Help Wanted: Urbanists in JakartaThis November, Gord Price will be taking a somewhat delayed (darn pandemic) to visit to Singapore and Jakarta, Indonesia. In…
Uytae Lee: The Non-capitalist Solution to the Housing CrisisUytae Lee’s latest video (supported by VanCity) on the Very Big Issue – housing affordability and supply. As always, he…
Love the Lane! (Why Is this even necessary?) We’re inviting anyone who loves cycling in Stanley Park to join us for #LoveTheLane, a celebration ride around Stanley Park…
(West) Vancouver is DyingYou may have seen “Vancouver is Dying”: Here’s the West Vancouver version. (Warning: This is not a parody.) …
“Cycling Through Covid” in CanadaThe latest from Buehler and Pucher: How 14 large cities around the world adjusted their cycling policies during the first…
Help Wanted: Urbanists in SingaporeThis November, I’ll be fulfilling a desire I’ve add for many years: a visit to Singapore. I’m particularly interested in…
Public Salon Think Tank Series – Oct 26 The 36th Public Salon will feature speakers on topics related to the themes of the new Global Civic Think…
Public Safety: Repeating HistoryBy coincidence, I was pursuing some clippings from the Vancouver Sun collected in the ’70s. And what should I notice…
A Green Party Vision for Our Housing FutureHere’s the Green Party’s housing platform. Here are three points from it: Implement a simple menu of repeatable building forms,…
Policy and Politics in Park Board PlatformsTwo parties at different points on the ideological spectrum – ABC (centre right) and Greens (centre left) – put out…
Upcoming events with Great Communities Institute – Sep 29, Oct 20Exploring the Full Potential of Public Realm Public Realm is often uninspiring and “copy-paste” these days. But it doesn’t have…
A Bad Idea That Sounds Like a Good IdeaLet’s make safer roads compulsory. We don’t really need to change the law. Just give unlimited resources and lots of…
Live Event: Exploring the Full Potential of Public Realm – Sep 29Public Realm is often uninspiring and “copy-paste” these days. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Explore the future…
How to get “VanBikes” by Colin SteinCollin Stein’s epic aural history (I exaggerate only slightly) of bike activism in Vancouver for the last half century has…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner
Dec. 16, 2022New Book: “Public Realm The New Makers Handbook” by Michael Von HausenSandy James Planner