Recent Streetsblog USA posts about British Columbia

Car2Go is pulling its vehicles out of five North American cities to concentrate on other areas where membership is more robust.

POST-MORTEM: Car2Go is Car2Gone in 5 Cities

By Aaron Short | Oct 1, 2019 | 7 Comments

The largest car sharing company in the world is withdrawing from five North American cities after being squeezed at both ends of a volatile economy that has given passengers a multitude options to motor around their cities.

More Evidence That Helmet Laws Don’t Work

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 10, 2015 | 31 Comments

If you want to increase cycling safety in your city, drop the helmet law and focus on getting more people– particularly women — on bikes, with street designs that offer separation from vehicle traffic. That’s the finding of a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia [PDF] evaluating safety outcomes for cyclists across Canadian […]

Lower Taxes, Less Smog: The Carbon Tax’s Wild Success in British Columbia

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 10, 2012 | 5 Comments

Want to lower taxes? Reduce pollution? Promote savings and investment, rather than borrowing and spending? Well, perhaps the US could take a page from British Columbia. This Canadian province recently upped the pricetag on its wildly successful carbon tax. And, boy, is it paying off. This $30 (up from $25) per ton tax on pollution […]