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What Moves Us?
RETHINKING TRANSPORTATION
» Thursday 20 May 2010 | 5 pm
» Bohemian Café, 524 Bernard Avenue, Kelowna
An informal afternoon hour showcasing ideas
and people in the Okanagan creative economy. Join us as UBCO professor and transportation engineer Gordon Lovegrove shows how creative thinking is the first step in forging a future of sustainable communities.
» $2 at the door. Refreshments are available at a modest cost.
» Seating is limited, please reserve yours HERE
Expert Explains Sustainable Transportation Theory and Practice
What moves us in the Okanagan? Transportation. It's that system of roads, rail, waterways and airways that forms an ever-expanding matrix over our region, conveying people and goods into, out of, and throughout the valley. Like the circulatory system of the body it mimics, our transportation system carries the lifeblood of our communities. We need it to be effective, efficient and unhindered. And we need it to be healthy.
Unless properly managed, our transportation system can threaten the very sustainability of the communities it serves. Our increasing population puts increased demands on transportation, and without judicious planning energy costs, pollution and hazards to health and safety will also increase. Our Okanagan agricultural and tourism industries depend on the pristine beauty of the valley. Do we risk losing this natural attribute to expanding carpets of asphalt and smog cover? Over 400 people die in road crashes in BC each year. Are these 400 deaths an acceptable risk trade-off for the benefit of road travel?
On Thursday, May 20th at 5 pm the ongoing weekly Okanagan Institute Express series at the Bohemian Café, Kelowna - presents What Moves Us? Rethinking Transportation. Join us as UBCO professor and transportation engineer Gordon Lovegrove shows how creative thinking is the first step in forging a future of sustainable communities.
 Dr. Gordon Lovegrove has more than twenty years' experience as a transportation engineer and consultant on projects that emphasize the sustainability of lifestyles and communities. Some of Dr. Lovegrove's projects include UBC Vancouver's award winning Universal Transportation Pass (U-Pass) program that is saving 40,000 university students over $4 million per month and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by over 15,000 tonnes per year; UBC Vancouver's TREK Program Centre dedicated to promoting sustainable transportation and development on campus; The City of Vancouver's city-wide bicycle path, the Seaside Bicycle Route, connecting Stanley Park to UBC, and the Township of Langley's award winning Shared-Use (equestrian, bicycle, pedestrian) Trails program to reduce auto reliance. Dr. Lovegrove's current research includes quantifying the benefits of increased bicycling in our communities. He is also involved in the establishment of Canada's first research lab on Sustainable Road Safety at UBC Okanagan.
Dr. Lovegrove's presentation will include examples of sustainability performance measures from communities throughout the world, and discussion of how lessons from these examples might be applied to the Okanagan Valley. Creative thinking is the first step in forging a future of sustainable communities. Come prepared to be challenged, to challenge - and to leave smaller footprints.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE CLICK HERE
What Moves Us? Rethinking Transportation takes place at the Bohemian Café, Kelowna. This marks the 139th event the Okanagan Institute has held since the Express series got underway in July 2007.
Express has played host to many Okanagan luminaries, including former deputy secretary general of Amnesty International Derek Evans, artists Lee Claremont and Gary Pearson, BC Book Award nominee Don Gayton, CBC Literary prize winner poet Harold Rhenisch, distinguished editor and author Jim Taylor, poet laureate and professor John Lent, creative entrepreneur Nikos Theodosakis, animator and filmmaker Jim Cliffe, community activist Don Elzer, dancer David LaHay, architect Jim Meiklejohn, culinary artist and writer Heidi Noble, broadcaster Marion Barschel and many others from a wide range of creative fields.
The Okanagan Institute is a group of creative professionals that has gathered around the goal of providing events, publications and services of interest to enquiring minds in the Okanagan. We partner with individuals, organizations, institutions and businesses to achieve optimal creative and social impact.
Our mission is to ignite cultural transformation, catalyze collaborative action, build networks and foster sustainable creative enterprises. We invite the participation by all members of the creative community.
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