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Jun. 22, 2021 / Gordon Price

Guilt Trip

The subhead says it all: But the author lives in Baltimore, and transit isn’t ‘robust,’ nor does she have carshare,…
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Jun. 15, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Should You Pay to Park In Front of Your House? City of Vancouver Says Yes.

    As part of the Climate Emergency Action Plan presented November 2020, the City of Vancouver released an ambitious”Climate…
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Jun. 15, 2021 / Gordon Price

“Stanley Park for Everyone” – The Video

That title – “Stanley Park for Everyone” – could easily be used by all sides of the debate, and it…
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Jun. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Benefits of a Changing Rush Hour – Who, What and How

I’ve been waiting for the reports to start on what’s happening with rush hour.  First a few isolated ones, and…
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May. 28, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Proxy War

It’s not that we didn’t know that China was pulling ahead on new transportation technologies; we just didn’t realize how…
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May. 17, 2021 / Gordon Price

Numbers

Good news in numbers. From Burnaby Now, a poll and article by Mario Canseco: Vancouverites of all age groups support…
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May. 17, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Has Speed & Efficiency Always Trumped Pedestrian Safety & Convenience? Vancouver 1937 & Today

  I have been writing about Vancouver’s ominous placing as the first city in Canada to use the term “jaywalker”.…
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May. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

Small Changes – The Richards Bikeway

The separated bikeway on Richards – still under construction at its southern end, open on the north, applying finishing touches…
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May. 12, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s Last Natural Salmon Creek & First Sustainable Street

Did you know that there is still one natural salmon bearing stream left in the City of Vancouver? That is…
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May. 10, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Senakw’s Federal Environmental Impact Approval Process Begins

The Federal Government through Indigenous Services has just closed a request for written comments regarding environmental impacts of the proposed…
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May. 07, 2021 / Gordon Price

Downtown Waterfront Visionaries – Lance Berelowitz

  This is a version of a presentation that planner, urban designer and writer Lance Berelowitz made during SFU’s Lunch…
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May. 03, 2021 / Gordon Price

Least Surprising Headline of the Month

And it was only April 1: From the New York Times: The research, published online Monday in the Proceedings of the…
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Apr. 30, 2021 / Gordon Price

Design Theme for the Broadway SkyTrain Stations: Ultra-Bland

The Daily Hive has posted renderings of the proposed SkyTrain stations along the Broadway line.  What a disappointment for such…
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Apr. 28, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Bridging the Fraser Or Tunnelling? Back to the Massey Tunnel Replacement

It’s been a while since the Massey Tunnel replacement debate surfaced again and kudos to Sandor Gyarmati with the Delta…

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