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Aug. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

Beach Bikeway Gets a Datapoint: 12,700

Beach Bikeway (no one’s calling it a flow way) is obviously and surprisingly high-volume.  Many cyclists, many different kinds of…
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Aug. 07, 2020 / Gordon Price

Make the Beach Avenue Bikeway Permanent!

Let’s make the Beach Avenue Bikeway (connecting Stanley Park to False Creek North) permanent. This incredibly popular and scenic route…
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Aug. 04, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Is the Canadian Government Prescribing Walking and Biking?

Last week I wrote  about Britain’s government prescribing biking   outlining the new British federal policy to increase fitness through diet…
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Jul. 28, 2020 / Gordon Price

A fail-safe political safety net for Park Commissioner Coupar

  An Open Letter to NPA Park Commissioner John Coupar, from Peter Ladner.   Peter Ladner:  John, I hear you’d…
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Jul. 23, 2020 / Gordon Price

Priorities in a Pandemic: Will We Cut Cycling Infrastructure?

Dan Fumano at The Sun nails it: Although polling — and election results — consistently show most Vancouverites generally support spending on…
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Jul. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

Astroturfing in the West End

This has all the marks of astroturfing*.  Seen in the West End on Bute at Harwood. There has to be…
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Jul. 14, 2020 / Gordon Price

And We’re Off!

This makes it real:…
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Jul. 07, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Stanley Park, Horses & Vehicular Conflict~Here’s How They Do it In London

Gerry O’Neil is the well regarded horseman that has been offering horse drawn tours of Stanley Park for several decades.…
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Jun. 23, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Street Stencil Painting~When You Only Have One Job

Usually with street lettering the words  are first traced out in yellow before the white paint is finally applied, offering…
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Jun. 22, 2020 / Barry Rueger

Dueling Petitions in North Van

The North Vancouver City News Facebook group exploded on Sunday with duelling petitions, one for and one against maintaining the…
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Jun. 22, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Why We Need Public Washrooms In Covid Times

I have written often on the need for public washrooms, and why every city should have them close by transit…
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Jun. 19, 2020 / Gordon Price

One More Futile Round: Fighting Change on Park Drive

  How many times will we go through this? Hornby Bike Lane.  Burrard Bridge Bike Lanes (three times).  Point Grey…
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Jun. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

TransLink: The Light of Progress in Dark Times

One of the so-sad consequences of the pandemic is the loss of momentum immediately experienced by TransLink.  And not just…
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Jun. 05, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Latest NPA Strategy: Seniors versus Cyclists

No matter how many times the NPA lose elections when they include anti-cycling dog whistling, they just can’t stop themselves. …

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