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Mar. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 5

This shot was taken by Chris Kay in very early February, just after the road was closed: . It was an…
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Mar. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 4

Another one from Ohrn: . Even though PGR has been transformed from a high-volume, high-speed commuter arterial, some residents still…
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Mar. 12, 2014 / Gordon Price

Money and Motordom: A Suspension of Belief, an Acceptance of Waste

When it comes to spending hard-earned taxpayers dollars (of which there is no other kind), why do we fail to appreciate…
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Mar. 12, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 3

Rush hour: Monday, March 10 – 6 pm. by Peter Ladner. Send in your shot to pricetags (at) shaw.ca.…
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Mar. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 2

It took approximately two minutes for the second shot to come in for our new series, this from Chris Bruntlett –…
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Mar. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – First of a series

The temperature rises, the evening light lengthens, and more people discover a transformed Point Grey Road.  So time to start…
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Mar. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Peter Hall explains the truckers’ strike

Peter Hall is asssociate professor of urban studies at Simon Fraser University – and a contributor to the goods-movement section…
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Mar. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Risk of Risk: Canada Line and Motordom

France Bula does an even-handed article – How Vancouver’s Olympic Legacy Is Shaping the Future of Transit – for ULI’s UrbanLand…
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Mar. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Quote: Selling carbon and selling out

From Tyler Edgington, director of feedstocks at Dow Chemical Canada ULC, in Business in Vancouver: It is inevitable that significant…
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Mar. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Post-Sustainability Era: What Price Tags said in Auckland

Here’s where I’ve been for the last fortnight.  Speaking at events in Auckland, New Zealand. The most significant was at…
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Feb. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ladner Letter – 2: A Buddy’s Thoughts on Point Grey Road

Another letter from a buddy of Peter Ladner. I’ll say this: Peter Ladner’s buddies are a literate bunch.  They have…
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Feb. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

Point Grey Road: Nelson Skalbania has a fit

This verges on parody: . . Nelson Skalbania has had a fabled career in Vancouver as a consulting engineer (some…
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Feb. 12, 2014 / Gordon Price

Granville Bridge and Granville Street – 2: The creation of stroads

Further to this post on the Granville Bridge (and why the second one didn’t directly connect to Granville Street at…
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Feb. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Dude, Where are my Toll-Paying Cars? – 3: “New Forecasts, Same Delusion”

Here’s the post in the Sightline Daily that more fully explains Clark Williams-Derry analysis of forecast traffic on the Port…

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