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Apr. 16, 2013 / Gordon Price

Ladner: Why is TransLink held to a higher level of accountability than other big spenders?

In a nice coincidence, Peter Ladner in Business in Vancouver today addresses the same issue touched on in the post below.  Here…
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Apr. 16, 2013 / Gordon Price

TransLink referendum: "An excruciatingly bad idea …"

Jeff Nagel at the Surrey Leader was quick off the mark in his story on the B.C. Liberal’s idea of requiring…
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Apr. 16, 2013 / Gordon Price

What's up on Robson?

The Upper Village on Robson, from Hornby to Jervis Streets, is considered one of the more successful shopping streets in Canada…
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Apr. 15, 2013 / Gordon Price

Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change – May 7

From Planning Institute of B.C. Chapters: South Coast & Fraser Valley – Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation: Planning for…
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Apr. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

Vancouver's Transit System in the 1950's + the Edmonton Streetcar Librarian

Colleen Hardwick recommends this vintage footage – with some remarkable shots of Main Street to Hastings, just at the time…
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Apr. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

How teenagers and adults spend their money

From The Atlantic: This graph compares the share of spending between teens and adults. … this (teenage spending) is how…
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Apr. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

Shaughnessy in the Exurbs

There’s a lot of commentary around (Price Tags has printed lots of it) about the appeal of the urban centres and a…
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Apr. 10, 2013 / Gordon Price

SFU City Program offerings

News from my day job:   APPLY ONLINE FOR THE URBAN DESIGN OR SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES   The SFU…
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Apr. 09, 2013 / Gordon Price

"Density Boondoggles": Let's blame Vancouverism

A harsh critique of Vancouverism in Burgh Diaspora: Is it density or migration? Venture capitalist Brad Feld weighs in: “The cities…
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Apr. 09, 2013 / Gordon Price

The Military-Motordom Complex

An article in the New York Times makes clear how conservatives see spending on the military and roads as a separate…
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Apr. 05, 2013 / Gordon Price

"British Columbia’s transit dreams"

Frances Bula does a great overview piece on this region’s transit needs in The Globe – with a splash of…
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Apr. 05, 2013 / Gordon Price

"Trillion is the new Billion"

And here’s how to think about it: Thanks to Peter Berkeley.…
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Apr. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

Election Update: Transportation Forum – Apr 18

A reminder: Register now.       REGISTER HERE.…
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Apr. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

Climate Change: Three days in the news

 From Paris: . Apr 2: Economist warns of ‘radical’ climate change, millions at risk The author of an influential 2006…

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