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Apr. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

The World Redesigned: Why we will still have gatherings

What will fill this: Since we’re never going back to the pre-Covid world anytime soon, will we still have large…
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Apr. 09, 2020 / Gordon Price

A World Redesigned: The Office

  At PT we’re thinking about how the world is being reshaped by the impact of Covid19.  While there may…
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Apr. 07, 2020 / Gordon Price

“Lifeline:” The Bicycle in a Pandemic

The current cover of the New Yorker, titled “Lifeline.” Here’s my version – an image taken on March 17, 8…
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Apr. 07, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Are Seniors’ Retirement Homes Toast in the Post-Covid World?

There will be lots of changes in the Post Covid world~one that can be predicted immediately is the change in…
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Apr. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

British Cars Shipping to Vancouver, British Cars Dunking into Burrard Inlet

Another wonderful image from Diane Sampson of a  British cars cargo from the SS “Mostun” Vancouver January 24, 1959 .…
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Apr. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

AirBnB Short Stay Rentals Look for Federal Government COVID Relief

In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department,  AirBnB actually is approaching the Canadian government  for “tax breaks”.…
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Mar. 26, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Dollar Store a Dime a Dozen, some Cities Say Not in Our Town

Finally there is starting to be a backlash to dollar stores which have pretty much usurped the vacated landscape of…
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Mar. 16, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

New York City, the 1918 Spanish Flu & Lessons for the Corona Virus

We are in the midst of a pandemic caused by a virus that currently has no antidote. This was a…
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Mar. 09, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Equity, Diversity in Planning & the Royal Town Planning Institute’s Response

Equality, diversity and inclusion are extremely serious issues that need to be properly addressed in the planning profession. The Royal Town…
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Mar. 06, 2020 / Barry Rueger

Make it Easy!

A few years ago I was part of a group for whom Translink (then still under the Liberal governent) presented…
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Mar. 02, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

30 Km/h Zones and a Tale of Two Governments

It’s a tale of two different governments. Despite the unanimous motion of the UBCM (Union of British Columbia Municipalities)  asking…
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Feb. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

All 140 Countries Agree to the Stockholm Accord for Slower City Speeds~Except the USA. And British Columbia? Meh.

In the “You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up” department, Forbes.com writer Carleton Reid reports that out of 140 countries attending…
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Feb. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Delta Police Officers Use Media to Slow Drivers

  The Delta Police Department  with its motto “No Call Too Small” is famous in Metro Vancouver for their witty…
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Feb. 24, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Planning On the Edge~Where is Metro Vancouver Going? Panel Discussion & Book Launch this Thursday

  I received an advanced copy of “Planning on the Edge” which provides a reconciliation, social justice and sustainable development…

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