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Mar. 14, 2013 / Gordon Price

Traffic flows on the Pattullo Bridge, post Port Mann

Turns out that TransLink provides weekly updates on the Pattullo Bridge traffic counts – with some attractive charts if you’re…
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Mar. 01, 2013 / Gordon Price

Worst Practices: Manila Overpass

Over at World Streets, Eric Britton has started a “Worst Practices Department”  – bad examples from around the world. For…
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Feb. 27, 2013 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: The Luchtsingel

From Co.Exist: The Luchtsingel is a footbridge in Rotterdam (in the Netherlands) with two unusual attributes. One, it is all…
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Feb. 19, 2013 / Gordon Price

ULI Report: Shifting Suburbs

The Urban Land Institute, while not necessarily spearheading new trends, can often be definitive in describing them.  They do it…
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Jan. 30, 2013 / Gordon Price

A Radical Old Idea: the Burrard and Cornwall Intersection

The City has come out with proposals for the Point Grey Road/Cornwall Corridor – notably the concept for a separated…
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Jan. 28, 2013 / Gordon Price

Blog Post of the Day: "Induced demand in the 1930s "

Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker” – the biography of the 20th-century builder of New York, Robert Moses – had a…
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Jan. 09, 2013 / Gordon Price

Article of the Day: “The Next Generation DOT”

Worth the click: The Next Generation DOT (Departments of Transportation). Charles Marohn’s latest in Better! Cities & Towns on the dilemma…
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Jan. 09, 2013 / Gordon Price

Department of Irony: Canadian Bridges – or, “No Peace for Port Mann”

Two items came in within hours of each other. From Brent Toderian: Top 10 world’s best public spaces   6.…
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Jan. 07, 2013 / Gordon Price

“The Daily Pothole”

It exists: a publication of New York City. After all, who’s not interested in potholes? . More, believe it or…
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Jan. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

Who’s the Greenest of them all?

From Co.Exist: An Infographic Breakdown Of The World’s Greenest Cities London, New York, Vancouver, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Stockholm: Which city…
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Jan. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Future: Paris Bounce

Looks like we have a whole new category of proposed passerelles (here and here and here) and here: From Flavorwire:…
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Jan. 02, 2013 / Gordon Price

Future Passerelle of the Month: Helix Bridge

From We Waste Time: A self-sustainable bridge that responds to its use, designed by Sanzpont [arquitectura], Sergio Sanz Pont and…
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Dec. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

“Shifting Suburbs:” Infrastructure for a more compact future

From the Urban Land Institute: The ULI Infrastructure Initiative is pleased to announce the release of a new report, Shifting…
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Dec. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

Passerelle: City as Workout

The Melkwegbrug: . From Pop-up City: Designed by Amsterdam-based NEXT  Architects, the extraordinary structure connects the new neighborhood  Weidevenne with…

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