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Apr. 28, 2022 / Gordon Price

Post-Pandemic Trends: Transit ridership over the week

Here’s Brandon Donnelly’s conclusion, based on his own observations in Toronto and some data from New York, on how people…
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Apr. 27, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Legacy of Olmsted (including Vancouver)

Recommended reading from Fast Company: He’s probably best known as the codesigner of New York’s Central Park, but pioneering landscape…
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Apr. 26, 2022 / Gordon Price

Ten years of Handwritten Vancouver City Council Minutes Transcribed

Join a celebration of the completion of ten years of “Transcription of City Council Minutes from 1886 – 1896”  …
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Apr. 25, 2022 / Gordon Price

Jobs Jar: Car-Free Festival Operations Director

Car Free Vancouver organizes an annual multi-day, multi-site arts and culture festival that reclaims traffic thoroughfares as community-focused public spaces. …
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Apr. 21, 2022 / Gordon Price

“To do with what they want” – The Cambie Report’s Idea of Reconciliation

If you have a more-than-average interest in municipal and regional politics, I’d recommend Cambie Report – the podcast in particular…
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Apr. 20, 2022 / Gordon Price

Weaponizing Traffic Disruption: A Tactic for Left and Right

Both the extreme Left and Right (to use overly general categories) seem to have gravitated towards the same protest mechanism.…
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Apr. 19, 2022 / Gordon Price

Winner: Best Bus Stop in America, 2022

It’s in Portland, Maine: Portland, Maine has been crowned the winner of our America’s Best Bus Stops contest for 2022 ……
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Apr. 13, 2022 / Gordon Price

Origins of The Grand Bargain

The origins of the Grand Bargain in the Lower Mainland trace back to the 1950s, when the concept of ‘Cities…
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Apr. 12, 2022 / Gordon Price

Jane’s Walk – May 6-8 (Plus special Viewpoint treat on April 30)

Jane’s Walk is a movement of free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by Jane Jacobs, hitting the streets again May 6-8…
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Apr. 10, 2022 / Gordon Price

Fun Facts (and Doubts) on Metro and City Growth

Some intriguing insights from the Backgrounder on Metro Vancouver Growth Projections: Our share of immigration in-migration for the region is…
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Apr. 08, 2022 / Gordon Price

Kudos to Pete Fry: Preserving bike parking

Bravo to Cllr Pete Fry for helping to preserve thousands of practical bike parking spaces.  From The Sun: In a…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Gordon Price

Draft Vancouver Plan: First Impressions

The Draft Vancouver has been released here: The first coverage is coming out.  Here’s Dan Fumano in The Sun, and…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Gordon Price

Shhh – Apr 27

A virtual forum examining the health enhancing benefits of quiet green spaces.  Quiet Parks and Quiet Spaces will address the health…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Gordon Price

Uytae Lee is a Gem

Well, anyway, he’s on Gem – the CBC version:   We’ve posted Uytae’s videos as he’s produced them – insights…

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