Author Archives: Myles Russell

Commuter data – who doesn’t drive a car?

St. John’s: One of the most car friendly city in Canada. That might not be true according to many articles you’ll find on the internet, but the statistics are there. People here LOVE their cars and just can’t get enough of them. Below are some of the statistics for St. John’s and its peer metroContinueContinue reading “Commuter data – who doesn’t drive a car?”

Stats Canada Dissemi-what nows?

TL;DR We will be creating maps based on Statistics Canada’s long form survey results, called the Census Profile. It uses the second smallest geographic codes called dissemination areas. We edit those areas to better reflect the built-up area within each dissemination area, but that isn’t perfect, and nor are the areas. We will also AnalyzeContinueContinue reading “Stats Canada Dissemi-what nows?”

St. John’s Metro Mobility Infrastructure V0.8

It has been a long road with many volunteer hours but we are finally happy to announce our first regional mapping project launch. First, we need to note a few things (scroll down and just start clicking links if you want). Firstly what are we doing at Streets are for People? Our goal is toContinueContinue reading “St. John’s Metro Mobility Infrastructure V0.8”

Traffic calming – Modal filters?

What is a modal filter? It is a structure that filters out different types of transport methods. There are many examples. Diagonal traffic diverts on 4 way intersections prevent vehicle through traffic. A bollard in the middle of a bike trail prevents large SUV’s from getting in the trail. A chicane gate may prevent largeContinueContinue reading “Traffic calming – Modal filters?”

The islands of walking

Imagine if you will, that you could only traverse our built environment by sidewalk. Maybe you are walking a rather inattentive dog, or have a baby stroller, or use a mobility device. How does that look? While continuing to process our North East Avalon infrastructure map, I thought it would be nice to generate someContinueContinue reading “The islands of walking”

Metrobus Transit hubs

Once you start reading about transit systems all across Canada, you start to see a pattern. Big cities have transit hubs. Halifax has a half dozen, York spent tens of millions on a really shitty one, Calgary has many, Toronto has so many I can’t even count and so on. We ‘sort of’ have hubs,ContinueContinue reading “Metrobus Transit hubs”

The City of St. John’s cycling plan – What next?

Red: paved protected shared use paths (SUP). Yellow: painted cycle lane gutters. Grey: gravel SUP. Pink: Under construction or engineered SUP’s That is it. That is all that is currently existing, approved, engineered and/or under construction for shared-use and dedicated cycling paths as of the posting of this… post. We actually don’t have a singleContinueContinue reading “The City of St. John’s cycling plan – What next?”