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Jan. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Dickie Dee Ice Cream Carts and the Queen's Visit

If you are of a certain age you will remember the white bicycle carts with ice cream that used to…
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Jan. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Those People Carrying Those Large Advertising Signs-and the Millennial Plight

Stanley Q. Woodvine writes eloquently in the Georgia Straight about a tiny woman named Linda  carrying a very large sign advertising…
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Jan. 09, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Year of the Bicyclette

As reported by Reuters Paris is aggressively working towards a cyclable city , banning cars outside the Louvre and announcing a two-way…
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Jan. 09, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

More People, Less Cars in Vancouver

From the Business in Vancouver’s Glen Korstrom is preliminary evidence showing decreased use of private vehicles  in Vancouver. “Insurance Corp. of…
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Jan. 09, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Day Six: The Gordie Award for Moments of Courage

Today is the final day of the Gordie Awards where the Editorial Committee of Price Tags ranks the good, the…
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Jan. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Walk Like a Penguin and Ignore the Sand on Spanish Banks

As hard as it may seem to everyone else in the country we have not been dealing with the cold,…
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Jan. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

New Zealand, Older Pedestrians and Road Safety

An article in the New Zealand Herald  notes how diminished the pedestrian is for road space in that country.  Lynley…
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Jan. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

That City Walk Can Kill You-Part Two

Last Friday noted journalist Daphne Bramham wrote in the Vancouver Sun a very cogent article offering a  simple solution to…
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Jan. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

No Traffic Calming? City responsible for Road Violence Injuries in Landmark Decision

As reported in Streetsblog the State of New York’s Court of Appeals has made a landmark ruling that may have implications…
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Jan. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-The Girl that offered to do the "BONG" for London's Big Ben

One of the most iconic sights in London England is the Houses of Parliament and the clock tower. The chimes…
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Jan. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File:That No Click Pizza Order from Domino

From the remarkable Price Tags contributor  James Bligh comes this gem:In the words of James Bligh “Millennials have no time to waste,…
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Jan. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Day Five of the 2016 "Gordie" Awards for "Most Polarizing Planning Issue"

  For 2016 there were four stories that were deemed by the Price Tags Editorial Board as being the Most…
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Jan. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Winter, Salt and BYOB.

  Vancouverites could always tell if a vehicle was from out-of-town due to the salt and gritty exteriors of those…
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Jan. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Do Busy Roads Cause Dementia?

The BBC has reported on a Canadian study published in the Lancet that suggests that people living within fifty meters of…

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