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Dec. 15, 2007 / Gordon Price

A change in the climate

I’m not entirely sure what came out of of Bali as far as the negotiated agreement is concerned, but I’m…
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Dec. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

Three questions for the new TransLink Board

Whom you can find here. (1) What’s your vision for this region? (Name a place you think we should be…
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Dec. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

"The Arctic is screaming"

I’m putting that quote on my “Significant Lines of 07” list, based on this news: “The Arctic is screaming,” said…
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Dec. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

Seattle's New Neighbourhood

Another piece on the explosive growth in the South Lake Union neighbourhood. “What happened is pretty much what everybody expected,…
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Dec. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

The American Dream Foreclosed

If you’re a reader of James Kunstler’s books and blog, you’re familiar with his argument that “the suburbs have no…
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Dec. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Missing Piece of Information

When you’re waiting for a bus, time slows down.  People perceive, (according to some study) that it takes 1.35 times longer…
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Dec. 05, 2007 / Gordon Price

Lesson? What lesson?

Sometimes Mother Nature gets a little heavy-handed with the irony: This pic comes from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer – a flooded…
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Nov. 27, 2007 / Gordon Price

Hapa Culture

My column in Business in Vancouver last week: Vancouver culture now meeting newcomers halfway In Vancouver today, there’s a lot…
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Nov. 26, 2007 / Gordon Price

Auspicious

Peter Berkeley, the bike guy from Brisbane, is in a good mood these days.  Here’s why: “Kevin Rudd (the newly…
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Nov. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

Big Idea from Smallworks

The other day The Tyee asked me for an idea that I think has traction: something that will shape our city…
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Nov. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

Sites You Should See

A couple of great sites to check out. First up, Stu Ramsey’s PowerPoint and commentary has been posted.  Stu is…
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Nov. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

Falconiering

With each action, the Falcon style becomes clearer: He travels and sees something exciting (highways in Shanghai, turnstyles in London.)…
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Nov. 05, 2007 / Gordon Price

TransLink: Beyond Google

Info VP at TransLink, Bob Padden, has some follow-up to the Google presentation: … the partnership with Google is just…
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Nov. 03, 2007 / Gordon Price

Taking Transit to the Giant Crab of Doom

It was one of those days.  TransLink launched their new trip-finder service with Google – the first city in Canada…

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