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Sep. 20, 2007 / Gordon Price

Gateway Rumour of the Week

This is really delicious – and it comes from a pretty reliable source: Regarding the Evergreen Line, a mayor of…
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Sep. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

Peak Oil in Queensland; Carbon-taxing in America

Maybe because they have already gone through the trauma of serious water constraints, Queenslanders seem to be more serious about…
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Sep. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Obliviously Obvious

Stephen Rees has a nice post on how Gateway will generate and induce traffic. Here’s a key point: Land use…
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Sep. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

By the Numbers: Kids, Schools and Traffic Calming

Well, readers seemed to enjoy that little item on commute times. Here’s a piece in today’s New York Times with…
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Sep. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

One Minute More

I’ve often heard it said (though I haven’t been able to find a citation) that the maximum length of time…
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Sep. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

One Way Road

David Pereira was listening to Kevin Falcon on the Bill Good Show last Friday.  He tried to go online to the document…
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Sep. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

Washington's loss, Toronto's gain

Phil Boname over at Urbanics Consultants sends along a couple of interesting notes on Washington’s Metro and streetcars: Your last PriceTag…
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Sep. 04, 2007 / Gordon Price

Wait 'til the binners see this

You can see this at the Urbanvelo blog here – and download the latest issue.…
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Aug. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

What they are thinking

Or rather, “What are they thinking!?” Cars and more cars: In China, car ownership at present is about 20 million,…
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Aug. 27, 2007 / Gordon Price

The New Paradise Makers

Business interests dominate new TransLink panel By Jeff Nagel Black Press Aug 22 2007 The province has taken its first…
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Aug. 27, 2007 / Gordon Price

For the Record

A fine piece on cycling by world-traveller Michael Geller in the Sun over the weekend. Among the points he makes:…
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Aug. 22, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Thousand Little Things

It’s the big news down south in Seattle: Chaos Avoided! Gridlock mysteriously doesn’t happen! How can this be!? They’re doing…
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Aug. 22, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Bridge for Burnaby

Ian Wasson reports in from the City of Burnaby, where he’s an urban design planner.  They too are building a…
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Aug. 21, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Bridge for False Creek

In Price Tags 93, you can find examples of the new kind of pedestrian and bike bridges being built in…

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