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Mar. 12, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Back to Vancouver’s Future North Shore Rapid Transit Connection

I wrote earlier about the six proposed routes that could connect the North Shore municipalities of West Vancouver, the City…
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Mar. 12, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Accessibility Fail In Puerto Vallarta

Our man in Mexico photographer Ken Ohrn chronicles why you don’t walk home at night without knowing the local geography.…
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Mar. 10, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Settecani Italy where Taps Turned Water into Wine

Just the very best story from Settecani  Italy where villagers in this town of 200 people had a wee surprise…
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Mar. 09, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The Congestion Myth: Building New Roads, Bridges Doesn’t Help

In the last 24 years the  United States has created over 30,500 miles of road, a 42% increase in road…
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Mar. 04, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Unpacking a New North Shore Rapid Transit Crossing~Where Will It Land?

Since Gordon has still not called on his Price Tags satellite phone from the remote Australian outback, let’s go ahead…
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Mar. 03, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Province Ponies Up with Proposed New North Shore Crossing Alternatives

We half expected Gordon Price to drop everything and rush back to Vancouver to comment on the exciting announcement from…
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Feb. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Delta Police Officers Use Media to Slow Drivers

  The Delta Police Department  with its motto “No Call Too Small” is famous in Metro Vancouver for their witty…
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Feb. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Sidewalk Access Hazards~Take Your Pick

Our man in Mexico photographer Ken Ohrn  sends another image of how pedestrian unfriendly some infrastructure can be in Puerto…
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Feb. 26, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

London Throat & Why Brake Dust is BAD for You

If you have stayed in London for any amount of time or lived there, you may have experienced what Londoners…
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Feb. 24, 2020 / Gordon Price

Australia: Emergency? What Climate Emergency?

Gord Price will be in Australia for the next month.  Follow his coverage here and on Instagram (gordonpriceyvr). More evidence…
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Feb. 20, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Speaker List Released for South of Fraser Public Geo-Forums on Transit, Pedestrian and Mobility Issues

Students, staff, faculty and the general public are invited to join us at KPU Civic Plaza in February and March…
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Feb. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

What to do with underground parking – 2

Another example from Ian Robertson.  From Commercial Real Estate: As public transport usage among Sydney’s CBD workforce surges, and the…
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Feb. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

What will happen to traffic with a congestion charge?

It will probably get worse. From The Guardian: London has achieved the impossible by eradicating the private car – and…
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Jan. 29, 2020 / Gordon Price

East and West, Singapore and Burnaby

Last November, PT did a series on the development of Brentwood station area (Burnaby Builds a City, starting here) –…

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