Simon Fraser - Choosing the Happy City Free Online Webcast

This is a live streamed free webcast. It features Charles Montgomery, author of a book called Happy City.

The lecture/webcast is free and takes place on March 26 at 7 pm PST. 8 pm Alberta time. 

Register here: http://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/events/2014/rethinking-transportation.html 

For years, self-help experts have told us that we need to do inner work in order to improve our lives. But new insights in psychology, economics and brain science suggest that our cities themselves have the power to make or break our happiness. In his new book, Happy City, Charles Montgomery shows how urban systems shape our emotions and behaviour in ways most of us never recognize. Can we build transportation systems that maximize future happiness in Metro Vancouver? It won’t be easy: In the complex modern world, humans have proved not to be experts at what economists call “maximizing utility”— or choosing what’s actually best for us. But there is hope. Montgomery will offer a powerful new vision of city life and novel strategies for how to get there.

The Charles Montgomery lecture is part of a larger series  called "Rethinking Transportation: New Ideas, New Voices". Full details are here: www.sfu.ca/rethinking-transportation. The lecture and webcast series will continue in May and June.