Labour Day marks the final day of Vancouver's Granville Street pedestrian zone, but the city is already facing calls to bring it back next summer.

Streets came alive. Restaurants were packed. But hotels were empty. Can Vancouver keep the fun-times momentum and improve for future events?

Getting from A to B on a bicycle more often could reduce risk of dementia, possibly by protecting a part of the brain tied to memory functions, new research finds.

New research finds that the experience of a walk plays a major role in whether people leave their cars behind.

Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model

States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

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Mayor Michelle Wu's ran on more protected bike lanes around the city to satisfy a perceived demand for better cycling infrastructure.

Urbanist Brent Toderian explains how Vancouver held onto its families.

It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.

Can cities learn to love kids again?

Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.

Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian teamed up with Paris and, in particular, Mayor Anne Hidalgo on a new exhibition, From Paris to Belém.

Readers who are part of the 80-89% of the population who want to see climate action tell us their ideas on how to make their voices heard

Pic: Ms Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris (Source: ChatGPT)

Gridlock is costing us billions, but bold solutions like bus-only lanes, congestion charges and flexible work hours could get cities moving again

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.