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Jan. 09, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Gordie Award 2017~Moments of Courage~YIMBY Marpole

The last Gordie Award of 2017 goes to the people and youth of Vancouver that stood up to ensure that…
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Jan. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Agricultural Land Reserve, Vicki Huntington, and the Future of the Region

Vicki Huntington needs no introduction to the people living in Delta. Ms. Huntington was the former MLA for Delta South…
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Jan. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Van Bikes interviews Cycling Advocate and Price Tags Vancouver Co~Editor, Ken Ohrn

The Van Bikes. ca blog is a lovely collection of stories about cycling advocacy and people that have supported advocacy, some for…
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Jan. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Instagram, a Gastown Parking Lot, and Christopher Cheung @lotspotting

Christopher Cheung has written a delightfully fun piece in the Tyee about his foray into the instagram world of people photographing~well, themselves.…
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Jan. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

New York City installing 1,500 Bollards to protect Pedestrians

New York City will be installing 1,500 bollards on city streets as reported by the New York Times. While these bollards have…
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Jan. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordies 2017-Potentially Most Polarizing Planning Work~Amazon HQ2

A unanimous pick by the Price Tags editors for the most Potentially Polarizing Planning Work~The Amazon solicitation from cities right…
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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

All About Trees and Which Cities Have the Largest Canopies

From my colleague in Australia Greg Vann  comes this article from the World Economic Forum on trees. We all know that trees…
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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto's Doug Ford, King Street and Fake News

What was  The Toronto Sun  thinking in running  a piece written by Doug Ford? Kudos to Ben Spurr who took to Twitter…
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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordie Award 2017 For Work with the Biggest Planning Impact

In the category of the Gordie Award for  Work with Biggest Planning Impact, Price Tags Vancouver unanimously chose the ambitious New…
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Jan. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: Millennials and the "Missing Middle" in Housing Form

Tom Durning of the Daily Durning sends this article from the Washington Post which quotes our very own City of Vancouver Planner,…
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Jan. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordie Award 2017 for Happiest Transportation Story~The Arbutus Greenway

  The Gordie Award for 2017 for happiest transportation story goes to the Arbutus Greenway. After a bitter battle which…
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Jan. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Los Angeles, Density and "Neighbourhood Character"

Los Angeles is a city where residents have had a say in development over the past fifty years.  The Economist  writes…
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Dec. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto's Bike Riding Parking Enforcement Officer Still Not Back to Work

As extraordinary as it seems, the City of Toronto do not have Kyle Ashley, the parking enforcement officer who was…
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Dec. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Journalist Driving in Ottawa~0 Police and Cyclists~1

Riding a bike that is not in a dedicated bike lane means you are accepting some element of risk but…

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