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May. 06, 2020 / Gordon Price

Covid City Trends: Add Your Own

Further to Andy Yan’s predictions about the post-Covid city, regular commenter Jolson added his observations: Staying home. Spatial distancing Smiling…
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May. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Speedsters Take Advantage of Open Road during Pandemic

ICBC (the Insurance Corporation of B.C. that provides mandatory vehicular insurance) has been posting extra social media reminders for drivers…
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May. 05, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Psychological “First Aid” Available During Pandemic

May 4 to 10 is Mental Health Week in British Columbia. An Ipsos poll conducted in April found that 54%…
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May. 05, 2020 / Gordon Price

Dominato Effect: “Reallocation of Road Space to Support Shared Use during Pandemic”. And Beyond.

Finally – over a hundred days into the covid era – a city leader has articulated an initiative for “Reallocation…
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May. 05, 2020 / Gordon Price

Frozen City: In Richmond

At Aberdeen Centre.  Not really much different than the rest of Metro.  …
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May. 05, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Impromptu Gym

The Park Board may have closed facilities like tennis courts for their usual purposes, like, um, tennis, but that hasn’t…
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May. 05, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Defining that Two Metre/Six Foot Space in the Time of Physical Distancing

As the curve is flattening for Covid-19 in British Columbia, the time for physical distancing in the north is starting.…
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May. 04, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

What Are the Post Covid City Trends via Duke of Data Andy Yan

This time of quarantine shows you can never adequately predict the future or where it will take you.  Last week…
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May. 04, 2020 / Gordon Price

Frozen City: How we cope

A West End parking space.…
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May. 04, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar on The Impact of Covid-19 on Housing & Homelessness

  The Canadian Urban Institute is sponsoring a “Cities in the Time of Covid” Series and the next free webinar…
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May. 03, 2020 / Gordon Price

Sharing Space at English Bay

Beach Avenue Flow Way at English Bay – Sunday afternoon on May 5th. Another interesting real-time vignette: Beach Flow Way…
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May. 03, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Vancouver Pinkway

This shot by Neal Lamontagne best captures the pinkway – nature’s consolation in the spring of the virus.  …
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May. 02, 2020 / Gordon Price

Beach Flow on a Friday Afternoon

This is what Beach Avenue looked like at 3 pm on Friday afternoon – May 1: Here’s the video: Beach…
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May. 01, 2020 / Gordon Price

Oakland’s Open Streets: How they do it, what they look like

Thank you, Streetfilms, for a close-up look at what Oakland, California’s ‘Open Streets’ look like.  The lessons for Vancouver are…

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