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Jun. 21, 2016 / Dan Ross

Some Animals are More Equal Than Others

The Vancouver School Board released the names of 12 schools that could close to make up a $27M budget deficit – eleven…
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Feb. 12, 2016 / Dan Ross

The Efficacy of Signage

I used to work for New York City DOT in the Queens Borough Commissioner’s Office. Part of my job was…
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Feb. 08, 2016 / Dan Ross

Glass and Birds

The last post by Dan Ross this week – at least as guest editor.  Dan will still be contributing to…
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Feb. 05, 2016 / Dan Ross

Squamish – The Heart of the Deal

Some doings a-transpirin’ up the Sea-to-Sky in Squamish: A long-planned oceanfront development agreement moved another step closer this week with…
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Feb. 05, 2016 / Dan Ross

Pandora Avenue Protected Lanes – Victoria's First

While in Victoria last week I checked out progress on the city’s first on-road protected cycle lanes on Pandora Street.…
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Feb. 04, 2016 / Dan Ross

Motordom in Action: Edmonton Development and Roads

An interesting little item in yesterday’s Edmonton Journal about developer contributions for new infrastructure: Road building rules around new Edmonton…
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Feb. 04, 2016 / Dan Ross

How to tell your date his light rail is actually a streetcar

Many PT readers will by now have seen some of these snazzy renderings of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed…
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Feb. 03, 2016 / Dan Ross

Recollections of a New York City Transit Strike

Blogger Samantha Moller recounts the 2005 NYC Transit Strike, which I recall as more anger than actual inconvenience. I don’t…
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Feb. 03, 2016 / Dan Ross

Think Spring: Why Vancouver should be more like Buffalo

The Lower Mainland is a temperate rain forest. It is fecund. Things grow here.  . While getting rained on the…
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Feb. 03, 2016 / Dan Ross

Canada’s Most Romantic Destinations

Amazon.ca’s algorithm places North Vancouver atop the Lower Mainland for Second Most Romantic City in Canada. The article doesn’t say whether…
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Feb. 02, 2016 / Dan Ross

Behold This: Brutalism in New York

There were some choice words a few weeks back about the proposed redevelopment next to Waterfront Station and in previous posts about…
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Feb. 02, 2016 / Dan Ross

Old World vs. New

Area blogger Samantha Moller sends this dispatch on a common, mournful observation. . North Americans on vacation are charmed by…
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Feb. 02, 2016 / Dan Ross

Delbrook Lands – Small Piece of a Big Picture

Upon completion of the new $50-million Delbrook Recreation Centre in North Vancouver (map here), the existing 40-year-old centre will be…
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Feb. 01, 2016 / Dan Ross

Gentrification Postcard from Victoria

Simon Button, a young engineer and urban chicken enthusiast in Victoria, sends this dispatch on the topic of gentrification in…

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