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Jul. 08, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The Truth About SUVs & The Myth About Pedestrian Distraction

We seem obsessed with bigger is better in vehicle purchases, with over 1.4 million sport utility vehicles (SUVs)  and crossovers…
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Jul. 07, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Stanley Park, Horses & Vehicular Conflict~Here’s How They Do it In London

Gerry O’Neil is the well regarded horseman that has been offering horse drawn tours of Stanley Park for several decades.…
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Jul. 07, 2020 / Gordon Price

Measuring Cycling in the Hundreds of Thousands

Let’s just repeat these numbers from the Daily Hive: According to Green Party commissioner Dave Demers, Park Board staff estimate…
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Jul. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Will Vancouver’s Broadway become a Great Street?

It was Allan Jacobs the former Director of Planning for San Francisco  who reviewed commercial streets around the world and…
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Jul. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar with America Walks~Walking As Practice

  Walking as a Practice: What Does It Mean to You? There are many reasons to walk that are not…
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Jun. 30, 2020 / Gordon Price

Bikes and Business: The Ice Cream Indicator

Jeff Leigh of HUB reports: My wife and I rode Stanley Park last Monday, and stopped in at the Prospect…
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Jun. 29, 2020 / Gordon Price

“What Is Going On in Stanley Park”

Never say PT isn’t open to a range of points of view.  Here’s one by David* – who argues for…
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Jun. 29, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Survey Gives Green Light to Vehicular Speed Cameras in British Columbia

During the Covid Crisis and the last three months of working from home, there’s been one surprising constant~traffic on roads…
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Jun. 25, 2020 / Gordon Price

How Cyclists Can Save Stanley Park Businesses

  Peter Ladner knows how to help restaurants and businesses in Stanley Park thrive in these disrupted times.  He describes…
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Jun. 25, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Want to Live Long and Prosper? Move to a Walkable Neighbourhood

Want to live long and prosper? Here’s a new study from Washington State University showing that walkability has a strong…
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Jun. 23, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Street Stencil Painting~When You Only Have One Job

Usually with street lettering the words  are first traced out in yellow before the white paint is finally applied, offering…
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Jun. 22, 2020 / Barry Rueger

Dueling Petitions in North Van

The North Vancouver City News Facebook group exploded on Sunday with duelling petitions, one for and one against maintaining the…
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Jun. 22, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Why We Need Public Washrooms In Covid Times

I have written often on the need for public washrooms, and why every city should have them close by transit…
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Jun. 22, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The Case of the Double Sidewalks

This has been a spectacular year for dogwood trees, and here’s a Cornus Florida Rubra or pink dogwood with a…

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