Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community
Event Details
| Date & Time | Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 9:30am - 4:30pm |
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| Host | Langara College – Continuing Studies |
| Region | Vancouver |
| Location | Langara College – Continuing Studies 100 West 49th Avenue Vancouver, BC Google Map |
| Telephone | 604 323 5322 |
| Website | Course Outline |
How can residents of Metro Vancouver transform the way we travel to deal with global warming and the end of cheap oil? Learn the basics of sustainable transportation, illustrated with examples from cities that have quickly gone from gridlock to transit and cycling meccas. We’ll explore the surprising ways residents, professionals and politicians have created outstanding transit systems and livable communities.
Instructor – Eric Doherty, MA Planning, BA Geography
Eric is a transportation planner and the co-author of the recent Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report Transportation Transformation: Building Complete Communities and a Zero-Emission Transportation System in BC. . 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. Find out more at www.ecoplanning.ca
$85.00 for the day
To register call 604 323 5322 Course # RSRC1042 www.langara.bc.ca
