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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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Oct. 13, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Fines increased for Dooring Cyclists~Where’s the Drivers’ Education on the “Dutch Reach”?

Everyone knows someone who has been “doored”. That’s the awful mishap that happens when you are riding a bike along…
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Oct. 13, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar On “Right of Way” with Walk San Francisco & Angie Schmitt

If you missed the excellent discussion sponsored by America Walks with planning consultant and author Angie Schmitt and Charles Brown,…
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Oct. 09, 2020 / Gordon Price

Risk-Taking on the North Shore, CNV-style

North Van City does it again.  Whenever the City or Park Board of Vancouver looks like they will consider doing…
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Oct. 08, 2020 / Gordon Price

English Bay: Another Transformative Moment

This is a big deal: Kevin Griffin at The Sun reports on the Parks Board approval of a $2.56 million…
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Oct. 08, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Providing “Covid 19” Updates on Pedestrian Deaths & Saving Eight Lives A Year

The Duke of Data Simon Fraser University’s  Andy Yan has a compelling question which he shared on twitter~”what if we…
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Oct. 08, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Dutch Road Innovation~Bye Bye Bitumen, Hello Lignin!

  Do you know what the biggest use of bitumen is? Bitumen is “low-grade crude oil which is composed of…
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Oct. 05, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Media~Please Stop Victim Blaming in Reporting Pedestrian Fatal Crashes

Our words and how we view the street are all oriented for the vehicle.  Sidewalks were developed to get pedestrians…
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Oct. 05, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Covid Pandemic~Cruise Ships Being Docked & Destroyed

  Cruise ships have a life of thirty years before they need to be revamped. But in Liaga Turkey which…
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Sep. 30, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Right of Way~Organizing for Equitable Walkable Communities

IOBY AND ISLAND PRESS WEBINAR: RIGHT OF WAY: ORGANIZING FOR EQUITABLE, WALKABLE COMMUNITIES Wednesday, October 7, 2020 – 1:00pm EDT…
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Sep. 29, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Workers Create Illegal Bachelor Pad Below Grand Central Station

  In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, three railway workers at Grand Central Station in New…
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Sep. 28, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Less Car More Transit, Walking, Cycling in a Post Pandemic World?

It was Eric Doherty that started it all in this article by Jennifer Saltman in the Province.  In the summer…
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Sep. 28, 2020 / Gordon Price

Take the Beach Avenue Survey

The City is asking for feedback to decide on improvements to the temporary path, to take us through into 2021. …
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Sep. 25, 2020 / Gordon Price

Does more WAH mean less VMT

Translation: Will the increase in people working at home mean we’ll drive less? Answer: Apparently not. Here’s a summary from…

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