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Think City Freeway Revolts Tour 4
Think City Vancouver Freeway Revolts – Bicycle Tour
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Tour participants in front of house slated for demolition to make way for freeway expansion at Grandview / Hwy 1
Starting along the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts we toured significant sites in Vancouver’s successful freeway revolt of the 60s and early 70s. As we head east we moved from the walking city in Strathcona / Chinatown to streetcar suburbs and discussed how public transit has shaped our city.
The tour ended at the site of the present day Highway 1 freeway widening, one of the key locations in the present day freeway revolt against the Gateway freeway megaproject.
Tour Host: Eric Doherty
Eric Doherty is a transportation and environmental planner. In his consulting business, Ecopath Planning, Eric focuses on practical approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, while improving community resiliency and livability. He is active with StopThePave.org and is also on the steering committee of the Vancouver / Burnaby Chapter of the Council of Canadians.
Think City Freeway Revolts Tour 4
Think City Vancouver Freeway Revolts – Bicycle Tour
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Tour participants in front of house slated for demolition to make way for freeway expansion at Grandview / Hwy 1
Starting along the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts we toured significant sites in Vancouver’s successful freeway revolt of the 60s and early 70s. As we head east we moved from the walking city in Strathcona / Chinatown to streetcar suburbs and discussed how public transit has shaped our city.
The tour ended at the site of the present day Highway 1 freeway widening, one of the key locations in the present day freeway revolt against the Gateway freeway megaproject.
Tour Host: Eric Doherty
Eric Doherty is a transportation and environmental planner. In his consulting business, Ecopath Planning, Eric focuses on practical approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, while improving community resiliency and livability. He is active with StopThePave.org and is also on the steering committee of the Vancouver / Burnaby Chapter of the Council of Canadians.