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Nov. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Drive Through 1966 Vancouver

The Ministry of Transport has released this gem of a 1966 car trip from Horseshoe Bay to New Westminster. Already garnering over…
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Nov. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Province Announces Massey Bridge Reviewer

It was one of the most prudent decisions of the new Provincial government.  Instead of implicitly accepting the proposed ten…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Designing Cities for Automation

It’s the hot topic at the National Association of City Transportation Officials conference in Chicago at the moment, which has…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Sometimes a picture tells more than the story

The story in the New York Times is about the excessive number of fast-food restaurants in America: But the picture…
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Oct. 24, 2017 / Gordon Price

Jeff Specks "Ten rules for automated vehicles"

Excerpts from CNU Public Square Ten rules for cities about automated vehicles The adoption of AVs should not be allowed…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Gordon Price

Freeways without a Future

A feature from the New York Times: One of the groups leading the new charge is Congress for the New…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: This is About Traffic Flow

A fascinating model (if you’re into this kind of thing) to demonstrate the impacts of intersection redesign at Pacific and…
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Oct. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Carson City's Carson Street Revamps for the 21st Century

Earlier this year Price Tags Vancouver reported on a phenomenon that is occurring in many towns that are reclaiming their historic downtowns…
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Oct. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Double Dipping MLA Has Time for Massey Tunnel Billboards

The Province Images In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, double salary dipping Provincial MLA Ian Paton…
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Oct. 17, 2017 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – As seen in the West End

Personalized parking.…
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Oct. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

George Massey Bridge Boondoggle-"A Large Expensive Napkin"

You can learn a lot about the previous Provincial government’s Massey Bridge process by looking at how other observers view…
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Oct. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Forget that Campaign Promise~No 2017 Rideshare

If you have travelled just about anywhere, you may have used a ride share app that enabled you to get…
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Oct. 16, 2017 / Gordon Price

Comparative Parking

Sunday afternoon, Sunset Beach, sunny day. On what was once vehicle parking, there are now two docking stations for Mobi…
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Oct. 13, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Friends Of Mobility Pricing

I’ve been surprised at the benign press coverage of current efforts to design a BC-specific mobility pricing scheme.  Lord knows,…

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