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Dec. 19, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their Time

Years ago I was doing an event with Lord Selkirk Elementary (at 1750 East 22nd Avenue) students and parents, and…

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Dec. 05, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

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…

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Nov. 14, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

30 Km/h: Going Slow in Spain & Going Buggy in Britain

Even though the Province of British Columbia has refused to give the authority to create 30 km/h areas to the…

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Nov. 03, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

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…

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Sep. 01, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

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 …

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Jul. 22, 2022 / Gordon Price

How the Traditional Bikeway has Become Obsolete

I wrote about the transformation of the Rue de Rivoli in Paris here – a pandemic response that is now,…

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Jul. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

New Seasonal Bike Bus Going to Bridgeport Station/Tsawwassen Ferry

For cyclists that want to go farther afield, there’s a new summer bus service for bikes that are going ot…

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Jul. 20, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Park Board Meeting on Mobility Feasibility Study Swerves into American Style Politics

The biggest show in town this week was at the Park Board office in Stanley Park where a few Park…

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Jul. 19, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Christina DeMarco on Road Diets as a Walkability & Community Revitalization Tool

Christina DeMarco is one of those engaged people that truly cares about place and cities. She listened to Dan Burden’s…

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Jul. 18, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Bicycles Sharing the Road? Stanley Park Mobility Study at Park Board this week

At Viewpoint Vancouver we have followed some of the Park Board Commissioners’ continual hand wringing about the changing use of…

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Jun. 09, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

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…

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Mar. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Massey Crossing, Where Provincial Minority Liberals Still Want A Bridge

The provincial Liberals have elected a new leader Kevin Falcon, who in February wasted no time in announcing that the…

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Feb. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Remote Work, Hot Desking & Why Everyone Wants to Live in Squamish

Some big pandemic news this week, including the fact that the Covid crisis is no longer a reason to work…

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Jan. 18, 2022 / Gordon Price

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…

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