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Jun. 02, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Speaking Of Stability

Here’s a challenge for all you politico-gamesters out there.  How will the N-Dee-Greens deal with selecting a Speaker of the…
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Jun. 01, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Car Insurance — Pay As You Drive

Todd Litman of the VTPI is a well-known researcher on, what else, transportation policy. In THIS 34-page PDF, he summarizes…
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Jun. 01, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Holy Priorities

Anointing bikes with chain oil —  a lighthearted event during Bike to Work Week in Metro Vancouver and the “Faith…
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May. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

How to price automated vehicles before we have them

 . Today’s policymakers have an opportunity to implement plans that will guide the efficient usage of AVs and rider choices…
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May. 31, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Becoming Tunnelled Vision in New Provincial Alliance?

While the Mayor of Delta rues on CBC news that the unsustainable, overbuilt, multi-billion dollar Massey Bridge may not be constructed due…
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May. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Says Deeper Fraser River not needed, time to Twin the Tunnel, Nix the Massey Bridge?

The timing of this announcement after the Provincial election is puzzling.As reported in the Surrey Leader the Vancouver Fraser Port…
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May. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Are there 800,000 Empty Bedrooms in Metro Vancouver?

Metro News and reporter Jen St. Denis reports on Toronto economist Paul Smetanin who has ascertained that if an elderly couple…
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May. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

We Can't Drive our way out of Congestion

As reported by City Lab‘s Laura Bliss, our utopian view of driverless “Uber” and “Lyft” vehicles might be very different…
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May. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond, Let's Make Farmland Important, Not a Land Grab for Mansion Builders

As reported in the Richmond News there’s been some surprising setbacks in the City of Richmond’s approach to stop the creation…
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May. 12, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Kid Hit Back: A New Meme for Metro

The provincial Liberals have been treating Metro Vancouver like an annoying child for years.  Finally, the kid got pissed off…
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May. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Provincial Government Versus Mayors Council-"Ethical Issues Chipped Away Credibility"

Rob Shaw’s article today in the Vancouver Sun does not pull any punches-and finally there is some truth-telling in the…
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May. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

More Power to the Transpo Engineers?

As reported in Metro News, by  Matt Kieltyka there’s a report going to Vancouver City Council next Tuesday with the title “Complete…
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May. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Province Part Two: “Compromise” on “Co-Promise”-A View from an Informed Reader

  Price Tags is blessed with an educated base of very informed readers, who richly  contribute to the comment section.…
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May. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills, Warren Buffett, and the On-Line Retail Shift

You are not hearing a lot in the press about the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall, built by the Quebec Ivanhoe…

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