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Sep. 05, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

A Huge Platform Plank — Vancouver Civic Election

Having seen the NPA’s Ken Sim on a bike, it’s time for yet another colossal event in the 2018 Vancouver…
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Sep. 04, 2018 / Gordon Price

Streetsblog Bus Stop Contest: Vancouver can be the sorriest!

The Streetsblog ‘Sorriest Bus Stops’ contest is down to the final four:   We have a very good chance of…
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Sep. 03, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Beyond Metro Vancouver — the Cascadia Corridor Conference

Big things start with people coming together over big ideas. In this case, it’s a set of ideas to foster…
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Aug. 28, 2018 / Colin Stein

New West End, with Neil & Phoebe (Video)

Brian Gould and Kathleen Corey are urbanist filmmakers well-known to Price Tags readers, and anyone else following Vancouver’s progress with…
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Aug. 23, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Scuffling For Mind-Share . . .

. . .  oh yes, and votes too.  Eventually.  Hopefully. It’s a slow, churning time in the 2018 Vancouver civic…
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Aug. 13, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Development – the Really Big and Spiffy New Oakridge

A bold-looking mixed-use Oakridge Centre is rising in the city, on 28 acres, at the site of a Canada Line…
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Aug. 02, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Thoughts On Vancouver Rapid Transit – Broadway to UBC

TransLink, UBC and City of Vancouver engineers and planners have told us what they think about the technology for the…
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Jul. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

City of Surrey — Congestion Relief Strategy

The City of Surrey is ready to “speed up traffic”, reports the Surrey Now-Leader, in transportation news from the second-most…
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Jul. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar on “The Business Case for Walking”

From the Next-Generation Transportation Webinar Series: “What gets measured gets managed”, conventional wisdom dictates. In the case of quantifying the…
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Jul. 24, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Delta Mayor Goes to Ottawa, “Political Situation” Delaying Massey Bridge Needed for Industrial Expansion

Back to the south side of the Fraser River where Mayor Lois Jackson and senior City of Delta staff are…
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Jul. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Park Board & Bikes: #wedontcare

This past weekend, I decided to take a quick ride over to Jericho from the West End, just to see…
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Jul. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Skytrain To UBC — Town Hall July 28

Metro Vancouver campus commuters and transit-takers, here’s your chance to attend a “Town Hall” presentation and discussion on extending Vancouver’s…
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Jul. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A Can of Paint = Instant Traffic Circles, Traffic Calming

We’re seeing more and more examples of cities and neighbourhood groups just getting it done on streets with cans of…
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Jul. 13, 2018 / Gordon Price

Three Mistakes Cities Keep Making

An irresistible article from The Guardian: Too often, cities think they’re unique and repeat the blunders that others have made…

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