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Nov. 14, 2012 / Gordon Price

Jobs Jar – TransLink planner

Planner – Full Time, Regular Infrastructure Planning Department Details here. . PRIMARY PURPOSE: Provides transportation planning expertise and leadership to…
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Nov. 13, 2012 / Gordon Price

Outtakes from an Outlook: CMHC’s annual housing confab

This is the 15th year for Canada Mortgage and Housing’s annual look at the state of the housing market in…
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Nov. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Urban Systems and urban systems: What it means for the new bottom line

Urban Systems is a homegrown consulting firm (and, disclosure, sponsor of some SFU City Program lectures) that provides strategic planning, engineering and urban design…
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Nov. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Can conservatives support a carbon tax?

Apparently.  An American Republican will discuss the possibility in a talk in Vancouver onNovember 15.…
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Nov. 09, 2012 / Gordon Price

Ex-Translink chief performs magic in New York

New York Times: New York Subway Repairs Border ‘on the Edge of Magic’ The damage was the worst that the…
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Nov. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

Positively 4th: The why, who and how of a vibrant street-retail district

Georgia Straight editor Charlie Smith explains why cheaper rents, fewer malls and cluster theory have added heat to one of Kitsilano’s hottest spots – especially…
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Nov. 07, 2012 / Gordon Price

Mark Kingwell Lecture postponed

The Warren Gill Memorial Lecture, featuring Mark Kingwell, scheduled for November 8 at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (at Woodward’s),…
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Nov. 07, 2012 / Gordon Price

From Carbon to Croydon: 21st Century Indulgences

Last month, I flew to Queensland, Australia, to address a planning conference, there to speak about the topics of our…
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Nov. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

Puzzle Picture: Ten minutes makes all/none of the difference?

What is the difference in these two scenarios: Scenario 1 There is signficant congestion on the main highway in the…
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Nov. 05, 2012 / Gordon Price

Acknowledging the Elephant: Gateway’s impact on transit and regional planning

Finally … someone – in this case, Metro Planning manager Gaetan Royer – connects the dots, as quoted in the…
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Nov. 02, 2012 / Gordon Price

Balancing Value and Expectations: Metro Finance Symposium

Metro Vancouver Regional Finance Symposium .. Balancing Value and Expectations November 28, 2012 8:30am – 3:30pm Hilton Hotel 6083 McKay…
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Nov. 02, 2012 / Gordon Price

Has Sandy changed attitudes on climate change?

Yup. . If you’re a journalist or editor, The Atlantic’s James Fallows really thinks you should read this: A Convenient…
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Nov. 01, 2012 / Gordon Price

Call Me Irresponsible

A provocative comment in response to “Tar Sandys“, from Perry Pugh: I appreciate your blog, but feel this is a…
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Oct. 31, 2012 / Gordon Price

A formidable line-up: Rethinking the Region

The SFU Urban Studies program is presenting a public forum on November 3 that will explore how regionalism is being…

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