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Apr. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vision Zero in London – Nix Digital Signs, Reduce Speed on Bridges

London England is always slightly ahead of the curve and the Evening Standard reports on the cutting edge work of a community…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to Tsawwassen Mills Mall, Being Afoot, and Crossing Highway 17

If you have ventured out to this mall which takes up 1.2 million square feet of real estate, you will…
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Mar. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Paris, Road Closures, Traffic Evaporation and the Braess Paradox

  The website h2020 has a very interesting examination of “traffic evaporation”-what happens to all that traffic when you close urban…
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Mar. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Flood "Utility Pod" New York City Style

Ny.Curbed.Com describes the interesting “utility pods” commissioned by the New York City Housing Authority and designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Public Art Trumps Billboards in Coachella Valley

  Tara Culham passes along this article from Twisted Sifter.com where from Feb. 25 through April 30, 2017, “the Coachella Valley California and…
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Mar. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Sandusky Ohio & a Pier-Recreational Waterfront or Parking Lot?

Sandusky is a town of 25,000 people with a metropolitan area of 77,000  located on the shores of Lake Erie…
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Mar. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why do Commercial Delivery Trucks not Turn Left?

CNN explores a burning question: why do commercial delivery couriers always favour right hand turns? Apparently these services save “millions of…
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Mar. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How did the Massey Tunnel Become a Bridge?

In a completely unscientific poll, the Delta Optimist on their website asked readers to vote on whether they were looking forward to…
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Mar. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Rogers Sugar Building Losing its View

Carlito Pablo in the Georgia Straight reports on the expansion of the Vancouver waterfront container terminal owned by Port Vancouver.…
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Feb. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Density and the Missing Middle-Video Now available

Further to the talk  by Michael Geller at Simon Fraser University about  European examples of “middling” density and form (as…
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Feb. 20, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

More Hum; Less Varoom

The Economist reviews the speed of change in motor vehicles.  The internal combustion engine’s replacement by the electric motor is happening…
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Feb. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge a Dumb Deal

In the “give your head a shake” department The CBC reports that  that the Massey Bridge is a done deal. Imagine-the…
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Feb. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Walking Sheds and Why They Matter

  From the brilliant minds of  Public Square, Robert Steuteville writes about the return to compact walking friendly neighbourhoods, with…
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Jan. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Carving out the ALR one slice at a time

The ALR-or Agricultural Land Reserve-is one of the most precious things we as citizens of this province own.This article in…

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