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Oct. 24, 2017 / Gordon Price

Time Lapse: Commercial-Broadway Station Walkway Installation

Maybe we love this kind of thing because it’s so much like toy construction sets, only real.…
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Oct. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

HandyDart Operations~Better In-House or Contracted Out?

A not well-known fact is that HandyDart, the TransLink service that is provided for people with physical and cognitive disabilities…
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Oct. 18, 2017 / Gordon Price

North Shore Dreams

 From North Shore News:  North Vancouver-Seymour Liberal MLA Jane Thornthwaite (has) drawn up a proposal including hypothetical transit map featuring a…
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Oct. 17, 2017 / Gordon Price

Nenshi Re-elected in Calgary

What does Nenshi’s re-election signify?  PT readers may have some thoughts. From the Globe: Naheed Nenshi has secured his third…
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Oct. 16, 2017 / Gordon Price

2017 Civic By-Election Thoughts: Touching the Third Rail

Have two of the third rails of Vancouver politics become the new main track? Is it now possible, if not…
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Oct. 14, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

2017 Civic By-Election Thoughts

NPA’s Hector (“I Like Fossil Fuels”) Bremner wins with 3% of eligible voters (13372/442792).  Q: does he continue to push…
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Oct. 13, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Vote On October 14 (Tomorrow)

Candidate info HERE. Poll locations HERE.  Polls (all 51) are open 8 am to 8 pm. Broad info, voter guide, …
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Oct. 13, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

What's TransLink Up To?

Keeps me awake at night, I’ll tell you.  Especially with NDGreens in Victoria and Mobility Pricing getting good press and…
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Oct. 13, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Friends Of Mobility Pricing

I’ve been surprised at the benign press coverage of current efforts to design a BC-specific mobility pricing scheme.  Lord knows,…
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Oct. 12, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

The Cost Of Not Pricing Roads

Like most big Canadian cities, congestion in Metro Vancouver is a result of having a road network that is underpriced…
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Oct. 11, 2017 / Gordon Price

Liberal Leadership: Stone Repents

From the Sun: The former transportation minister said the Liberals ran a tight ship economically, but didn’t listen when it…
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Oct. 10, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Re-Zoning: A Hot Button's Heat Source

Within the by-election’s campaign yak-o-sphere, large-scale re-zoning gets a lot of air time.  Here are two thoughts on the expected…
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Oct. 10, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

World Of Transport Tweets

Two bright lights from this part of the world weigh in on transportation. First:  Nathan Pachal, Langley City Councilor and…
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Oct. 06, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

About That Rezoning . . .

A call to action by Abundant Housing Vancouver, which popped up in my e-mail (I know, so primitive, and not…

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