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Mar. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Sochi: “Already a ghost town”

From Scot Bathgate: Just weeks after Olympics, Sochi is already a ghost town . Alexander Valov, who runs “Blog Sochi,”…
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Mar. 27, 2014 / Gordon Price

The End of the Region as we know it – 6: Tsawwassen Mills.

Saying one thing, doing another. . The deep connection to the Land is vital to First Nations. The relationship between…
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Mar. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

Let Us Count the Ways: Local options for funding transit

Or at least let Todd Litman count the ways – which he does in this issue of the Journal of…
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Mar. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Second World

In the American Mid-West, the gravel road is making a comeback: The paved roads that finally brought rural America into…
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Mar. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

Duany’s Latest: “Lean Urbanism”

From the leader of New Urbanism (in Atlantic Cities): . Andrés Duany, the cigar-chomping, Cuban-born architect who was a founding…
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Mar. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Other Side of Beatty Street

Glad to see the ‘Beatty Bookend’ discussion has legs.  But there’s also another angle on the west side of the…
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Mar. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Forecasting for Accuracy: Climate Change vs Economics

You’re a risk taker, a CEO, a senior politician: you have to make choices about the future.  That’s your job…
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Mar. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Peter Hall explains the truckers’ strike

Peter Hall is asssociate professor of urban studies at Simon Fraser University – and a contributor to the goods-movement section…
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Feb. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Australian View: The Cost of the Car and Possible Savings

Bob Ransford thinks Metro Vancouver mayors need a study like this Australian one to show voters. . Commuter costs and potential…
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Feb. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

Captain Vancouver’s Dream Wishes for 1913

Jason Vanderhill at Illustrated Vancouver just recently came across this great cartoon in the Daily World newspaper – and I can understand…
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Feb. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: What’s at Stake for Business

Lots.  As Global reporter Randene Neill reported last Wednesday, “a new study shows that public transit is shaping the future…
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Jan. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Annals of the Generations – 4: Cultural apathy … Apprenticeships … Real estate priorities 2

The gap between the generations. _____________________________________________ . CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES I was struck by this comment in response to a post I…
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Jan. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Where is some of the best reporting on transportation in the newspaper?

It’s in the real estate and Homes sections. Evidence: Downtown Vancouver a money magnet … Investors may have generally cooled on…
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Jan. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

Why We Are Here

Vancouver, that is – why is there a city here? Because:  Prospect Point on January 4, 2014. No, not because…

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