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Apr. 04, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

BEST Sponsors Accessible Sakura Cherry Walks, Every Thursday in April

The folks at Better Environmentally Sound Transportation have being doing programming for green travel longer than most organizations in Vancouver.…

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Mar. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

City of Vancouver Faster Permit Process Means Private Property Tree Axing

Yesterday in Viewpoint Vancouver Gordon Price wrote about the City of Vancouver “making progress” in clearing the backlog of home…

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Mar. 30, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Public Golf Courses: Are They Future Park Land Banks?

Golf courses have come over scrutiny in the last decade as large reservoirs of space that could be used for…

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Mar. 29, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Planning Transit in Canada as if Women Riders Mattered: Transit for Women Survey

Last week Viewpoint Vancouver wrote about the study produced by the Technical University of Dublin researchers who concluded that addressing…

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Mar. 25, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Leading the Way to Transportation Equity

Researchers from across University of Toronto bring home the many ways mobility affects our lives in The Way Forward, a…

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Mar. 24, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Want to Get Women Walking & On Public Transit? Address Safety

There’s a new research study from the Technical University of Dublin that shows that TransLink is going in the right…

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Mar. 23, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: VPL & Vancouver Chinatown Foundation- Chinatown Today & Tomorrow

Arising on the shores of False Creek in the 1880’s, Vancouver’s Chinatown has been a story of overcoming challenges—from race…

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Mar. 23, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Patio Program & Pop-Up Plazas Continue, But How do Vancouver’s Pandemic Slow Streets Fold In?

During the pandemic the City of Vancouver did some initiatives in a fairly nimble fashion. The City allowed restaurants who…

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Mar. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Shortage of Long-Haul Truck Drivers Solved by Driverless Technology?

Do you know where the first autonomous driving truck was driven and what it carried? In 2016 two thousand cases…

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Mar. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: The Knowledge Cafe, The Value of Cleaner Waterways

University of Toronto’s School of Cities presents this free webinar with Professor Yue Yu. Date: Wednesday March 23, 2022 Time:…

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Mar. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Massey Crossing, Where Provincial Minority Liberals Still Want A Bridge

The provincial Liberals have elected a new leader Kevin Falcon, who in February wasted no time in announcing that the…

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Mar. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

St. George Street Rainway Event Saturday April 2

If you have not visited the St. George Rainway between 6th and 7th Avenues, here’s your chance to come to…

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Mar. 18, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Update: Reconciliation, The Last Link of the Fraser River Trail Greenway & Marine Drive Golf Club Saying No

Earlier this week Viewpoint Vancouver reminded residents why you cannot traverse the entire Fraser River Trail Greenway despite the fact…

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Mar. 18, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Conservation, Parks, Rewilding & Local Development

Ignacio Jiménez has managed conservation projects on three continents over 30 years, pioneering an approach to conservation he calls “Full…

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