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Oct. 22, 2019 / Gordon Price

West Pacific: How We Transit

On the Expo Line:   Celebrating 39 years of transformative transportation:  …
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Oct. 20, 2019 / Alexandra Doran

Scooting Towards Progress? A look at the new Shared Micromobility Guidelines for Metro Vancouver

  As you’ve probably noticed, residents all over Metro Vancouver are e-scooting on the streets despite the presence of prohibitory…
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Oct. 17, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Global Growth of SUVs Means the ICE Age is Not Over

You can forget about reducing vehicular emissions, a major source of climate change, if we can’t change our habits. As…
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Oct. 16, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Tunnel Vision, Induced Demand, & Marchetti’s Constant at the Massey Crossing

In early October the task force set up by the Metro Vancouver mayors came to a consensus and decided that…
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Oct. 15, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Why Are Police Officers Still Vulnerable Highway Users in the 21st Century?

Drivers – you are required to SLOW down and MOVE over when there are flashing blue, red or yellow lights…
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Oct. 09, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Bike Lane Hall of Shame

Dean A sent in this article from The Guardian, with readers’ photos of the best and worst of the world’s…
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Oct. 09, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

US Government Agency Bullies Cities to Nix Rainbow Crosswalks

  We’ve all seen them~those lovely rainbow crosswalks in cities that represent inclusivity and are often tied into  events celebrating…
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Oct. 08, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Study Shows Semi Autonomous Vehicles Can’t See Pedestrians

Image: Carscoops.com It was only a few years ago when semi autonomous vehicles were the shiny pennies pledging to undertake…
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Oct. 07, 2019 / Gordon Price

The e-bike is taking over the world …

  … or at least Italy, from where John Graham reports: In the south of Italy – here in Sorrento…
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Oct. 07, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Why We Should Ban SUVs in Cities

I have been writing about how SUVs and trucks which make up 60 percent of all vehicle purchases have been…
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Oct. 06, 2019 / Barry Rueger

Show Me The Way To Go Home

What is this — a café? A library? A corner store? Unless you regularly travel by transit to Langara College…
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Oct. 05, 2019 / Gordon Price

Safe Cars, safe bike routes and why the Parks Board doesn’t care

  Dean A recommended this piece in the New York Times: Among the safety measures proposed by car companies are…
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Oct. 03, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Metro Mayors Task Force have Tunnel Vision for the Nixed Massey Bridge

Price Tag readers will know we’ve been writing and following up on the Massey Crossing saga, where the previous Liberal…
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Oct. 03, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Still Seeing Red on Broadway

These images have been sent to us by an ardent PriceTags reader who wonders why a public outreach process  was…

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