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Jun. 05, 2012 / Gordon Price

Bicycle Culture by Design: Actively Learning from Copenhagen’s Transport Successes, Part 2

As a follow-up to Monday’s lecture by Andreas Rohl, here’s Part 2 of the Copenhagen success story.  This one will…
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Jun. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Helmet Debate: Perth, Australia

I think the Helmet Debate has become high enough profile to deserve its own category – and colon – beyond items…
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May. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

Pattullo: No money for transit, No money for bridge

The head sums up my position, as quoted in Metro: “You may design (a bridge) for cycling, walking and transit,…
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May. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

Vanishing Vancouver: Insights a la Kluckner

Michael Kluckner, author of Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years, spoke to a full house at the Vancouver Historical Society…
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May. 22, 2012 / Gordon Price

Energy Futures, Neighbourhood by Neighbourhood

From the Vancouver Heritage Foundation: Exploring Neighbhourhood Energy Futures – Workshop Invitation Marpole session: Saturday, May 26th, 9:30-2:30 Marpole United…
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May. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

Does “BC” Mean “Bans Clotheslines”?

Sightline out of Seattle is on a roll in B.C. with a new initiative that Exec Alan Durning thinks ” is…
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May. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

Quote: “Transit, transit, transit”

Bob Rennie at the UDI: Rennie said there were about 19,000 condo sales in Metro Vancouver in 2011,  and that…
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May. 09, 2012 / Gordon Price

Why Surrey City Centre needs transit commitments now

There’s no doubt that Surrey (both public and private sectors) has made a major commitment to the growth of its regional…
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May. 09, 2012 / Gordon Price

“Transit traction stalled in new funding quagmire” – Business in Vancouver

Business in Vancouver has completely redesigned its website – ever so much better.  Much easier, in particular, to find all…
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May. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

Is Port Metro Vancouver a sprawl machine?

Here’s Port Metro Vancouver CEO Robin Silvester in an op-ed in the Sun, flying a balloon for highway expansion that would, once…
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May. 03, 2012 / Gordon Price

Indicators of a New Era: Trading a Backyard for a Train Station

From the Wall Street Journal, for God’s sake … TOD – transit-oriented development – lives: Developers say this type of…
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May. 02, 2012 / Gordon Price

Kluckner – On the evolution of the Vancouver apartment building

In celebration of Michael Kluckner’s new book – Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years – I asked him to send…
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May. 01, 2012 / Gordon Price

First Thursday: Beyond Condos, Immigrants and Drugs

Time for another noon-time City Conversation (they’re every first and third Thursday) at SFU Vancouver Beyond Condos, Immigrants and Drugs When:…
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May. 01, 2012 / Gordon Price

Evolution of the Vancouver House

From the Vancouver Heritage Foundation: THE EVOLUTION OF THE VANCOUVER HOUSE Coinciding with the release of his new book Vanishing…

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