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Is there a better way to handle freight in Saskatoon?

A lot of cities are struggling with how to handle freight around the world. Commuters are the primary source of traffic coming into and out of the city, and parking causes much of the street-to-street congestion within it. Fact is, says transport scholar Genevieve Giuliano of the University of Southern …

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Transit improvements needn’t be expensive

A quick hit from the Urbanophile this morning on effective, immediate ways to improve transit, that are also (relatively) cheap to implement. Most of the recommendations can easily be translated to Saskatoon. Some of them, like the GPS service, are underway here but we won’t see them for awhile. Run bus …

Episode 013 | Councillor Tiffany Paulsen

Councillor Tiffany Paulsen joined us at The Two Twenty for an hour long discussion on life in the City of Saskatoon. Joined by Hilary Nelson, Sean Shaw, and DeeAnn Mercier, we had a good discussion about city expansion, conflict of interest legal advice, infrastructure, and her life as a civic …

Protected bike lanes are good for business

According to a study from the New York Department of Transportation A new study from the New York Department of Transportation shows that streets that safely accommodate bicycle and pedestrian travel are especially good at boosting small businesses, even in a recession. NYC DOT found that protected bikeways had a significant …

North Downtown links.

Here is a link to the City’s main page on the North Downtown [insert joke about navigating the city's website here]. On the Jane’s Walk we went on, materials were provided from this specific presentation. There are some good maps and ideas in there, with regards to travelling around and …