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Sep. 19, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Transit Pulse of London's Tube

This article in Forbes Magazine describes the creation of a data visualization called Tube Heartbeat. Produced by Oliver O’Brien it shows the…
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Sep. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Bridge, the Massey Tunnel and the Huge Gap

It is in the “weird stuff  that won’t go away” file-as part of the trinity of the twentieth century approach…
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Sep. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Bidding Wars for Renters, Not Just Purchasers

This article in the Vancouver Sun by Susan Lazaruk describes how Biddwell.com  hopes to provide a tool for landlords to find-well,…
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Sep. 08, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Are you safer biking or walking? Data from London

This article in the Financial Times asks the question directly: is urban cycling worth the risk? Sure we know about the…
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Sep. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Agricultural land,a flyway and a mega mall-why this matters.

    There are several posts in Price Tags that have followed the inception and building of the Tsawwassen Mills mega mall…
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Sep. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Scottish Parking Bans and Bigfoot helping Little Feet

It’s that time of the year again, where thousands of children nationwide go back to school. There are some interesting…
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Sep. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

First the Horse,Then the Carriage-Policy Development for the Driverless Car.

KPMG has published an interesting take on what policy changes need to be in place for the rise of autonomous or…
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Aug. 31, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Driverless Technology-Can you can go your own way?

There is a lot of chat about driverless cars-but this article from the New York Times and this one in the…
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Aug. 26, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

"Time to stop thinking of our cities as one place and nature someplace else" The remarkable story of Vancouver Greenways-the first Sustainable Streets

Back in the early 1990’s, a forward thinking, mindful and driven group of young landscape architects, architects, planners and city…
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Aug. 15, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Comprehensive Case for Town Planners

The Guardian released a preliminary report prepared by Britain’s Royal Town Planning Institute on the state of planning in Britain,…
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Aug. 11, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Why Cities and Walking Go Hand in Hand

When I visit a new city  I always inquire at a hotel or information booth for a walking route that…
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Aug. 11, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

McMansions-What they are, how to describe them

This article from McMansionhell outlines those proportions and massings we see on some new large single family housing that somehow doesn’t…
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Aug. 01, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Charlie's Tree has Fallen on Highway 1

There is not much that can deviate the Trans-Canada highway, but this 300 year old Douglas Fir located beside the…
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Jul. 29, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Granville Island, for People or for Cars?

  A tragedy occurred yesterday on Vancouver’s federally controlled Granville Island. Three pedestrians were struck by a vehicle apparently trying…

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