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Apr. 26, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Vancouver & Broadway Plans: Should “Livability” in Vancouver Mean Erasing Existing Neighbourhoods?

  As the City of Vancouver strives to create a new “Vancouver Plan”  and “Broadway Plan” which seems to focus…
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Apr. 25, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

“The Decade When Vancouver Grew Up”: The 1970’s

Take a look  fifty years ago at arguably the most important decade in Vancouver. The 1970’s came in at a…
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Apr. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Get Your Own Jane Jacobs or I.M. Pei Doll, Support a Great Cause

Trust the good folks behind the City of Toronto’s Jane’s Walk Festival to come up with the perfect way to…
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Apr. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Make Big Plans & Pay: TransLink’s $52 Million Ten Year Investment Plan Now Released

TransLink has now released its ten year “investment” plan on what key investments will be made in Metro Vancouver as…
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Apr. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Vision Zero and the Safe Systems Approach

The Vision Zero Network in partnership with the US Department of Transportation presents this webinar on how to adapt your…
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Apr. 14, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

How Japan Encourages Independent, Free Roaming Children in their Cities

I have talked about the popsicle test for neighbourhoods, where your neighbourhood is connected, safe and convenient. In that test…
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Apr. 13, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Edmonton Closes 15 of 18 Public Washrooms at Transit Stations

I have been writing about the lack of public washrooms in Vancouver,  and Gordon has posted this video by CBC…
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Apr. 13, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar with Gil Penalosa: Open Streets/Ciclovias, Equity and Public Health

Open Streets / Ciclovías. Meeting as Equals. Public Health Benefits. Join A Walk in the Park with  Gil Penalosa, on…
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Apr. 11, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Before the Draft Vancouver Plan of Today: The CityPlan of the 1990’s.

You would think from some of the media reports that there has not been an overall city plan for Vancouver…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Basel Switzerland Switches It Up for Fire Engine Siren-April Fool’s Joke on Citizens

Why do fire engine horns sound the way they do? Since World War Two electric sirens have been used for…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar with Urbanist & Author Angie Schmitt: The Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths

If you have not heard journalist, planner and author Angie Schmitt speak, here’s your opportunity. She is the author of…
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Apr. 05, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Antiquated 85th Percentile & Why It Is Killing American Drivers

The quickest way to find out a transportation engineer or planner has not kept current with work and research is…
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Apr. 05, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: How William Whyte Reshaped Public Life

William Whyte was an American urbanist and people watcher who was one of the first people to identify how to…
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Apr. 04, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

There’s an App for That! New Technology Turns Phone into Portable Vehicular Speed Camera

Here’s a novel twist: now you can turn your smartphone or ipad into a portable speed camera, proving how fast…

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Dec. 22, 2022

Human Rights and Cities – How Can Municipalities Do the Right Thing?

David Sadoway

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Dec. 21, 2022

Goodbye and Thanks!

Sandy James Planner

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Sandy James Planner

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