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Nov. 30, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Entertainment and Fun In Vancouver

The LA Times has discovered this rapidly rising aspect of our City. Whereas “growlers” used to mean only bears and coyotes,…
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Nov. 30, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Newly Commonplace Opinion

Carless Cities Are Europe’s Future But of course, this could never happen here.  We’re different. Paul Hockenos writes in AlJazeera…
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Nov. 30, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Amsterdam Central Station Tunnel

A story about putting people on foot and people on bikes at higher priority. This tunnel runs under the Amsterdam…
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Nov. 30, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

The Gravity Glue Man

Michael Grab defies gravity, or so it seems.  He is from Edmonton, but fittingly moved to Boulder, Colorado in 2008.…
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Nov. 30, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Being A Safe Pedestrian

The only safe ped is a ped in bed. @livingstreets: This ace cartoon poking (serious) fun at “motocracy” is still…
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Nov. 30, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Inequality and the City

From Gord Price today: Paul Krugman, probably the most-read columnist in the New York Times, comments on the causes of…
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Nov. 30, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Transport: Re-imagined

As the Paris climate talks hit the headlines, transportation comes in for its share of the chatter. Todd Litman is…
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Nov. 29, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Canadian Opinion On Climate Change

From the Globe and Mail:  Nov 27, 2015 Canadians Back Bold Climate Change Action Large majorities of Canadians believe climate…
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Nov. 29, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Twitter Smackdown

Street redesign (traffic reduction) attracts opposition, arguement and counterargument in Walthamstow, an outer suburb of London.  My fave phrase of…
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Nov. 29, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

555 West Cordova -Dec 3 Public Engagement

Cadillac Fairview is holding a public engagement session on their proposed development at 555 West Cordova Street. This is the…
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Nov. 29, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Items From Ian – Who Needs Parkades Anyway . . .

Its often said just how much a parking space adds to the cost of a condo … think there’s any…
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Nov. 29, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Cash From China — Only In Vancouver?

Thanks to Gord Price for this from the New York Times: Chinese Cash Floods US Real Estate Market In London,…
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Nov. 29, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

North False Creek and the Viaducts

Time for a Real Change Rob Grant offers PT readers a critique of Vancouver urbanism and follows on with ideas…
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Nov. 27, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Little Mountain Rezoning – Open House

The first of two Little Mountain Open House events is tomorrow. The purpose of this project is to plan the…

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