. Reserve on Eventbrite<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

You would think that a city where barely over a quarter of all trips are made by car would be happy to rest on its laurels. Not so in Vienna, which wants to drop car mode share to 15% or less of all trips. Vienna now has more public transit-pass holders than registered cars\u2014and a transit pass that costs just \u20ac1 per day. It has a proud tradition of extensive social housing for all strata of society, not just the most poor, which has helped keep the city affordable for all in the face of significant population growth. Vienna is developing dense mixed-use brownfields sites on its former railyards and its range of initiatives include gender mainstreaming to promote integration and inclusiveness. Learn about these and many other Vienna initiatives from\u00a0Andreas Lindinger<\/b>,\u00a0a Vienna-based sustainability expert, urban thinker passionate about liveable cities and graduate of SFU’s Next-Generation Transportation Certificate program.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More webinars on Stockholm and Paris to come in <\/span><\/em>April 2017<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Interested in transportation issues? Consider SFU’s online\u00a0Next-Generation Transportation Certificate<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>\u2014 a program for planners, engineers, and others. Learn more at our March 18 online info-session<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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