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Aug. 19, 2009 / Gordon Price

Bike-rack typography

How many different versions of the letter “A” can typographers come up with?  An infinite number, apparently.  I’m always amazed…
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Aug. 17, 2009 / Gordon Price

Canada Line opening – First Impressions

My first impression?  Crowds. I gave up trying to start at Waterfront Station, and took a trolley to Yaletown.  Crowded too,…
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Aug. 15, 2009 / Gordon Price

Canada Line Opening – The Bridge

Lots of good coverage on the upcoming launch of the Canada Line, here in the Sun and the Globe and Mail. …
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Aug. 13, 2009 / Gordon Price

Fair-less Fareless Square

Portland is often pointed to as an example of enlightened transit policy – in particular, the existence of free transit in…
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Aug. 11, 2009 / Gordon Price

Leavenworth Combo

I spent last weekend in Leavenworth.  No, not the prison; that’s in Kansas.  This is Leavenworth, Washington – the  mock…
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Aug. 05, 2009 / Gordon Price

“Leave oil before oil leaves us”

An interview in The Independent (August 3) with Dr. Fatih Birol, the chief economist at the International Energy Agency (IEA)…
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Aug. 04, 2009 / Gordon Price

Canada Line opens August 17

This just in: The Canada Line will open to the public on Monday, August 17, 2009, with a fare free day…
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Aug. 04, 2009 / Gordon Price

A Burrard bike-lane breakthrough in local transportation culture

From my latest Business in Vancouver column: So, where did the traffic go? On the first official day of the…
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Aug. 03, 2009 / Gordon Price

Switching Yards

Standing at the corner of Burrard and Pacific, 5 pm on Monday, watching the traffic flows.  Something seems familiar. The…
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Jul. 31, 2009 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge Stats

The City has posted the traffic counts on the Burrard Bridge for the first few weeks here.  The City says:…
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Jul. 29, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month

We haven’t had a new passerelle on the blog for awhile – so thanks to Brent Toderian for passing along…
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Jul. 28, 2009 / Gordon Price

Another Day, Another Blog

Yup, in addition to this personal blog and one I do for the SFU City Program, I have foolishly agreed…
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Jul. 27, 2009 / Gordon Price

Two Videos, Two Cultures

Two videos arrived in my inbox this week, both about changing transportation for our changing cities – each a reflection…
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Jul. 26, 2009 / Gordon Price

Bike Salmon

Niels Torslov, the Transportation Director of Copenhagen, calls cyclists “the children of traffic.”   Blogger/New Yorker/cyclist Caleb Crain writes about a…

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