Alex Bigazzi, SCARP / Civil Engineering Assistant Professor, was interviewed by Vancouver Magazine about transportation in Vancouver. Bike lanes and the demolition of the viaducts have become civic election issues -- do they contribute to congestion or do they make getting around the city safer and more efficient?
Vancouver Magazine
The Vancouver Lab, a training workshop for planners from China and Turkey ran from July 2nd to 13th at SCARP.
Jian Zhuo, Professor in the Tongji Department of Urban Planning wrote:
SCARP Adjunct Professor, Dr. Aftab Erfan's paper was shortlisted for the annual AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) Prize Paper Competition for the best paper published in 2017. Forty journals based in Europe are each invited to submit two nominations, Aftab's paper was nominated by Planning Theory & Practice online journal.
Assistant professor Alex Bigazzi was asked to comment on the Vancouver-Surrey joint project to create crash free corridors for drones and other autonomous vehicles. The plan is the two cities' joint entry in the Infrastructure Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge. The prize is $50 million.
Bigazzi's says: “As long as this is done cautiously and prudently, this is a good opportunity to explore better ways to integrate autonomous vehicles with non-autonomous vehicles and cyclists and pedestrians,”
CBC Wed Jul 11 2018 |
The Canadian Press interviewed Penny Gurstein, the director of the Centre for Human Settlements within UBC’s school of community and regional planning, about temporary shelter for refugees and asylum seekers. She discussed how the central issue is a lack of affordable housing in regions with employment and language services for new immigrants. |
SCARP Post Doctoral Fellow, Oscar Zapata has looked into the question of faith in the face of natural disasters, his findings are perhaps not quite what we would have expected.
Read Lou Corpuz-Bosshart's story about Oscar's research.
Media coverage of Oscar's research includes the following stories:
SCARP's Penny Gurstein has been appointed to the BC Housing Board of Commissioners, a provincial body that oversees policy implementation and provides strategic guidance to BC Housing, to help deliver on government’s plan for housing affordability and fairness.
The full announcement from the BC government can be found here.
Distinguished Practice Professor, Larry Beasley will head The Vancouver Lab, a 2-week workshop for students and international planners.
Go to The Vancouver Lab website for more information.
SCARP Director Penny Gurstein has been awarded the Faculty of Applied Science Dean's Medal of Distinction. "The medal serves to recognize individuals who have brought high honour to the Faculty and/or who have made long standing/significant contributions to advance its vision, mission and mandate."
March 6, 2020. 12.30-2.30 PM
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