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Feb. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: Point Grey Road – 3

This photo from today looks west from a position just west of MacDonald St. You can get a sense of…
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Feb. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Dude, Where are my Toll-Paying Cars? – 2: Wishful thinking on the Port Mann

What do the revised Port Mann revenue forecasts mean for traffic?  Clark Williams-Derry at the Sightline Institute compares past and…
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Feb. 08, 2014 / Gordon Price

Dude, Where are my Toll-Paying Cars? – Port Mann joins the watch list

Less than a month ago, PT was wondering whether the Port Mann would be joining the growing list of toll roads,…
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Feb. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

When Bad Things Don’t Happen – 2: Georgia Street

Another in our series of how Carmageddon fails to cooperate when road space for vehicles is reduced. For much of the summer…
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Feb. 04, 2014 / Gordon Price

Why didn’t the Granville Bridge connect with Granville Street?

We’re talking about the second Granville Bridge – on the north end. To acknowledge the 60th anniversary of the opening of…
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Feb. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

Bike Infrastructure as Art

Two from twisted shifter. The Hovenring, of course: . And “Reflection Perfection in Paris:” In this beautiful black and white…
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Jan. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: Point Grey Road – 2

Once again, the darn engineering Department is moving briskly to construct bike-related public works.  So annoying. From Ken Ohrn: This…
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Jan. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Quote: The difference between roads and streets

“When a city matures and leaves its frontier status behind, roads become streets. A road leads somewhere; a street is…
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Jan. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: Lost Lagoon

Ken Ohrn: Found myself attracted to this scene in Stanley Park on the north side of Lost Lagoon. .…
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Jan. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

When Bad Things Don’t Happen – 1: Cornwall / Point Grey Road

Last weekend, after driving through the construction works at the south end of the Burrard Bridge and along Cornwall and MacDonald,…
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Jan. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Debate: The Design of “Complete Streets”

A new book articulates a debate in the ‘complete streets’ movement – particularly relevant to Vancouver as the redesign of Cornwall/Point Grey…
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Jan. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Our wide-bridge fetish – 2

Local historian John Atkin narrates a history of South Granville, and includes some background and original images of the third Granville…
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Jan. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

What is it with our wide-bridge fetish?

Mike Anstead sends along this observation: With talk of a new Massey Tunnel replacement bridge that would be as wide…
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Jan. 27, 2014 / Gordon Price

Origins of Motordom: The Public Shaming of Jaywalkers

Matt Novak at Paleofuture lays out a key moment in the development of Motordom in this post: The Invention of Jaywalking…

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