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Jul. 15, 2019 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bike Lanes at 10: Why did the media miss the big story?

Kevin Quinlan, who was working in the mayor’s office at the time of the Burrard-bike-lane blow-up, apparently saved files of…
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Jul. 10, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Crash Intersections Finally Get a 21st Century Makeover with “Speed-On-Green” Cameras

  While we rely on police forces to ensure the security and safety of citizens, we don’t think about what…
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Jul. 05, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Montreal Reduces Speed Limits to Save Pedestrian Lives~Time to Step Up Vancouver!

While the City of Vancouver dithers about reducing speeds to 30 km/h in their neighbourhoods, the City of Montreal just…
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Jul. 02, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Canada and California’s Power Play Trumping Vehicular Emission Standards

Do you know which state sells the most automobiles? It is California, and their automobile market of two million annual…
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Jun. 25, 2019 / Gordon Price

Bad Signs

Providing straightforward information to the public about small changes should be, well, straightforward.  It’s not. Example: a temporary parking change…
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Jun. 18, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Midblock Crossings, Raised Crosswalks, and StreetsBlog’s List of Best Pedestrian Practices

I have previously been writing about  midblock crossings and raised crosswalks on this blog as well as on Walk Metro…
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Jun. 17, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Saskatoon Rips Out Downtown Bike Lane because of “Unsafe Situation for Drivers”

  City of Saskatoon begins removing downtown bike lanes citing in part that they pose an “unsafe situation for drivers”.…
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Jun. 10, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Downtown Oslo Norway Says No to Vehicular Parking

Take a look at Norway where the capital city Oslo has removed over 700 parking spaces in the downtown and replaced…
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May. 23, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Eric Doherty, The New Green Deal & the Missing Link

Transportation and Land Use Planner Eric Doherty in The Observer has written a thoughtful piece that drills down on the…
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May. 15, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver City Council Votes for Slower Streets, Livability, Sustainability

In a densifying city that is serious about being sustainable lowering vehicular speed limits within neighbourhoods is a good way…
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May. 13, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Happiness, Longer Commutes, and Mental Health

https://twitter.com/DrBridgetB/status/1126666848001347584 Dr. Bridget Burdett in New Zealand sent along this link to a new article in Science Direct published in  the…
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May. 06, 2019 / Gordon Price

Parking and Privilege

From Dianna: “I didn’t shoot this. I picked it off Twitter from a guy who ran today’s marathon and saw…
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Apr. 17, 2019 / Gordon Price

What happens when you tear down a freeway?

Nothing new or surprising here for Motordomheads, but a real nicely paced visual summary of three case studies: Portland’s Harbour…
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Apr. 15, 2019 / Gordon Price

Tone-Deaf Remark of the Week

From the South China Morning Post: The son of a Chinese tycoon is buying a C$5.1 million (US$3.8 million) custom…

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