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Jan. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Politics of Point Grey Road: “An arterial for all Vancouverites”

In this interview on CBC, the NPA councillor George Affleck made it clear: the closure of Point Grey Road will…
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Jan. 22, 2014 / Gordon Price

Quote: On Infrastructure

When you stop planning for the long-term, you no longer have one. – Eva, on Tim Egan’s blog in New…
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Jan. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Big News Story That Never Happened

Once again, where is Carmageddon? Where are the stories about the congestion caused by the closure of Point Grey Road?  It…
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Jan. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Update: This afternoon on Point Grey Road

Ken Ohrn: I detoured through the Point Grey Road area.  As usual, nothing was going on — even the construction…
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Jan. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

What’s New: Changes on Cornwall / Point Grey Road

More shots taken over the weekend, this time by me. . While all the attention and controversy are focused on…
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Jan. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Images: Point Grey Road

Some shots taken over the weekend by Ken Ohrn on the transformation of Point Grey Road. . Today, the City…
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Jan. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

Why We Are Here

Vancouver, that is – why is there a city here? Because:  Prospect Point on January 4, 2014. No, not because…
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Jan. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

Will the Port Mann Bridge be joining this list?

From D.C. Streetsblog: Toll roads aren’t the cash cows they used to be. The assumption that the roads will “pay…
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Nov. 29, 2013 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Future: Changsha

Dutch studio NEXT architects has won a competition to design a pedestrian bridge for Changsha, China, with plans for a…
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Nov. 06, 2013 / Gordon Price

Grandiose San Francisco

Always with the grand ideas, San Francisco – some suitable (or not) for its glorious setting, most proposed and defeated, some occasionally built.…
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Oct. 28, 2013 / Gordon Price

Peter Ladner: The Need for a “Core (Belief) Review”

Peter’s column in Business in Vancouver: . Core review needs to focus on core changes in urban car use .…
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Oct. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

Motordom #Fail: The Beginning of the End of LOS

LOS is Level Of Service.  A quick definition: LOS is most commonly used to analyze highways by categorizing traffic flow…
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Sep. 30, 2013 / Gordon Price

Science Policy Congress: Transportation Infrastructure in Metro – Oct 1

Join this free session of the Science Policy Congress for a panel discussion on Transportation Infrastructure. Tuesday, October 1 at 6…
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Sep. 27, 2013 / Gordon Price

Progress and Problems: + bikeway design, – bikeshare in Paris

As more cities take cycling seriously, particularly with growth of bikesharing, they are designing infrastructure to serve all ages and abilities…

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