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Mar. 12, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

2040 Transportation Plan – Update Required ?

The 2040 transportation plan for Vancouver is here. A similar version is here. The MetroVan plan for 2040 is here.…
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Mar. 12, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

More on … Massey Bridge

  According to freedom of information access results the provincial government did a 180 on the Massey tunnel. In 2006 the…
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Mar. 12, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

More on … Aquifer

According to this update the aquifer was hit by an inexperienced driller in about twenty meters of depth, but then he…
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Mar. 12, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

More on … Squatting

Meanwhile the provincial government is trying to shut down a homeless shelter in Victoria. Story here. Apparently cars squatting (aka…
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Mar. 11, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

What does "Canadian" mean ?

Let me wrap up this week with a topic that confuses me more and more. Like many, I am an…
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Mar. 11, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

Where is Canada's Fox News ?

We cancelled our TV last year as we watch almost no sports, movies get interrupted by ads constantly and the…
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Mar. 10, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

Massive Aquifer below Vancouver .. and we cut off water in the summer ?

I did not know until today that there is a huge aquifer below Vancouver. According to wikipedia, “an aquifer is…
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Mar. 10, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

What's happening at UBC ? Lots !

If you haven’t been to this 1000 acre “island” off Vancouver lately, called UBC, maybe you should. Vancouver ends at…
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Mar. 10, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

Massey: Why a Bridge and not a Tunnel ?

A submission from a reader: No one could quite understand how the Province decided a ten lane bridge was more…
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Mar. 10, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

High, higher, highest ?

Is far higher Vancouver’s answer to affordability and commuting problems, asks provocative Vancouver architect Richard Henriquez. Main story here in…
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Mar. 10, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

Interesting Census Maps

My good friend Jens von Bergman co-owns a firm called MountainMath Software  that is specializing in data, analytics, modeling and…
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Mar. 09, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

Roads use up 33% of Vancouver Land

My good friend Jens von Bergman shares not only our German heritage, our ssick accent and the building we live…
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Mar. 09, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

Houses 1% and Condos 10% Vacant

Analyzing BC Hydro data authorities have concluded that only around 1% of Vancouver’s houses sit empty and around 10% of…
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Mar. 08, 2016 / Thomas Beyer

Is this Vancouver's Tesla Moment ?

I love Tesla. Sleek, fast, green. Of course Tesla knows that the market for e-cars is small right now so…

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