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Mar. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Uber, Autonomous Vehicles, And "Edge Cases" in Arizona

While the rush to get autonomous vehicles onto the road and testing has meant that many jurisdictions have relaxed their…
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Mar. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Fire Department Proposes Excess Hydrant Space for Parking~but what about for People Space?

While proposed by the Fire Chief in Surrey as a way to give more parking back to communities, Chief Garis’…
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Mar. 27, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Adrian Crook On Those Viaducts

NPA council hopeful Adrian Crook bravely tweets strong opinions on viaducts and car culture. Does this look to you like…
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Mar. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

Nightmare: AVs and Advertising

From Vox, by way of Doug Clarke: (There is) a growing concern among urbanists that AVs will, by making personal-vehicle…
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Mar. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Putting Tags on Cyclists, Pedestrians for the Autonomous Vehicle Future?

In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, Bike Biz notes that Manuel Marsilio, general manager of the Confederation for…
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Mar. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Seattle Freeway Revolt

The Great Freeway Fight is one of the key mythologies of post-war Vancouver, still referenced as a key to understanding…
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Mar. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

Daily Durning: Why we drive the way we do

An insightful video passed on by Durning, featuring “Fighting Traffic” author Peter Norton. Given its analysis of risk as a…
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Mar. 21, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Autonomous Vehicle Kills Pedestrian Walking with a Bike

With a death of a pedestrian the seemingly relentless march forward of autonomous vehicles has taken a pause as reported by…
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Mar. 19, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Inevitable Occurs

This just in:…
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Mar. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A Tale of Two Different Bottom Lines~McArthur Glen Mall at YVR & Tsawwassen Mills

It is an interesting time for regional malls in Metro Vancouver, and two new entrants in the market, McArthurGlen in…
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Mar. 14, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Elon Musk~Boring Across America

It’s no surprise to see that Elon Musk is getting a flat review for his concept of tunnelling across North…
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Mar. 12, 2018 / Gordon Price

Ride-Hailing Contributes to Congestion and Transit Losses

From Planetizen: Multiple Studies Find Ride-Hailing Contributes to Congestion and Transit Losses Surveys on ride-hailing conducted by regional planning agencies,…
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Mar. 10, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The West End Syndrome

Here are some practical, on-the-ground thoughts. Yesterday, we dusted off the Toyota for a trip to White Rock on family…
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Mar. 08, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Election Word Play — 2

Perhaps this could be titled “Rear-view Mirror Politics”.  Other names could be “vision-less politics”, or perhaps “hot-button campaigning”. I’ve scraped…

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