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Jun. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 23: Troops Landing

Ken Ohrn: “You meet the nicest people on the new PGR.  This group of soldiers was on the 17th km…
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Jun. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Metro Sustainability Breakfast – Jun 19

Celebrating a Century of Liquid Waste Services in Metro Vancouver – Now and Then Thursday, June 19, 2014 7:30 – 9:00…
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Jun. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

Berms, Bjarke and the Big U: Soft post-Sandy strategies

This is big.  And BIG.  From climateprogress: Two states are receiving $920 million from the federal government, money that’s part…
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Jun. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 22: Crazy Stuff

Ken Ohrn sends in the latest.  First the crazy good: Here’s the intersection of Stephens, looking east along the new…
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May. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

Flying through Hong Kong without ever knowing

It makes for a longer flight but I was looking forward to flying through Hong Kong on the way to…
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May. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Can’t get enough on PGR? – Try ‘Reflecting Vancouver’

I’m not the only one covering the changes on Point Grey Road (PGR).  Chris Kay is also documenting the physical…
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May. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Credit Where It’s Due: The Design and Rebuilding of Burrard Bridge South

Let’s look at another infrastructure project, one that cost millions, not billions* – about $6 million in this case to design and re-construct the…
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May. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

How to spend $14 billion on roads and bridges: The Strategies

The transit proposals currently being developed by the Mayor’s Council have to be submitted to Transportation Minister Stone in June 2014, after which…
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May. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Port Mann: The Rise of a Bridge and the Fall of its Use

I missed this last month, but Nathan Pachal and Fraseropolis picked up on the data – Port Mann Bridge: The…
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May. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 21: Nurturing Green Space

The intersection at Stephens – connecting PGR with the York bikeway – is now complete (map here): . . It used…
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May. 18, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 20: Final Pieces

The Point Grey Road improvements are just about the complete.  You can almost hear the final pieces click into place. …
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May. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 19: Mother’s Day Gift

The story behind today’s first post – from Chris Bruntlett: When our family woke up on Mother’s Day, the sun…
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May. 12, 2014 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge

I’m surprised I’ve missed this one: the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge – a footbridge between Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska: . .…
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May. 07, 2014 / Gordon Price

Cat, Meet Pigeons: Was Portland Light-rail worth it?

From OregonLive: With TriMet on the verge of opening its fifth MAX route, the $1.4 billion Orange Line between downtown…

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