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Jun. 22, 2020 / Barry Rueger

Dueling Petitions in North Van

The North Vancouver City News Facebook group exploded on Sunday with duelling petitions, one for and one against maintaining the…

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Jun. 08, 2020 / Barry Rueger

Survival Tips from North Shore Developers

Over the weekend I had an article published at Fortune.com that explores how North Shore property developers are adapting their…

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Mar. 06, 2020 / Barry Rueger

Make it Easy!

A few years ago I was part of a group for whom Translink (then still under the Liberal governent) presented…

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Nov. 10, 2019 / Barry Rueger

North Shore Housing? Thanks Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish!

If you’ve been following the plans by the Squamish nation to build 6000 units of housing near the Burrard Bridge,…

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Nov. 05, 2019 / Barry Rueger

DNV Council – For The Birds?

This week the municipal council of the District of North Vancouver voted to prohibit the keeping of pigeons in the…

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Oct. 06, 2019 / Barry Rueger

Show Me The Way To Go Home

What is this — a café? A library? A corner store? Unless you regularly travel by transit to Langara College…

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Aug. 25, 2019 / Barry Rueger

Gender Bias in Snowplowing?

Every once in a while you read an article that really challenges long-held assumptions. This one at the 99% Invisible…

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Aug. 22, 2019 / Barry Rueger

China: Bike Share, Electric Motorbikes and Pedestrians

In previous posts, I talked about subways and automobiles in China, but what really stood out in my recent visit…

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Aug. 21, 2019 / Barry Rueger

How China Reduces Automobile Usage

Prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it was generally acknowledged that both the traffic and the pollution in the city…

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Aug. 14, 2019 / Barry Rueger

Why We Should Look More Closely at Beijing Subways

When Gordon recently posted a short item about plans to use facial recognition to speed Chinese subway users through ticket…

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