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Nov. 14, 2008 / Gordon Price

“Induced Traffic” from Packard to Fraser

Todd Littman nicely demolishes parts of the Fraser Institute’s fatuous report on “Transportation Performance of the Canadian Provinces.”   “A few…
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Nov. 12, 2008 / Gordon Price

Assorted Signs and Pics from All Over

Ron Richings sends in some head-turning road signs from his collection:   [BTW, Ron now has a blog on the Momentum…
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Nov. 12, 2008 / Gordon Price

Bicing in Barcelona

Kris Olds passes on this “Memo from Barcelona“: In increasingly green-conscious Europe, there are said to be only two kinds…
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Nov. 11, 2008 / Gordon Price

Surrey vs. Sprawl

Greg Dembicki pens a profile of Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts in The Tyee.  He’s impressed. Watts has bigger goals in…
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Nov. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Poughkeepsie

A rehabilitated railway bridge over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie will be, according to the promoters, the longest pedestrian bridge…
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Oct. 31, 2008 / Gordon Price

Discombobulation, American-style

America’s most confusing traffic signs – here.…
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Oct. 31, 2008 / Gordon Price

Discombobulation, European-style

Europe’s most confusing traffic signs – here.…
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Oct. 29, 2008 / Gordon Price

Copenhagen through an Australian lens

Peter Berkeley, the bike guy from Queensland Transport, visited Copenhagen last year and clicked off, oh, about ten thousand shots. …
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Oct. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Linz

John Wilson sends in this entry for a bridge over the Danube River in Linz, Austria, by the firm of…
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Oct. 25, 2008 / Gordon Price

Wishful Thinking

The Sun reports that “in the south-of-the-Fraser communities of Langley, Surrey, Delta and White Rock, where gridlock on the bridge…
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Oct. 06, 2008 / Gordon Price

Buzzer goes blog

The Buzzer – Translink’s little newsletter (and a unique feature of this region’s transit system) – has gone online: Editor…
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Oct. 02, 2008 / Gordon Price

All the World’s Airplanes

Over a day.…
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Sep. 30, 2008 / Gordon Price

Paris Mobilien

Eric Britton shows off the Paris Mobilien – a BRT with style – on Boul’ Montparnasse here. Mobilien doesn’t aim…
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Sep. 29, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Singapore

The Henderson Waves Bridge in Singapore: At 36 metres above Henderson Road, Henderson Waves is the highest pedestrian bridge in…

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