Owen Waygood
@owenwaygood.bsky.social
Sustainable transport prof.; Transport and children’s wellbeing; travel behaviour; psychological framing and transport decisions; oh yeah, car free w/ 3 kids.
Getting around shouldn’t threaten your life. @trishkoz.bsky.social of CBC covers fatalities of people on 🚲 in #Montreal in this podcast. She highlights the tool we’ve built to take a proactive as opposed to the current reactive approach (next post): This is Montreal www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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Does a small reminder about local #climateChange disasters increase the likelihood that someone chooses an EV over a gas-powered vehicle? Yes! Reducing the #psychologicalDistance was found to be a highly effective framing in our latest research #communication. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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An excellent overview and “easy read” of how cars affect our lives. It’s been an experiment of a bit over 100 years with cars, and the evidence shows that the losses to our wealth, health, and quality of life are mounting. This book helps with rethinking the role of cars in our lives and society.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe e-book edition of LIFE AFTER CARS is available for just $1.99 on @bookshop.org for a limited time! bookshop.org/a/9252/97805...
If we approached traffic danger as a #publicHealth issue, we’d focus on the hazard. Unfortunately people seem to give a pass to the danger imposed by cars, but the difference in hazards is HUGE between cars and micromobility. Let’s take a scientific approach to the problem and focus on the hazard.
Owen Waygood@owenwaygood.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe critical component of traffic hazard is #speed. Secondary is the mass. Most deaths are from cars, yet we often see the speed limit of micromobility limited. What would people say the speed limit should be of those modes if asked independently? #trafficHazard #trafficDanger #motonormativity
The critical component of traffic hazard is #speed. Secondary is the mass. Most deaths are from cars, yet we often see the speed limit of micromobility limited. What would people say the speed limit should be of those modes if asked independently? #trafficHazard #trafficDanger #motonormativity
Kevin Manaugh and I will welcome @thewaroncars.bsky.social to discuss their book “Life after cars” and various fascinating topics on sustainable transport April 9, at McGill thanks to SGI. SPOTS are filling up! Sign up for free: @kmanaugh.bsky.social www.mcgill.ca/desautels/ch...
3rd Annual Sustainable Transportation Roundtable
We sincerely appreciate Alstom's generous support in making this event possible. In the 20th Century, the automobile became the predominant mode of transport in most cities in North America. This has...
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Waymo's insistence that that it uses remote "assistants" rather than drivers seems to be all about liability — not semantics. Illuminating post from Junko Yoshida: junkoyoshidaparis.substack.com/p/why-does-w...
Kevin Manauch and I will welcome @thewaroncars.bsky.social to discuss their book “Life after cars” and various fascinating topics on sustainable transport April 9, at McGill thanks to SGI. Sign up for free: @kmanaugh.bsky.social www.mcgill.ca/desautels/ch...
3rd Annual Sustainable Transportation Roundtable
We sincerely appreciate Alstom's generous support in making this event possible. In the 20th Century, the automobile became the predominant mode of transport in most cities in North America. This has...
mcgill.ca
I’m not sure that I’ll ever finish the book #moralAmbition. The problem is that on every page I have to stop, put the book down… then make notes and plans about how I can better address societal problems! 😂 Inspirational stuff! 💪😅
Rebecca Sanders presented the recently published NCHRP 1157 on #pedestrian safety at night WITH a guide on how to address the problem. #trafficSafety.🚶 fatalities at night have been on the rise. It takes much longer to even react at night.
NZ takes a Safe and Appropriate Speed approach to their roads through a Movement and Place perspective. This requires (?) that speeds be appropriate to the type of use of the road - that takes into account uses that create more pedestrian activity. #trafficSafety #TRBAM2026
A little #trafficSafety humour by Jennifer Musselman of Kittelson & Associates at #TRBAM Who says engineers can’t be fun? (Other than my kids?)
Pr Bob Schneider making the argument that context characteristics impact FSI crash outcomes with pedestrians. #trafficDanger #trafficHazard
Pr. Bob Schneider was resenting on how land use impacts 🚶♀️ and cyclist road fatalities. He’s highlighting how land use spreads out, speed needs to increase to give similar accessibility, which creates more hazardous ⚠️ conditions.
@kmanaugh.bsky.social @ahmedelgeneidy.bsky.social a great thread on topics we’ve been discussing more and more because of AI!
Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 10mo agoClosing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Not all #climateChange behaviours are equally impactful. But which are the hardest? 🤔 Apparently #transport behaviors with high impact are the most difficult for Canadians. This is likely because we promote car convenience over safety, and limit choice. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Transport emissions and climate change: Which actions are the hardest?
Climate change is a global challenge, making this a crucial time for altering human behaviors to mitigate its effects. This study investigates the dif…
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Two great events today that are at the core of liveable cities! 1) 10 years of Piétons Québec who defend the needs of pedestrians (walking, rolling) 🎉👏 @pietonsquebec.bsky.social 2) Colloque ferroviaire - developing passenger rail in Canada! Critical to affordable, safe and happy cities.
14 new stations for the REM! A fantastically efficient way to give people more access!
Store obviously wasnt paying attention or wearing high-viz. (bonus, it was literally a hit and run 🏃🏃 🏃) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Car crashes through entrance at Home Hardware in Saskatoon | CBC News
Around 1:30 AM Friday, a car swerved off Central Avenue in the Sutherland neighbourhood and blew through the front entrance of a Home Hardware store. By 8:00 a.m., the owner had the place ready to ope...
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Do you ever think, hey, how would an #AV do compared to a human in this situation? Especially when they are raised in warm climates?
Are you satisfied with your access to #parks? Do you feel you have good #access to parks? Is it the number of parks, the amount of space or the quality? How you get there? We exam those questions in this #openAccess paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Calculated and perceived accessibility: A path analysis to evaluate satisfaction with access to green spaces
Parks and green spaces are important components of cities and play a vital role in individuals' well-being.Park quality and proximity to parks are key…
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OMG. This 1966 animation from the National Film Board of Canada is amazing. NFB (Canada) welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social (particularly on point is the part from 8 minutes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFaH...
What on Earth!
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PT 🚌 or parking 🅿️ - which do we subsidize💸 more? Costs to build a parking spot can be $20k, then there are costs of the land and such. This is a question - I don't have the answer. There are 6 to 8 parking spots per car, and in many cases these spots are provided free - i.e., 100 % subsidized.
As a regular transit user, as a single, with a friend/colleague, or even as a family, RARELY do the 4 seats facing each other make sense and just end up being used infrequently at full capacity.
