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Jun. 25, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Distraction~A Problem with Drivers, Not Pedestrians

City narrows roads because you won't stop texting while walking https://t.co/ekIgbliSid pic.twitter.com/mXf2GVL50Y — njdotcom (@njdotcom) June 24, 2018 The title…
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Jun. 25, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

City of Richmond Doubling Down on Transit

Richmond’s vintage Lansdowne Centre Mall, age 41, is getting a facelift, but maybe not the type you’d assume for its…
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Jun. 22, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

So You Want to Be Vancouver’s Mayor?

As Vancouver’s 2018 civic election gets closer (October 20), mayoral candidate Wai Young has sounded off with policy positions on…
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Jun. 21, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Wai Young — Vancouver Mayoral Candidate

This one’s too good to make you click for more. Accompanied by a violin, Coalition Vancouver candidate Wai Young spoke…
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Jun. 13, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Open for Snacks. Closed for Gas. 5110 Oak Street

At the southeast corner of Oak Street and King Edward Avenue in Vancouver, a Shell gas station looks like any…
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Jun. 11, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Delta Police Asking the Public Where to Enforce Motor Vehicle Speed, Compliance

In one of the most genius ideas we’ve seen in a while, the Delta Police Department is using social media…
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Jun. 08, 2018 / Colin Stein

The Case for Carsharing: The Numbers All Go to 11

Vancouver’s home-grown carsharing cooperative, Modo, issued a press release this past week with the results of a multi-city member survey…
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Jun. 04, 2018 / Colin Stein

Searching for Scooter, Man — It’s For the Birds

From Slate, a fun take on one Santa Monica resident’s attempt to make a buck as an electric scooter charger.…
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May. 29, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

$40,000 Sends Delta Mayor and Staff East to Plead for Massey Bridge

In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, City of Delta council has authorized a payment of $40,000…
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May. 29, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Downtown Vancouver Viaducts Teardown — Explainer

From About Here founder Uytae Lee — part of the team at Halifax-based PLANifax — comes the following video, entitled “Why are…
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May. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver House — Keeps On Rising

From Vancouver’s Seaside Greenway, near Granville Island. The starchitect twisty building that just won’t stop growing. Plus a look at…
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May. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Parking and the City — Donald Shoup

Is storage of motor vehicles (a.k.a. parking) a topic that needs a further look? Or will it remain a blind…
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May. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

What sidewalks are for

In Vancouver’s West End, on Chilco Street near Alberni: What streets are for too: It helps to know that before…
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May. 24, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Mobility Pricing Final Report

Since it may result in ‘pricing the ride’, and thus plunge motordom into a user-pay system, the road use charges…

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