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Dec. 19, 2019 / Gordon Price

Car2Go Gone: I’ll miss my SmartCar

Sad news: Car2Go (ShareNow) is shutting down its North American operations (and pulling out of a few European cities like…
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Dec. 17, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Contractor for Pedestrian Crossing Construction Goes His Own Way

In this Strange But True tale from Tsawwassen, this image was sent in of a brand new crosswalk installation on…
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Dec. 16, 2019 / Gordon Price

‘Scootergeddon’ – or Passing Fad?

Vancouver, get ready. Via Dianna From the San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco will allow 750 more electric rental scooters onto…
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Dec. 13, 2019 / Gordon Price

Things I Learned from Kevin Desmond

TransLink’s CEO addressed the Real Estate Institute President’s luncheon this week with a general overview of regional transit.  And though…
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Dec. 11, 2019 / Gordon Price

Every Airplane Crash

Morbidly fascinating.  From Maps on the Web: Every Airplane Crash from 1919 to 2019. Spoiler: After a hundred years, the…
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Dec. 10, 2019 / Gordon Price

An Infrastructure Strategy for Climate Change

That head has to be a contender for a ‘most boring headline’ contest, right up there with the previous winner:…
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Dec. 09, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Can Road Pricing Arrest the SUV in Cities?

Finally the SUV (sport utility vehicle)  epidemic which is killing pedestrians and responsible for an alarming uptake in automobile emissions…
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Dec. 05, 2019 / Alexandra Doran

Equity Perspectives no. 1: Vancouver Granville Bridge Connector & Mobility Equity Workshop

Last week, the City of Vancouver hosted a free public workshop on the Granville Bridge Connector project. Currently, there are…
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Dec. 05, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Three Metro Vancouver Pedestrians Die in 30 Hours-This is Not Okay

Last week three people within 30 hours in Metro Vancouver lost their lives doing a very simple act-walking on the…
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Dec. 04, 2019 / Gordon Price

Real-estate Boardwalks in LA and YVR

The New York Times explores the Boardwalks of real-estate development: … the surface lots that are peppered throughout cities, a…
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Dec. 03, 2019 / Gordon Price

The New York street we all grew up on

Sesame Street is 50. The Washington Post celebrates its Kennedy honours here. While us Boomers weren’t the target market (by…
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Dec. 02, 2019 / Alexandra Doran

Introducing “Equity Perspectives”

In addition to my role as a new Price Tags contributor (thanks all for reading!), I have an academic and…
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Dec. 02, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Massey Crossing, Trucking and Future “Congestion”.

It’s no surprise now that the Mayors of Metro Vancouver have approved of an eight lane immersive tunnel as their…
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Nov. 25, 2019 / Gordon Price

Burnaby Builds A City – 1

Burnaby at Brentwood has gone full urban. This is the Lougheed Highway at Willingdon – one the signature crossroads of…

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