Rapid transit is a long standing topic of debate in Winnipeg. In the last municipal election, Mayor Sam Katz pledged his support for light rail transit (LRT), while runner up Judy Wasylycia-Leis supported bus rapid transit (BRT). Three years later, we have 3.6km of...
Transportation
Lessons from Lac-Megantic
Executive Summary Since 2008, the United States has been developing important policy relating to risk in the transportation of dangerous goods by rail. The dialogue has not been restricted to the conventional corporate participants—the chemical producers and...
Lessons from the Lac-Megantic accident
Since 2008, important policy debate has been developing in the United States on risk in the transportation of dangerous goods. The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA) bankruptcy protection following the Lac-Mégantic disaster last summer provides an opportune...
Overbooking is a Fact of Life in the World of Air Travel
Many air travelers are understandably annoyed when they get bumped from a flight because the airline has overbooked. But it has become a necessary way of life, and it actually reduces the cost of flying for everyone. Air Canada and other airlines offer refundable...
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Why University?
In this essay, I explain that young people should come to university to be educated, and not to become credentialed; the public should support universities because universities educate young people, not because they produce credentialled workers. Why should a...
A Lamentable Tale of Two Colonies
During the whole of recorded history, the empire has been the most constant and common form of political organization. A basic, self-evident feature of all empire-building has been the successful occupation of the lands of the local, Indigenous inhabitants by outside...
How to Kill Traffic Congestion: Apply market pricing to Canada’s roads
Traffic in Canada could be more evenly spread out during the day the roads more efficiently—if market pricing was used.
Winning the Battle with Traffic Congestion: The benefits of accurate transport pricing
Instead of increasing road capacity, Canada’s government agencies should implement accurate transport pricing.
Media Release – Winning the Battle with Traffic Congestion: Why inner city and rush-hour traffic pricing makes sense
Instead of increasing road capacity, Canada’s government agencies should implement accurate transport pricing.
Toward Creating Sustainable Transit
“Introducing competition and competitive contracting into a system now dominated by union and operating monopolies, combined with a shift in reliance from rail to buses, would go a long way toward curbing costs and increasing productivity.”
This Shouldn’t Fly With Canadians
“The Frontier Centre for Public Policy compared airline fares on similar-distance flights in all three jurisdictions and found that fares were the most expensive in Canada.”
‘Open Skies’ Policy Unlikely To Take Off In Canada, U.S.;: Europeans enjoy cheapest rates, study says
“A study from the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre For Public Policy surveyed five cheapest-fare 3,300-mile flights and found: Canadian passengers pay an average fare per mile of 45 cents, Americans pay 28 cents, Europeans pay 16 cents.”
Study Calls For Canada To Open Skies To Competition; Affordable Flying;: Review finds airfares higher han U.S., Europe
“Consumers pay more for air travel in Canada than in the U.S. or Europe, says a new study that calls on Ottawa to open the market to more competition.”
Want Cheap Airfares? See Europe: Why Europe is a low-fare zone
Airlines fares are cheapest in Europe—this thanks to competition.
Media Release – Canada’s Not-So Friendly Skies: Why Canadian Consumers Pay Sky-High Airfares
Canadian consumers pay sky-high airfares compared to both the U.S. and Europe.