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May. 16, 2016 / Gordon Price

What Jane Jacobs Missed

By Alex Marshall: Not far from Jane Jacob’s famed home on Hudson Street in Greenwich Village, and the White Horse…
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May. 16, 2016 / Gordon Price

Port Mann Bridge – The Numbers, the Losses and the Debt

From The Sun (May 14, 2016): … the Pattullo Bridge rehabilitation project … means more revenue for the tolled Port…
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May. 06, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Lone Cyclists on the Port Mann Bridge

John Whistler and Joey Lesperance (below) cycle over the Port Mann Bridge: . The path on the bridge is excellent…
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May. 05, 2016 / Gordon Price

Drone Tour Eye Candy

From Dan Ross: . For those who like tunnels, tunnel boring machines, needless infrastructure, and drones, here’s Bertha under Seattle.…
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Apr. 28, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Seaside Greenway Completion and Upgrade

At Vancouver City Council on May 4, two reports will come forward for debate and approval: South False Creek, and…
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Apr. 04, 2016 / Gordon Price

Burrard Transformed – 1

The City wasn’t kidding when it warned us that a large part of Burrard Street and the bridge would be…
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Mar. 27, 2016 / tanyapazzy

How are you supporting local shopping districts through fear to data and bicycle parking?

How many times have you thought: I’d love to sit outside but it’s kinda noisy and stinky with the cars…
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Mar. 27, 2016 / tanyapazzy

Putting Puzzle Pieces Together #ArbutusCorridor #bikeshare @SouthGranville

1) Bikeshare system area On February 24th, the City of Vancouver announced the Summer 2016 launch of our first bikesharing…
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Mar. 26, 2016 / tanyapazzy

Making Commercial Drive Safer to Shop: 5 Strategies @CommercialD @Streets4Every1 #bikeyvr

Did you really think I was going to skip this topic? The Grandview-Woodlands Community Plan – including the Transportation component…
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Mar. 24, 2016 / tanyapazzy

Traffic Cones. Orange is the New Urban: Mockery, Fashion, and Rogue Transformer @AwarenessCone #Philly @PBOTrans #PDX @Moschino

OMG traffic cones are all the rage. The revolution has begun and it has bounced off Twitter onto our streets.…
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Mar. 24, 2016 / tanyapazzy

.@tanyapazzy Highlights of Our Evening with JSK @JSadikKhan @pricetags #vanpoli #bikeyvr

On Tuesday I cracked myself up in prep for an evening with Janette Sadik-Khan (JSK), former NYCDOT Transportation Commissioner and author…
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Mar. 23, 2016 / tanyapazzy

#BDGT16 Transit Teaser

There was much anticipation before the federal budget was unlocked yesterday. Many of us were particularly interested in how much…
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Mar. 22, 2016 / tanyapazzy

What Rob Ford (RIP) Unexpectedly Taught Me

Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford died at age 46 today. Here’s CBC’s take on it. It’s a gracious and extensive…
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Mar. 14, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Hello and …

By way of introduction, in the city’s urban-affairs milieu I am probably best-known for the 1990 book Vanishing Vancouver and…

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