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Oct. 12, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Lowering Emissions By Getting Men To Travel Like Women

Viewpoint Vancouver has been writing about a big gap in how transportation and city planning is perceived, and that is…

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Oct. 07, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Online Conference: Getting the Next Decade Right on Net-Zero

2030 in Focus: Getting the Next Decade Right on Net-Zero Event Date: 18.10.22 The Net-Zero Advisory Body and the Canadian…

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Sep. 21, 2022 / VWPT Vancouver

CHATBOX: Boomers vs Millenials: is this Election generational?

CHATBOX is your chance to eavesdrop on Gordon Price and Sandy James Planner as they joust over our region’s features…

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Sep. 14, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Biciman on The Heat Island Effect & How To Save Your City: A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

One of the creative characters on Twitter is @_biciman_ who has a wonderful take on cities with his colourful and…

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Sep. 13, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Why Forest Fire & Air Pollution Particulate Matter Is Bad For You

In the United Kingdom one in ten cases of lung cancer is caused by exposure to fine particulate matter called…

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Aug. 30, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Climate Adaptation and Resiliency: Flood Proofing & The Living Dyke Project

There’s some interesting work happening in Metro Vancouver regarding climate change and flood protection. Viewpoint Vancouver wrote about the need…

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Aug. 29, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

A Tale of Two Cities: Seattle now Providing Electric Vehicle Charging Stations on Residential Streets

In “Green” Vancouver which has adopted a transportation hierarchy which supposedly favours the lowest level of micromobility, walking and rolling, …

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Aug. 02, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Why Don’t We Value Trees in the City of Vancouver? Even the Jurisdiction is Confusing

Last week Viewpoint Vancouver wrote about the magic of trees in the city with data showing the tremendous remediation that trees…

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Jul. 29, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Breathing Better in Cities & The Many Miracles of Street Trees

It was over ten years ago that a study called “Sustaining America’s Urban Trees and Forests worked out that one…

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Jun. 09, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Want Your Child to Learn in School? Get Rid of Traffic Noise. It’s Time to Expand “School Streets”

It used to be that apartments and multi-family units were located near major roads for ease of transportation. It has…

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Jun. 08, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

How Do We Cool A Hot City? Coroner’s Report Released on Last Year’s Deadly “Heat Dome”.

Today heat waves in the United States kill more people than natural disasters, and the United Kingdom is estimating a…

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May. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Tree Crotch Dropping & Mount Pleasant’s The Davis Family: A Personal Story

I have written before about the remarkable Davis Family who bought up the derelict houses along the 100 block of…

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May. 30, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Stanley Park Bike Lane, Yay or Nay? Survey Asks About Moving Through Stanley Park Open Until June 9

On Victoria Day weekend in May everyone flocked to Stanley Park-in their vehicle. While social media was buzzing that the…

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Mar. 31, 2022 / David Sadoway

Climate Emergencies: Don’t Look Up! by David Sadoway

Viewpoint Vancouver is pleased to introduce David Sadoway as our new Writer in Residence. Trained as an urban planner and…

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