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Category Archives: Transportation
Fairness on the road
(June 12, 2014) Road tolls don’t deprive people of options, they add travel options for all, improving the quality of life. Continue reading
Posted in Public Transit, Toll Roads, Transportation
Tagged commuters, Lawrence Solomon, privatization, public transit, toll roads
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Lawrence Solomon: Fill ‘er up, with people
(January 16, 2014) Traffic congestion would disappear if the government regulations that cause it were abolished. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Pumped storage equals pumped energy prices
(November 18, 2013) As Hans and Franz of SNL fame used to say, “we want to pump you up,” and that appears to be what Northland Power Inc. want to do with a water-filled abandoned iron ore mine in Marmora, Ontario. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Big Brother takes the wheel
(October 17, 2013) ‘Smart roads’ would take the task of driving out of the hands of human drivers. Continue reading
Posted in Toll Roads, Transportation
Tagged Cisco Systems Inc., Google Inc., Internet of Things, Lawrence Solomon, traffic flow
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Parker Gallant: Ontario’s environmental commissioner, serving the public or simply sucking up?
(October 14, 2013) On October 10, 2013, Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller released his 194-page annual report titled, “Serving the Public,” and backed it up with a “supplement” that ran to 247 pages. His press conference at 10 a.m. on that day attracted little attention resulting in only minor media coverage. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utility Regulation and Commodity Deregulation, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Privatization, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, Crown land, Global Warming, Gord Miller, green energy, Ontario, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind power, wind turbines
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Lawrence Solomon: Smart roads are making new mass transit and expressways obsolete
(September 5, 2013) Satellite technology tracks traffic along all routes, changing rates on the fly. Continue reading
Posted in Public Transit, Toll Roads, Transportation
Tagged Computer Technology, congestion, highways, public transit, Singapore, toll roads, transportation
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Lawrence Solomon: Move into the fast lane
(December 7, 2012) The U.S. has pioneered dynamic pricing of highway toll lanes. Continue reading
Posted in Public Transit, Toll Roads
Tagged highways, Lawrence Solomon, markets, toll roads, transportation
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