Keesmaat, Florida, McKenzie offer vision of improved “new normal” for Canadian cities post-COVID

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Dr. Richard Florida

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida coauthored the opinion piece “Canada’s new normal begins in our cities,” with Jennifer Keesmaat (CEO, Keesmaat Group) and Kwame McKenzie (CEO, Wellesley Institute), published in The Globe and Mail, May 23, 2020.

Canadian municipalities have it in their power, today, to improve their transportation networks.

A few of the transportation-related recommendations are:

… accelerating the decarbonization of our transportation systems by transforming existing roadways for safe, active transportation such as walking and biking; and embracing sustainability in our built and natural environments …