Over the years, I came to believe that people held two very different views of transportation models. I call these views The Stick and The Map. My goal is to write a fictional book or make a movie about transportation planning. My interest is not to advocate one or the other view, but to use… Read Article →
I started to rethink my short story The Gladstone Barrier this week. I came up with several ideas that I think I can use to develop it into a longer and, hopefully, better story. Description In some of my stories, I do have a lot of description of the people and the locations, but have… Read Article →
I wanted to put together a collection of transportation planning jokes, but I haven’t come across many. In fact, the only one I know of was one I wrote about 20 to 25 years ago. Back then, our department faced some very difficult problems, which had resulted in the replacement of the manager. The new… Read Article →
A problem I run into all the time is that I spread myself too thin over many different projects. I find myself jumping back and forth between each project. In the end, I never finish any of them. It is only when I take a step back; consider each of my projects, and then make… Read Article →
I made progress on several of my projects this week. $100 Film Festival Film I got the test roll for my new $100 Film Festival Film (HDFFF2012). I was happy with how good it looked. I had been worried that the film was too old and wouldn’t work. I need to plan out what to… Read Article →
The relationship that transportation planners have with the public and media is an essential part of the job. But it is a relationship that can be strained by conflict. It doesn’t matter if a transportation planner works in the public sector or the private sector, in the end taxpayers have to pay. Researchers, like Zahavi,… Read Article →
Lately I have asked people for their opinions about my idea for a movie about transportation planners. Some comments I got made me realize that many people have an unrealistic view of the economics of moviemaking. How Much Money Might I Make? So, what is the market for a movie about transportation planning? If we… Read Article →
I have embarked on a project to make a movie about transportation planning. This idea has been percolating through my mind for a long time and has a long way to go yet. Early Efforts I worked for over 30 years as a transportation planner. When I started to make films in the early 1990s,… Read Article →
“I never gave them hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.” – Harry S Truman I don’t know why I didn’t think of this earlier. After all, all through my career I was frustrated by how people reacted to bad news. Time and again I ran into a lot of… Read Article →
I just posted a new short story. The Gladstone Barrier http://www.dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/the-gladstone-barrier/ This story is set a traffic operations office, but has some of the same characters as The Glencoe Project. Although I wrote it later, The Gladstone Barrier happens before The Glencoe Project. I found this story much harder to write. It could be because… Read Article →