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Jul. 30, 2010 / Gordon Price

Bike-sharing in London, Jobs in Canada

This just in from Ronald Chen: I just learned that London launched its own public bike system: Barclays Cycle Hire. …
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Jul. 30, 2010 / Gordon Price

Screen Time

Sandy James passes along some disconcerting news for those of us who sit at screens. From the New York Times:…
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Jul. 29, 2010 / Gordon Price

Annals of Motordom – 7

An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance. FREEWAYS AND IDEOLOGY It started with blogger Timothy…
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Jul. 29, 2010 / Gordon Price

Car Culture

Better Environmentally Sound Transportation, in partnership with the Simon Fraser University City Program, presents:   Carjacked: The Culture of the…
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Jul. 28, 2010 / Gordon Price

Helmet conundrum

From Peter Berkeley: MELBOURNE’S $5.5 million bike share scheme isn’t attracting many users, and Mike Rubbo reckons he knows why:…
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Jul. 26, 2010 / Gordon Price

Auckland and Vancouver – a comparison

Nerd Alert: For urbanists and others who enjoy comparative stats, here’s some useful perspective from the Auckland Transport Blog.   If…
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Jul. 26, 2010 / Gordon Price

Transit and congestion – what works, what doesn’t

A succinct post by ‘Human Transit’ blogger Jarrett Walker on vehicle congestion (and why transit doesn’t reduce it).  He also…
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Jul. 23, 2010 / Gordon Price

Copenhagen through North American eyes

A few weeks ago, Copenhagen was host to Velo-City (which, word has it, will be coming to Vancouver) – a…
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Jul. 23, 2010 / Gordon Price

Parking lane

From a Dunsmuir cycle track user: My wife came across this vehicle today, one of five  parked on the Dunsmuir bike…
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Jul. 23, 2010 / Gordon Price

Bixi Gym

From Dan Freeman: Just came back from a recent trip to Montreal, where I used Bixi almost exclusively to get…
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Jul. 23, 2010 / Gordon Price

Phony War

Ah, the blissful days of an approaching August.  Like  the long Edwardian summer that preceded World War I, it seems…
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Jul. 21, 2010 / Gordon Price

Bike Branding

Moving beyond the hipster: Colle+McVoy, a Minneapolis ad agency, has partnered with the coalition Bikes Belong to design People for…
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Jul. 21, 2010 / Gordon Price

Annals of Motordom – 6

An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance. AN INQUIRING READER Mike Jones, UBC student,…
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Jul. 20, 2010 / Gordon Price

Stuffing

A cool idea for a rapid-transit display board:  4-id has come up with a new new concept for a Display…

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