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Apr. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

Chart: Tax Rates in America

Every so often a graphic comes along that condenses a lot of data which, variously interpreted, is the subject of…
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Apr. 13, 2012 / Gordon Price

First and Third Thursdays for City Conversations

SFU launches ‘City Conversations’ with ‘State of the Arts’   A new series of lunchtime meet-ups featuring prominent experts discussing…
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Apr. 13, 2012 / Gordon Price

Clipping File: TransLink, Fares and the Future

From SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations: Gordon Price, director of the SFU City Program was on CTV, talking about…
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Apr. 13, 2012 / Gordon Price

Want to rent in Jane Jacobs’s neighbourhood?

What with Jane’s Walk coming up, I was struck by this item in Sam Hall Kaplan’s piece on the latest…
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Apr. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Just up: Affordable Housing Task Force Reports

From Michael Geller: My report, and a number of other materials related to the Mayor’s Task Force are now on…
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Apr. 11, 2012 / Gordon Price

Sad Times for TransLink – and the Region

TransLink’s Regional Transportation Commissioner released his review of TransLink’s application for a fare increase and our operations. The results of the…
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Apr. 03, 2012 / Gordon Price

A Frequent Transit Network Map – now at TransLink

Jarrett Walker makes this point, but let me say it even louder: PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO TALK LESS ABOUT RAPID TRANSIT…
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Apr. 03, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Missing Middle: New housing types for a changing city

When I was visiting Portland regularly, I stayed in an exquisite streetcar neighbourhood called Irvington.  (Map here.) Built out in…
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Apr. 02, 2012 / Gordon Price

Cool Video Dept.

Two videos (unrelated except, possiby, by stoners): Feeling a little crowded on the B-Line or SkyTrain at Broadway and Commercial? …
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Apr. 02, 2012 / Gordon Price

Win-Win Solutions: Smart Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation?

Deborah Harford on April 10 at noon for a brown-bag lunch dialogue at Carbon Talks: .…
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Apr. 02, 2012 / Gordon Price

Annals of Transit – 9

An occasional update on items from the Transit City. ______________________________________________________________ . WHO TAKES TRANSIT – AND WHY From the Sightline…
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Mar. 30, 2012 / Gordon Price

Shiller: “Never in our lifetime …”

He’s talking about a rebound in U.S. suburban housing prices: Referring to Richard Florida’s book The Great Reset, Shiller said…
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Mar. 30, 2012 / Gordon Price

Thank you, CBC

As someone whose perspective on this country was shaped by the CBC (radio in particular) , I’m grateful.   And on the day…
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Mar. 29, 2012 / Gordon Price

Millennials terrifying home builders!

From Slate:  … boomers and millennials are changing the definition of the American dream and, in the process, have created…

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