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Oct. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Helmet Debate Heats Up

There’s been lots of coverage in major outlets on the question of compulsory bike helmets – notably in the New…
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Oct. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Laneway House Tour – October 20

From the Vancouver Heritage Foundation: . Coming up on Saturday, October 20th from 1pm – 5 pm – the VHF’s 3rd…
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Oct. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

City Program Lecture: The Now House

The Now House — Retrofitting for Zero Energy October 24, 7 pm SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street Vancouver…
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Oct. 01, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Massey Tunnel announcement: Motordom unconstrained

Still in Australia at a planning conference, so blogging will be light (hope to have some images up in the next…
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Sep. 27, 2012 / Gordon Price

City Conversations – Out of Service: The Future of Translink?

Thursday, October 4   City Conversations – Out of Service: The Future of Translink?   Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Place: Room…
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Sep. 27, 2012 / Gordon Price

Metro Meetings: Energy Efficiency and Regional Prosperity

From Metro Vancouver: BC Hydro has been driving its award-winning Power Smart program for over two decades now, and it…
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Sep. 23, 2012 / Gordon Price

Two really great pieces in the Vancouver Sun

And that’s ’cause, let’s be honest, I really agree with them: Port Mann Bridge toll doesn’t go far enough, says…
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Sep. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

SFU City Program Courses

A plug for the courses we offer at the SFU City Program: Upcoming Courses, Fall 2012 Urban Design Theory and…
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Sep. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

Cohousing: A solution to isolation in the city?

Let’s Talk Cohousing is hosting a workshop on Saturday, September 22 from 9 – 11 am as part of the SFU…
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Sep. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

Parking and Politics in Portland

From Willamette Week: Seven of the 11 new buildings (on Division Street) won’t have on-site parking—thanks to a city zoning…
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Sep. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

Perverse Priorities: Where we’re spending our money – and where we’re not

In a few weeks, B.C. will be officially opening the widest bridge in the world.  Which will connect to a…
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Sep. 17, 2012 / Gordon Price

Get On Board! It’s about time

The launch of the Get On Board campaign.  This could be big.  It’s about bloody time.   What is Get…
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Sep. 17, 2012 / Gordon Price

Keeping – and moving on from – bridge tolls

Lots of breaking stories concerning tolls and TransLink’s tribulations – but a little hard for me to keep up from…
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Sep. 13, 2012 / Gordon Price

Camels and Universal Tolls

It won’t be just on the Port Mann Bridge. Frank Luba in The Province captured my sentiments: Gord Price, director…

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