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Jan. 31, 2008 / Gordon Price

Victoria Visions

Vancouver wasn’t the only B.C. city with plans for freeways and ‘urban renewal’ in the 1960s. Over in Victoria, they…

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Jan. 29, 2008 / Gordon Price

Revising the Revisions

A few weeks ago in the Vancouver Sun, John Mackie wrote about “What Might Have Been.” The most mind-boggling plans…

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Jan. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Release your inner eagle

The B.C. Cycling Coalition has a great idea: a province-wide network of cycling routes, similar to La Route Verte in…

Jan. 21, 2008 / Gordon Price

“Playing small does not serve the world.”

That’s the motto of Paul Hillsdon, 17-year-old self-taught one-man transportation planner. Evidence: here. Jeff Nagel does a profile on him…

Jan. 21, 2008 / Gordon Price

TransLink's unstrategic strategy

So: The new chair of the Translink board of directors says media will not be allowed into regular board meetings.…

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Jan. 20, 2008 / Gordon Price

Dress Codes

Wendy Waters – whose “All About Cities” blog I just added to my list – responds to a post I…

Jan. 15, 2008 / Gordon Price

Carmaggedon

The best analysis I’ve seen of the looming disaster – personal, urban, environmental – that is the Tata Nana.…

Jan. 15, 2008 / Gordon Price

The Right Message

The most encouraging comment in response to the Province’s $14-billion transit vision comes from the Mayor of Surrey, Diane Watts:…

Jan. 13, 2008 / Gordon Price

SkyTrain to UBC!

Well, we’ll see. Global TV’s Victoria reporter Keith Baldrey prepared the way for Gordon Campbell and Kevin Falcon’s “huge” announcement…

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Jan. 10, 2008 / Gordon Price

The Hillsdon Plan

This is astonishing: A comprehensive strategy for transit south of the Fraser, costed out, well presented and persuasive. At first…

Jan. 07, 2008 / Gordon Price

Think Piece

Occasionally I come across a piece of writing that’s really memorable. (At least it sticks in my mind until the…

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Jan. 02, 2008 / Gordon Price

King Edward's Dilemma

Occasionally someone, after coming across Price Tags, sends me an inquiry, like this one from Marc Aubin in Lowertown Ottawa, a…

Jan. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Bill the Billboards

According to this article in The Tyee, Councillor Peter Ladner would like to introduce bike-sharing a la Velib to Vancouver.…

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Dec. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

Cool Stuff, TransLink division

This popped up in the email a few weeks ago from Dan Freeman, a transportation planner at TransLink: I know…

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