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Sep. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

Bikes and Business – 3

It will be built. The proposed Hornby Cycle Track has passed another critical test, now that yesterday’s open house at Pacific Centre…
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Sep. 08, 2010 / Gordon Price

Bikes and Business – 2

Not that I want to upset the debate over bike lanes with a bunch of annoying facts, but people keep sending me…
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Sep. 07, 2010 / Gordon Price

Give your regards to Hornby Street

Scot Bathgate, our Kiwi correspondent, sends a link for a New York Times piece on the transformation of Broadway – which should…
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Sep. 01, 2010 / Gordon Price

Annals of Motordom – 12

 An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance. HORSE-DRAWN HUMMER Known as the CEO Stagecoach,…
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Aug. 30, 2010 / Gordon Price

Bikes and Business

The separated bike lane proposed for Hornby Street is being opposed because, it’s argued – if not assumed – that it’s bad…
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Aug. 25, 2010 / Gordon Price

The Madness Continues

Day 10 on the Beijing-Tibet Highway, and counting.  According to the Wall Street Journal: As the jam on the highway,…
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Aug. 25, 2010 / Gordon Price

New York Fit City

How can we in Vancouver be having a debate about bike lanes and cycle tracks without talking about fitness and…
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Aug. 24, 2010 / Gordon Price

Annals of Motordom – 11

An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance. NINE-DAY TRAFFIC JAM They do everything bigger…
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Aug. 20, 2010 / Gordon Price

Transportation and transformation in Surrey

This is a an exciting opportunity – for Surrey and City Hall.  Modelled after a similar course in Portland, OR.…
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Aug. 20, 2010 / Gordon Price

Streetcars – The Missing Link

Streetcars: The Missing Link? brings together decisions makers, academics and community leaders to explore, discuss and debate the potential role…
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Aug. 20, 2010 / Gordon Price

Beijing returns to biking

From the Guardian: After wrestling for years with Beijing’s appalling traffic and pollution problems, city planners have come up with…
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Aug. 19, 2010 / Gordon Price

Why fly in China?

John Atkin picked this up off his iPad: Chinese High-Speed Trains Leave Airports in Their Wake – another demonstration of how…
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Aug. 19, 2010 / Gordon Price

Update: A Field Guide to Transit Debates

A version of the much-acclaimed presentation that Jarrett Walker did on transit while here in Vancouver on July 4 was also presented…
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Aug. 18, 2010 / Gordon Price

Where is this?

Answer below the fold.…

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