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Nov. 22, 2012 / Gordon Price

Does SkyTrain cause poverty in neighbourhoods?

This story in Metro suggests a relationship: . It makes sense that those whose income is below the average (an important distinction…
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Nov. 22, 2012 / Gordon Price

ULI’s Emerging Trends and Real Estate Outlook – Nov 27

From the Urban Land Institute (BC): Find out where the real estate market is heading in 2013 at ULI BC’s…
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Nov. 22, 2012 / Gordon Price

Remembering “Clouds of Change”

I’ve found that the longer you’re out of office, the better memories are of your political career – as Daniel…
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Nov. 21, 2012 / Gordon Price

Motordom, Massey and what really matters

Two issues that don’t often get into same story: From the Surrey Leader: While TransLink asks the public about its…
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Nov. 21, 2012 / Gordon Price

Vancouver demolishes Portland: A transit comparison

YVR Lutyens, in a comment to the post below, provided a lot of great data that might otherwise be missed…
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Nov. 21, 2012 / Gordon Price

Sustainability in High Places

In this case: The Vancouver Club – where the elite meet to eat.  And what they eat is veggies and…
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Nov. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

Sheds with Beds: The London version of a lane cottage

As Tom Durning says: “We think we have it bad?” From Atlantic Cities: All over London, so-called sheds with beds…
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Nov. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

Comparing Seattle and Vancouver: Why do we prosper?

A planner friend sent Frank Ducote an excerpt from Michael Luis’s new book, 21st Century City – Seattle’ Fifty Year Journey…
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Nov. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

Quote: On densification in Dunbar

“I hope that maybe it’s a four storey or somewhere else where they’re not going to disturb the neighbourhood, somewhere…
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Nov. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

Bring Your Boomers: Power and Energy – Dec 11

An intergenerational forum organized by CCPA and Gen Why Media as part of the Climate Justice Project’s Youth Outreach initiative.…
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Nov. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

Connections: Public policy and the future of Delta

From Global TV, November 12: John Daly: Free parking is the law. Mayor Jackson: We put a bylaw together that…
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Nov. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

We Want 6 – Another protest against SkyTrain cutbacks:

From SkyTrain for Surrey: In the wake of growing transit ridership and growing transit need, a frequency reduction in the…
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Nov. 15, 2012 / Gordon Price

Pattullo versus Pedal: Guess which one gets cut?

Today is the 75th anniversary of the Pattullo Bridge.  (The New Westminster News Leader tells the story here.) But its…
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Nov. 15, 2012 / Gordon Price

Something clever from TransLink: The Spanish Solution

How to solve the current and soon-to-worsen congestion at the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station?  TransLink will try the Spanish Solution. From…

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