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Sep. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Bridge, the Massey Tunnel and the Huge Gap

It is in the “weird stuff  that won’t go away” file-as part of the trinity of the twentieth century approach…
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Sep. 08, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway – Let's Talk

  Temporary Pathway Consultation:  From the City of Vancouver: The Arbutus Greenway is a future north-south transportation corridor that will…
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Sep. 07, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

1. Transit, 2. Neighbourhood

Greater Toronto is planning, and doing it big, and long-term.  This report from Ryerson U looks at the situation. Part…
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Sep. 06, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Construction Begins on Seaside Greenway II

The second phase of this project on Point Grey Road gets underway this week as city crews prepare to expand sidewalks,…
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Sep. 03, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway — Another View

I’m promoting a comment, left anonymously this morning by “robotboy44” on the post “Arbutus Greenway:  What’s Up?”.  The writer questions…
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Sep. 01, 2016 / Gordon Price

Brooklyn: From shortage to saturation

From the New York Times, with some relevance for Vancouver: ‘The Market Is Saturated’: Brooklyn’s Rental Boom May Turn Into…
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Aug. 31, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Driverless Technology-Can you can go your own way?

There is a lot of chat about driverless cars-but this article from the New York Times and this one in the…
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Aug. 30, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Rethinking the Viaducts

A very well-argued piece by Kenneth Chan on Daily Hive. The article is divided into several sections, with subtitles: 1.…
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Aug. 18, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway — Learning From Experience

We’ll eventually finish the consultation over temporary surfaces to be applied to the temporary paths on the Arbutus Greenway. Hopefully, the result will…
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Aug. 15, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Another Voice On Arbutus Greenway

Based on the concerns expressed to City of Vancouver on the type of temporary surface for the Arbutus Greenway’s pre-consultation…
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Aug. 15, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Comprehensive Case for Town Planners

The Guardian released a preliminary report prepared by Britain’s Royal Town Planning Institute on the state of planning in Britain,…
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Aug. 02, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Another Wonderful Greenway For Vancouver

Following the examples set by the Central Valley Greenway and the Seaside (Point Grey Road) Greenway, here comes the Arbutus…
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Aug. 01, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Gonna Do the Mobi, Baby

It’s not hard to find a Mobi on the move.…
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Jul. 29, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Grandview-Woodland plan approved

The exhaustive and exhausting G-W Community Plan process came to an end Thursday when council approved the last iteration (with…

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