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Oct. 14, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway Reminder

PT got this the other day via the Arbutus Greenway Project Office mail list. In September, the City held five…
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Oct. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

A New School Use-Housing Teachers

In the “why didn’t I think of that” department, The St. Louis Dispatch reports on an innovative idea-they are planning to turn…
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Oct. 14, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

New Park — 17th & Yukon

The City of Vancouver has purchased a lot and built a neighbourhood park on it, also opening nearby Yukon St.…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall a Fail for those on Foot

If we design and develop our cities and our spaces around basic principles of walkability we would have healthier happier…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Sun Editorial-Tsawwassen Mills-"Comments Seem Almost Petty"

The Vancouver Sun Editorial Board has published an editorial today with another take on the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall. Under the…
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Oct. 12, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Expert Panel: Transportation In Vancouver

You are invited to a conversation on transportation in Vancouver on November 3. An expert panel will be on hand,…
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Oct. 12, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Bus "Pass Ups" Increasing in Metro Vancouver

Price Tags contributor  Scot Bathgate of the Daily Scot sent  this CTV news article reporting on the increase in the dreaded…
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Oct. 12, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

One for the Bike Lane Guerrillas

Earlier this year I wrote about the “pirated”  bike lane that was installed on Saskatchewan Drive in Edmonton at night,…
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Oct. 10, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway Passing Thoughts

On October 15, the City of Vancouver will release consultation results and the design for a temporary surface (or surfaces) on the…
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Oct. 07, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Kickoff — Commercial Drive Complete Street Project

On the heels of the Arbutus Greenway temporary surface consulting events, the City of Vancouver invites one and all to…
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Oct. 05, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Autumn On Seaside Greenway

Out the other day and mostly used Vancouver’s Seaside Greenway to get from home to destination and back.  Lovely riding,…
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Oct. 05, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Short List of Builders for the Ten Lane Massey Bridge Announced

In the “we just hoped this would go away” department, the Province’s ten lane bridge replacing the Massey Tunnel now…
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Oct. 04, 2016 / Gordon Price

Density and Transit: A Pre-emptive Strike by Adriane Carr

She got there first: MEDIA ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – OCTOBER 4, 2016 Councillor Carr Moves to Oppose Use…
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Oct. 04, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Heather Lands — City Planning

In what I see as an introduction to the big one (Jericho), City of Vancouver has this on tap to…

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