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Oct. 15, 2009 / Gordon Price

Olympic Bike Lane?

In all the coverage of the Olympic transportation plan, there was an interesting omission: no mention of the removal of…
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Oct. 02, 2009 / Gordon Price

Granville Redux

Lisa Brideau walks down Granville Street, and reflects: As part of my route to/from work every day (via the Canada…
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Sep. 29, 2009 / Gordon Price

An Answer to The Question

If you’re a regular reader of PT, you probably know The Question: Name a place that has successfully addressed traffic…
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Sep. 21, 2009 / Gordon Price

TransLink Service

Some of you may have seen these comparisons of  TransLink’s service area with other regions, like Toronto: Or Chicago: These maps are…
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Sep. 17, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Bad Bet

My current Business in Vancouver article: The bets are in. The stakes are high. With billions on the table for…
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Sep. 16, 2009 / Gordon Price

Cool Watch: Bus stops

Gladys We sends us a link to the World’s Coolest Bus Stops. My favourite?  This one by Dennis Oppenheim in…
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Sep. 09, 2009 / Gordon Price

Inquiring Minds: More SkyTrain stations?

Tessa, a regular PT reader, wonders: I’ve just been noticing recently how far apart stations on the skytrain system are…
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Sep. 07, 2009 / Gordon Price

Montreal cycle tracks

The current issue of Price Tags gives New York much-justified praise for the installation of cycle tracks (fully separated bike…
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Sep. 03, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Skinny on the Fat

Sometimes a chart doesn’t need any explanation.  This one – on obesity and active transportation – comes from Todd Litman.…
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Sep. 02, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: Ward’s Island

Keeping with the New York theme this week, here’s a submission by Angus Grieve-Smith of what is probably one of…
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Aug. 30, 2009 / Gordon Price

Price Tags 108 just out

At last, the second Price Tags in a New York triplet.  The first was on Times Square.  And, as promised,…
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Aug. 21, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Future with Peak Oil

“Less far, less fast, less often, and more expensive.” You can find that quote in this nice summary of the consequences…
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Aug. 20, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: Qingpu (Shanghai)

Andrew Curran sends a long a link to this new pedestrian bridge in the Qingpu district of Shanghai. … this…
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Aug. 20, 2009 / Gordon Price

Urban Repairs in TO

If it wasn’t for Steve Ingrouille’s Transport Newsletter out of Melbourne, Australia, I probably wouldn’t know what was happening in…

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