Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeYears ago I was doing an event with Lord Selkirk Elementary (at 1750 East 22nd Avenue) students and parents, and…
ABC Majority Park Board Rolling Red Carpet For Two Lanes of Drivers on Stanley Park Drive One of the first rules of engagement in any municipal party coming into City Hall with a majority is…
30 Km/h: Going Slow in Spain & Going Buggy in BritainEven though the Province of British Columbia has refused to give the authority to create 30 km/h areas to the…
Why is Pedestrian/Cyclist Safety Not as Important as Driver Vehicular Speed? The 20th century was all about ensuring vehicles and their drivers, seen as efficient models of the emerging world…
Guest Writer Rob Grant on “Granville Island-A Question of Accessibility”Guest writer Rob Grant is a retired architect who has been the designer/project architect on a variety of work including …
How the Traditional Bikeway has Become ObsoleteI wrote about the transformation of the Rue de Rivoli in Paris here – a pandemic response that is now,…
New Seasonal Bike Bus Going to Bridgeport Station/Tsawwassen FerryFor cyclists that want to go farther afield, there’s a new summer bus service for bikes that are going ot…
Park Board Meeting on Mobility Feasibility Study Swerves into American Style PoliticsThe biggest show in town this week was at the Park Board office in Stanley Park where a few Park…
Christina DeMarco on Road Diets as a Walkability & Community Revitalization ToolChristina DeMarco is one of those engaged people that truly cares about place and cities. She listened to Dan Burden’s…
Bicycles Sharing the Road? Stanley Park Mobility Study at Park Board this weekAt Viewpoint Vancouver we have followed some of the Park Board Commissioners’ continual hand wringing about the changing use of…
Want Your Child to Learn in School? Get Rid of Traffic Noise. It’s Time to Expand “School Streets”It used to be that apartments and multi-family units were located near major roads for ease of transportation. It has…
Back to the Massey Crossing, Where Provincial Minority Liberals Still Want A BridgeThe provincial Liberals have elected a new leader Kevin Falcon, who in February wasted no time in announcing that the…
Remote Work, Hot Desking & Why Everyone Wants to Live in SquamishSome big pandemic news this week, including the fact that the Covid crisis is no longer a reason to work…
The Debate over E-Bikes: Where do they belong?From Wired: … ebikes are having a moment. Market research company NPD says ebike sales grew 240 percent in the…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner