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Dec. 02, 2010 / Gordon Price

Hiking is not walking

Philip Langdon, of New Urban News, reviews Frommer’s list of the most walkable cities, noted below, and makes this intriguing…

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Nov. 29, 2010 / Gordon Price

Walking in Style

According to Michael Alexander, who snapped the pic below, everybody walks in Vancouver. Seymour and Pender, 2008.…

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Nov. 26, 2010 / Gordon Price

Walking Cities – The Top Ten

Yup, Vancouver is one of the Top Ten Walking Cities in the world. Who says so? Frommer’s, apparently – the…

Nov. 26, 2010 / Gordon Price

The Dutch Way

In case you were wondering …. And there’s also this: Reality vs. Myth: The “dangers” of Dutch cycle paths Some…

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Nov. 25, 2010 / Gordon Price

Mapnificent – Totally cool

Yeah, I know – isn’t every little app like totally cool these days. But Paul Kreuger thinks this one really is:…

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Nov. 24, 2010 / Gordon Price

Annals of Motordom – 15

An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance. Items from the Antipodes: THE NINETY-YEAR GAP…

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Nov. 17, 2010 / Gordon Price

Hug an Arterial

Jarrett Walker comes up with another brilliant post on Sprawl Repair – a process by which utterly car-dependent landscapes could…

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Nov. 14, 2010 / Gordon Price

“Fair Tolling”

The story may have been that Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts turned down the entreaties to run for the Liberal leadership. But…

Nov. 12, 2010 / Gordon Price

Bridge and Tunnel People

Well, Bridge People anyway – and lots of ’em.…

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Nov. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

World Streets

World Streets moderator Eric Britton, based in Paris, has compiled panoramas of streets around the world. Shanghai: Copenhagen: Our goal…

Nov. 08, 2010 / Gordon Price

We won’t be able to say we weren’t warned

Another energy insider takes peak oil seriously: Oil is going to US$300 a barrel, peak oil coming soon Charles Maxwell,…

Nov. 05, 2010 / Gordon Price

Potluck Politics

My current Business in Vancouver column: If you’re going to a potluck, the first rule is that you have to…

Nov. 04, 2010 / Gordon Price

Benchmarks

Michael Geller, in the comments for the post below, asks: “what criteria have been established in order to assess whether this…

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Nov. 02, 2010 / Gordon Price

Capital Pan

There’s been a lot of this sort of argument recently: I thought of how this city, my city, puts more…

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