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Feb. 21, 2018 / Gordon Price

A Mobility Decongestion Charge That Might Work: Taxing Uber

It’s likely a visible Mobility Decongestion Charge or Tax – call it what you will – isn’t going anywhere any…
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Feb. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Pattullo: A question for Andrew Wilkinson

From the CBC: B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson questioned why the provincial government couldn’t get federal funding for the Pattullo Bridge…
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Feb. 16, 2018 / Gordon Price

Ride-Hailing Report – Critical Recommendation #13

Lots of coverage of the legislative committee’s report on ride-hailing: But this recommendation shouldn’t be missed: The Committee recommends to…
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Feb. 16, 2018 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Civic Election: A Candidate's Statement – Adrian Crook

Price Tags will post candidate’s statements* – who they are, what they’ll do – for the upcoming civic election.  Here’s…
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Feb. 15, 2018 / Gordon Price

Bike Helmet Fixation and Unfettered Automobility

From streetsblog:   In the United States, official bicycle safety messaging heavily emphasizes helmet use. In a way, it’s worked:…
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Feb. 15, 2018 / Gordon Price

All-Purpose Platform: A candidate's statement

Fill in the blank: The people of ___________ are rightly worried that we are losing what makes our city special, livable…
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Feb. 14, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Quebec Figures Out the True Cost of Driving

Via former City of Vancouver Councillor  and founder of Business in Vancouver magazine Peter Ladner is this CTV news article that researched…
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Feb. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Urbanist Melody Ma, the Vancouver View Corridors, & Why They Are Important

The Northeast False Creek Plan goes to Council this week and Price Tags Vancouver has been looking for any rationale behind the…
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Feb. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Family Day Here, Islander Day There

Today is Family Day in British Columbia, but it will be on another date next year. The Premier of British Columbia…
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Feb. 09, 2018 / Gordon Price

Lecture and Webcast: Disruption All Around – Feb 28

Public Lecture and Webcast ​Disruption All Around! How People, Platforms and Planning are Shaping the New Mobility   Today, more…
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Feb. 08, 2018 / Gordon Price

Counterintuition: Automation, cars and jobs

Two items that add nuance to some of the current perceptions about the impact of automation on vehicles, and hence…
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Feb. 06, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

No Massey Bridge Decision but Delta Gets A Casino Right Beside Tunnel!

Despite all you have been reading in the Vancouver Sun and other media sources about casinos and money laundering, the City of…
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Feb. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Is NYC's Times Square the Future Placemaking Blueprint for other Cities?

What used to be a very seedy, dirty and crowded area of New York City has undertaken a dramatic renewal…
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Feb. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Northeast False Creek Plan and View Corridors~The View From Larry Beasley & Neal LaMontagne

  The Northeast False Creek Plan is currently before City Council and city staff are recommending three tall towers that…

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