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Jun. 13, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Progress on the 10th Avenue Bikeway

  Think of the “Sidewalk Closed” signs as “Bikeway being Born” signs. From the 800 block of West 10th Avenue,…
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May. 29, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

$40,000 Sends Delta Mayor and Staff East to Plead for Massey Bridge

In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, City of Delta council has authorized a payment of $40,000…
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May. 29, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Downtown Vancouver Viaducts Teardown — Explainer

From About Here founder Uytae Lee — part of the team at Halifax-based PLANifax — comes the following video, entitled “Why are…
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May. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Parking and the City — Donald Shoup

Is storage of motor vehicles (a.k.a. parking) a topic that needs a further look? Or will it remain a blind…
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May. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Metro Vancouver Bike to Work Week — Spring 2018

Under perfect skies, Metro Vancouver is celebrating the growing number of people who choose to ride their bike to work. …
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May. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

One of These Things is Not Like the Others

Three photos of people riding bikes on Vancouver’s very popular and busy Seaside Greenway. Shamefully, the section at Kits Beach Park…
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May. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

(Permanent) Progress along Vancouver's Hospital Precinct

As of last week, this is what Vancouver’s upgraded 10th Avenue Bikeway looked like in the hospital precinct near Oak…
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May. 10, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Third Los Angeles

KCET, the #2 public television station in the US, airs Artbound, an art and culture series now in its ninth…
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May. 09, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Riding through a Vancouver Park

This is 10th Avenue in Vancouver; people on bikes use this traffic-calmed bikeway in droves, especially this stretch of East…
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May. 08, 2018 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: The Last Piece (with pigeons)

This looks to be the final piece of the Burrard Bridge upgrade — a masterpiece of engineering design: Complete separation…
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May. 03, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Former Speedway With Kidlet

Vancouver’s Point Grey Road on a Sunday afternoon in April. Where 6,000 – 10,000 motor vehicles once dominated most days,…
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May. 01, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Media Critique of Biking To Work

What does CBC’s Stephen Quinn have to say about riding his bicycle to work in Vancouver? Hint: he likes it.…
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Apr. 23, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

To See Ourselves . .

In today’s Seattle Times, reporter David Gutman compares the state of cycling infrastructure in Seattle and Vancouver. Mr. Gutman’s article…
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Apr. 22, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway Thoughts

A few ideas came to me while checking out the Arbutus Greenway plans yesterday and chatting with project staff. Click…

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