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Apr. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The Covid Diaries~Time for the City to Open Streets, Agrees Moura Quayle

Gordon Price and I have been posting on the need to rethink open streets in the times of the Covid…
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Apr. 05, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Safe Way on the Greenway

In the post below, Price Tags is advocating that the existing and planned Greenway network be designated for both social…
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Apr. 04, 2020 / Gordon Price

Ending Isolation on the Greenways of Vancouver

  I’m on the sixth day of a two-week quarantine after returning from Australia, and, though well-supported by friends and…
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Apr. 02, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Pump~Dr.John Snow, Cholera, COVID-19, & Why This Matters

Medical Health Officer for British Columbia Dr. Bonnie Henry provides daily briefings on  the Covid-19 pandemic, its impact on British…
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Apr. 02, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

COVID-19 Abroad~Getting Someone’s Goat in Llandudno Wales

In one of those stories that you have to see to believe, a herd of Kashmiri goats have taken over…
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Apr. 01, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Closing Streets for Walking and Rolling~If Calgary and Winnipeg Can Do It, Why Can’t We?

The idea of closing roads for pedestrians and cyclists is nothing new. The popular Ciclovia which originated decades ago in…
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Mar. 30, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

What Streets Should Vancouver Close for Walking, Rolling & Physical Distancing?

The province of Nova Scotia has come up with the slogan “Exercise, don’t socialize” to describe the new behaviour required…
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Mar. 30, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Why Providing Free Parking For Health Care Workers is The Right Thing To Do

Price Tags really is about active transportation advocacy but I have had a reminder from a few health care providers…
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Mar. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Covid-19 sparks Retail Revolution in Wilton UK

Wilton UK with a population of 3,600 is tucked in the southwest of England. It’s the place where Wilton carpets…
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Mar. 26, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Covid-19 Virus Worry Means Automated Pedestrian Signals in Sydney Australia

In the Bad News Good News Department, the City of Sydney Australia is finally getting automated pedestrian crossing in their…
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Mar. 26, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s Spring of Covid-19~Poetry of Resilience

A group of Vancouverites who work in trauma and counselling have been circulating an email asking their friends for their…
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Mar. 25, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

City Has Rooms Reserved for Covid-19 Outbreak in Downtown Eastside

Physical distancing for the Covid-19 virus has been an issue in the impoverished Downtown Eastside of Vancouver where the street…
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Mar. 25, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Covid~19, Playing Alone & Why Parks are So Important

Why do we think we can only use parks in  groups of people? As Philadelphia Inquirer’s Inga Saffron writes, as…
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Mar. 24, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

AIDS & COVID-19 in Vancouver, Physical Distancing & Those Italian Mayors

I was talking with Gordon Price who is just finishing his Australian tour in Melbourne. We were discussing the AIDS…

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David Sadoway

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Sandy James Planner

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