‘Mobility pricing’ has been in the local news recently because on June 6th, 2017 TransLink and the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation announced their launch of an Independent Commission on ‘mobility pricing’.

Unlike vehicles powered by gasoline or diesel-fuelled Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs), when Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVS) are driving they are emissions free, but if the power source for recharging their battery is fossil fuel based—coal-fired power plants are a mainstay of many power grids—this does generate particulates and CO2.

Bill C- 46, the current Liberal government’s ‘draft’ set of rules for detecting and punishing drug-impaired driving, and for updating the laws on drunk driving proposes extending authority to the police to obtain roadside breathalyzer samples without any need of ‘reasonable grounds’ for suspecting impairment.

For one year, 334 and approximately one half days at the time of writing, Markus Pukonen, a Tofino BC resident has been engaged in circumnavigating the globe unassisted by engines or motors.