Gordon Richard Lovegrove, PEng, MBA, PhD, FITE

Gordon Richard Lovegrove, PEng, MBA, PhD, FITE

Associate Professor

Principal Investigator, Sustainable Transport Safety Research Laboratory

Kelowna City Councilor

(Ret.) Dept Science Advisor, Transport & Infrastructure Canada, Government of Canada

Faculty of Applied Science

School of Engineering

Okanagan Campus

Fields

Engineering, Pollution, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Planning / Community Planning

Contact Information

gord.lovegrove@ubc.ca

mobile: 250-808-9377

www.engineering.ok.ubc.ca/faculty/gordonlovegrove.html

Alternate Contact

Lou Corpuz-Bosshart

Media Relations Specialist

Tel: 604 822 2048

Email: lou.bosshart@ubc.ca

Expertise

Sustainability, sustainable transportation, transportation planning, sustainable road safety, sustainable communities, transportation demand management, safety audits, macro-level collision prediction models, social cost benefit analyses, sustainable development, public transport, public transit

In the Media

• All aboard? Researcher pitches Okanagan Valley zero emission railway
• Expert who investigated Lac-Mégantic disaster calls for action from CN, province after Saskatoon derailment
• Crude by rail increase ‘manageable’, analysts say, but farmers fearful of being pushed off tracks
• You don’t always need snow tires but here’s what experts recommend
• Experts weigh in on the costs of SkyTrain vs. LRT in Surrey
• Too early to predict timeline of Surrey-Langley SkyTrain: Experts
• Is Vancouver’s approach to transportation sustainable?
• B.C. road fatalities and injuries more than doubled since higher speed limits
• Highway speed limit hikes linked to more crashes, fatalities: study
• Trapped train workers probably couldn’t send distress signal
• TransLink sets emissions goals, aims to green its operations

Remaking the City Street Grid – A Model for Urban and Suburban Development: www.mcfarlandbooks.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-9604-4