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Mar. 09, 2021 / Gordon Price

Another Traffic High for Vancouver

We don’t have many Traffic Highs in this city, so those we do feel extra special. Like the downhill slope…
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Mar. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

The End of Rush Hour?

Why would we keep rush hour if there’s an option?  And as we’ve collectively discovered during the pandemic, there is. …
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Feb. 24, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Spending $14 Million for Parking Stations~Westminster London Ditches Them with Vancouver Technology

Did you know the City of Vancouver is swapping out old parking meters and installing a new system at a…
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Feb. 18, 2021 / Gordon Price

Why America is no longer in the driver’s seat of the global automobile industry

Broadcaster Sonari Glinton and podcaster Mike Pesca discuss GM’s recent proclamation to go electric by 2035.  (Full podcast here.) Pesca:…
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Jan. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

Bad News, Bonnes Nouvelles

It’s not looking good in New York: In Manhattan alone, new car registrations rose 76% and in Brooklyn, registrations climbed…
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Dec. 21, 2020 / Gordon Price

The West End The Way it Was

A shot posted by West End Journal, I presume from the Vancouver Archives: At a glance you’d think – San…
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Dec. 08, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Particulate Emissions from Tires Worse than From Tailpipes?

This week I wrote about the chemical in tires that has been killing the Coho salmon in Puget Sound streams.…
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Dec. 08, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Precarious State of Bowinn Ma

Bowinn Ma is the provincial Minister of State for Infrastructure.  A Minister of State, not an actual Minister (as many…
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Nov. 03, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Brilliant Strategy: Disabling Our Priorities in the Name of the Disabled

Do you see what NPA Park Commissioner Tricia Barker is doing here? From a Province op-ed: In Vancouver, the civic…
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Oct. 29, 2020 / Gordon Price

Motordom Redux: The Reality on Our Roads

PT: We’re in a sudden, massive, global real-life experiment in how we live and move in our cities.  While there…
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Oct. 21, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The Shocking Truth about the North American Fixation on the SUV

    Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) are the automotive darling of this century, growing in popularity as safe and secure…
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Oct. 19, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Poll Says Blundering Drivers Getting Better

You have to really like a pollster that uses the word “blunder” in describing driving habits in Canada . Mario…
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Oct. 16, 2020 / Gordon Price

From LA to BC, the Futile Future of Congestion Pricing

  On Thursday, the Eno Transportation Centre presented another of their webinars, this one with an irresistible title: The webinar…
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Oct. 15, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Three Simple Changes in Road Design & Speed Can Save Pedestrian Lives

Here’s more data showing  that simple changes to speed and design of city roads can make all the difference in…

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Sandy James Planner

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