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Nov. 24, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

BC Liberal Hopeful Endorses Mobility Pricing – Sort Of

BC Liberal leadership candidate Dianne Watts has THIS to say about congestion and mobility pricing: . . . Watts says…
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Nov. 21, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Motor Vehicle Act — Changes

Most would agree that lots has changed since 1957: attitudes, fashions, diversity, communications and transportation.  What has changed very little…
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Nov. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

What Happens to Those Shuttered Large Floorplate Malls? Lessons From the Sears Warehouses

There is no doubt that the heaving  change in retail malls and major store closings will leave structural buildings demanding…
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Nov. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mall Owners Have Malls For Sale!

All is not well in merchandising mall land. As the Globe and Mail reports  the Quebec “caisse de depot et placement…
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Nov. 17, 2017 / Gordon Price

Unfolding the Future: Autonomous Lanes

Despite all the talk (and hype) about autonomous vehicles arriving in our cities in the next decade, the problem is…
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Nov. 17, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Are Cars the New Smoking?

It took decades to move the conversation on smoking, but now it is pretty much a social faux pas to…
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Nov. 15, 2017 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – Cambie Bridge Bike Lane

CTV News Vancouver had a feature last night on the City of Vancouver’s proposal to test a separated bike lane…
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Nov. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Delta or Richmond~ New Mega Port Facilities for Mega Cruise Ships?

In the “everything bigger is better” category, the president of Port Vancouver has announced new plans to deal with the…
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Nov. 13, 2017 / michaelkluckner

An App to rat on your neighbours

Many Sydneysiders appear to be using a phone app, Outware’s Snap-Send-Solve, to “dob in” their neighbours, mainly about parking infractions.…
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Nov. 09, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Kudos

From Michael Alexander: So a bunch of us rode across the Burrard bridge going north. After months of construction, workers…
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Nov. 07, 2017 / Gordon Price

What is Congestion? And what that means for mobility pricing

Here’s the most interesting quote from the summary version of “It’s Time” – a document from the Mobility Pricing Independent…
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Nov. 07, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Tackling Congestion — Are You Interested?

It’s Time, Metro Vancouver.  Traffic congestion is here, and under the status quo, it’s not going to improve any time…
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Nov. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Uber Explores Driving that Box, Traffic Jams and Parking

  Love or hate the idea of Uber, this little gem of a YouTube video clearly outlines what we often…
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Nov. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Parking Enforcement Officer Championing Toronto's Active Transportation has Twitter Silenced

“When I went to police college for social media training, they told me to find your  voice, find your community …

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