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Jan. 24, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

NE False Creek Project

Vancouver staff released a 368 page PDF today to council recommending the approval of the next big steps forward for…
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Jan. 23, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Council Vacancies Increase

Kerry Jang, after 10 years as a Vision Vancouver councilor, will not run for re-election in October 2018. Out of…
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Jan. 23, 2018 / Gordon Price

Jarrett Walker on transit's purpose and future

Jarrett, an international consultant in public transit planning and policy, continues his role as one of the adults in the…
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Jan. 23, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

South of the Fraser River & the Industrialization of Delta~Agricultural Land: Going, going, gone

There has been a lot of back and forth about industrial development in Delta.  There is the MLA for Delta…
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Jan. 23, 2018 / Gordon Price

Mobility Pricing: What U.S. states are doing

The Sun editorial board continues its thoughtless, lazy attack on mobility pricing in one of those fatuous editorials that has no…
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Jan. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Don't Give Up on Mass Transit~Driverless Cars Equal Driverless Traffic Jams

The Economist offers an interesting look at traffic congestion and solutions in the North American context. While on this continent traffic…
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Jan. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

Precedent for Vancouver? NYC Congestion Charging

From the New York Times: The plan … would create a congestion zone stretching from 60th Street south to the…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Gord Price on our transportation future

Thanks to the new world of podcasting and online media – like Roundhouse Radio – it’s possible to have what…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Tactics In Need of Revision

Despite the recent efforts by NPA Councilors DeGenova and Affleck on twitter to rile up opposition to the proposed Cambie…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Tweets In Search of a Base

As we have all become aware, the blunt tweet has emerged as a tactic in political circles. Right here in…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Google likes my idea of the TSP

I’ve been predicting for some time that we will see the rise of the Transportation Service Provider: a single company…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Previous Provincial Gov't. Meeting with Engineers for a Submersive Twinned Massey Tunnel Building~An "Eye-Opener"

Price Tags Vancouver has reported on the fact that the previous Provincial Liberal Government did not release documentation that they had…
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Jan. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

When Cities Say No to Fossil Fuel Investment

Imagine if a city like New York City decided to get rid of  five billion US dollars of fossil fuel…
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Jan. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Bridge~ Liberals Suppressed Report on Twinning the Massey Tunnel

The Delta Optimist  has published a  letter that really should have  been their big headline. But never mind~Price Tags Vancouver…

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