Archive for August, 2009
Can we make the roads safer?
Not surprisingly there was another traffic accident on highway 401 this morning. It was almost in the centre of Toronto, in the Yonge Westbound Express lanes. As reported by CP24 a tractor trailer plowed into the guard rail dumping 200 litres of diesel fuel across the highway and seriously damaging the guardrail. The result for [...]
Posted: August 10th, 2009 under cars, Driver Safety, highway.
Tags: accident, car, highway, Safety, Transportation, truck
Comments: 2
From Anarchy to Order
Have you ever been driving home during rush-hour wondering why it is taking so long to get through the traffic light? Through a busy interchange? Only to see it open up and you travel along smoothly for a few minutes or the rest of the way to your destination. Frustrating as it may be it’s [...]
Posted: August 6th, 2009 under cars, Congestion, engineering, infrastructure, Sustainable Infrastructure, toronto.
Tags: car, infrastructure, road, Sustainable Infrastructure, toronto, Transportation, travel times
Comments: none
A Green Education
It’s not just about the engineering, life sciences, arts, law, medicine, etc. programs anymore, today more post-secondary schools are offering ‘green’ education programs. From the technical college programs, to the theoretical undergraduate courses to the more advanced graduate programs more schools are capturing the growing ‘green’ economy. But of course, you have to offer the [...]
Posted: August 5th, 2009 under education, environment, sustainability.
Tags: college, Economy, education, environment, Green, MBA, university
Comments: 3
Does Having Kids Increase Your Environmental Footprint?
While watching television last night this MACLEANS title flashed across my screen The Case Against Having Kids: They can hurt your career, your marriage, your social life, your bank book. Why bother? And it shocked me … really is that what people think, how naïve. Mind you I come from a family where my mother [...]
Posted: August 4th, 2009 under Climate Change, environment, Green Living, sustainability.
Tags: carbon footprint, children, Climate Change, environment, Green, sustainable
Comments: 3