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Sep. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

Castro widens its sidewalks – 5

The last time friends sent pictures of the widening sidewalks on Castro Street in San Francisco, it was late July.  A month later I had a chance…
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Sep. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

Barcelona 31: The Diagonal (6) – 22@BCN

What is 22@ ? First of all, 22@ is a bit of a visual joke.  “22a” was the zoning designation…
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Sep. 02, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Growth Ponzi Scheme in L.A.

Strong Towns advocate Charles Marohn maintains that “our post-World War II pattern of development operates like a classic Ponzi scheme, with…
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Sep. 02, 2014 / Gordon Price

Backing Away from the Bulldozer: An NPA Opportunity

In today’s Globe, Fabula provides an analysis of why “Vancouver bike lanes incite outrage …” that puts some pressure on the…
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Aug. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Development Fail: Tsawwassen Mills Update

The last time we posted a picture on the Tsawwassen Mills and Commons development, going up on First Nations land…
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Aug. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 29: The Coupland Report

From Penny Coupland: . Today I counted 31 kids under 14 on bikes during my trip from Chinatown to Jericho and…
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Aug. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 28: Everyday Clothing

Ohrn Image: An everyday person on an everyday bike wearing everyday clothing doing everyday things.  In this case, going to…
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Aug. 27, 2014 / Gordon Price

Motordom Madness in Australia

In Kent Acott’s comparison of transportation strategies between Vancouver and Perth, he highlighted these comments on the Australian Prime Minister’s…
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Aug. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

Future Present: The History, Problems and Possibilities of the Canada Line

Kenneth Chan, in Vancity Buzz, asks a question we’ve all wondered about when standing on a crowded platform in the…
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Aug. 18, 2014 / Gordon Price

Making Bubbles along the New Point Grey Road

You know those little parks that line Cornwall and Point Grey Road, now nicely accessible by small children on bicycles? …
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Aug. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Future of the Southern Tier: Motordom without a vote

Further to the item below, the impacts of transportation on the quality of life for one of the most affluent…
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Aug. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 26: Toderian checks it out (2)

A Sunday afternoon expedition, with Brent Toderian (urbanist, city planner and inveterate Twitterer – @BrentToderian), Renee de St. Croix (wife, also a…
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Aug. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: A New Breed of Rider On the New Point Grey Road

Before we move on to Brent Toderian’s observations on the New Point Grey Road, here is one from Ken Ohrn:…
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Aug. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 25: Toderian checks it out

Brent Toderian (that’s him in the blue, on the left) cycles the completed Point Grey Road (and all the connected infrastructure)…

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