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Jan. 24, 2009 / Gordon Price

I wanna live on Tilly Street

Lots of great comments under “One Last Loop,” notably this one from John Wilson: “Why does there need to be…
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Jan. 23, 2009 / Gordon Price

Update: Granville Loops

Richard Johnson, the planner at City Hall who came up with the concept for the North Granville Loops, sends along…
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Jan. 21, 2009 / Gordon Price

One Last Loop

We’re down to the last loop on the Granville Street Bridge. Now that a City report is recommending the reconfiguration…
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Jan. 19, 2009 / Gordon Price

Lesson from the Pattullo Bridge

The more an urban region becomes car dependent, the more it rationalizes spending on infrastructure that makes it more car dependent.…
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Jan. 15, 2009 / Gordon Price

Bike lights in fog

Please excuse the artiness.  The LED revolution has transformed bike lighting – from bulky, expensive and tepid to compact, cheap and intense.   Any bikeway on…
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Jan. 12, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Aarschot

I’m glad John Wilson is keeping track of the latest in fancy passerelles. Here’ s an entry winner from Aarschot, Belgium: West…
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Jan. 12, 2009 / Gordon Price

Bridge of the Week-Blackfriars

Under current financial conditions, it seems more likely than ever that the City will pursue the cheapest solution to the…
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Jan. 09, 2009 / Gordon Price

Take down those chains!

This has been bugging me for years: These chains (note the two of them) have been deliberately strung between the…
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Jan. 07, 2009 / Gordon Price

‘Perfection’ c. 1956

Amazing year, 1956.  The City of Vancouver brought in its Zoning and Development Bylaw that, among many other things, rezoned…
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Jan. 06, 2009 / Gordon Price

Approaching Burrard Bridge

Adding bike lanes to Burrard Bridge, as contentious as that may be, is only part of the story.  Getting to…
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Jan. 05, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelles of the Year

All the entries from the past year on assorted passerelles (and, at the end, the issue as it relates to the Burrard…
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Jan. 02, 2009 / Gordon Price

Resolutions ’09: Don’t Fight Losing Battles

Some advice to the new council, and for that matter to TransLink and the Province: forget trying to push grade-separated…
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Dec. 31, 2008 / Gordon Price

Pay As You Drive

Once again, Oregon leads the way: Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski plans to recommend his state transition away from the gas…
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Dec. 22, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Stockholm

PT reader John Wilson submits this competition entry by Foster and Partners and Berg Arkitektkontor for a pedestrian bridge in…

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