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May. 13, 2019 / Gordon Price

What’s the best layout for a subway car?

TransLink was recently asking Vancouverites for suggestions on the best seating design for new SkyTrain cars.  Hopefully they saw this…
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May. 13, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Happiness, Longer Commutes, and Mental Health

https://twitter.com/DrBridgetB/status/1126666848001347584 Dr. Bridget Burdett in New Zealand sent along this link to a new article in Science Direct published in  the…
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May. 09, 2019 / Gordon Price

Has The Jetsons Finally Arrived?

Seattle’s Crosscut columnist Knute Berger thinks it might be – in this piece: Is Seattle freeing itself from the automobile…
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May. 07, 2019 / Gordon Price

Always-Better Bikeways

While the focus on cycling infrastructure is, as it should be, on expanding the network (#ungapthemap) or on the latest…
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May. 07, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

No Public Washrooms at TransLink Stations, but Here’s The Mascots

NOW AVAILABLE: 'Pee and Poo' Metro Vancouver mascots Tee https://t.co/Feageu9flk pic.twitter.com/iGgsCx1QeY — Vancouver Is Awesome (@VIAwesome) May 2, 2019 When…
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May. 06, 2019 / Gordon Price

Parking and Privilege

From Dianna: “I didn’t shoot this. I picked it off Twitter from a guy who ran today’s marathon and saw…
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May. 01, 2019 / Gordon Price

How New York City Lowered Stress

Surprise: it built bike lanes.  This video shows how, from 2007, the Big Apple did it, and the results it…
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Apr. 29, 2019 / Gordon Price

The New Mobility – and Scooter Virgins

TransLink is hosting regional conversations on Transport 2050, the latest version of its strategic plan.  Last week at a packed…
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Apr. 29, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Slower Streets, Vancouver City Council & Doing the Right Thing

Last week I wrote about City of Vancouver Councillor Pete Fry’s motion asking that Council support a resolution to the…
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Apr. 24, 2019 / Gordon Price

Bike Bias: Did Roslyn Kunin ask whether the city asked?

From Orca: Crossing the Granville Bridge recently, I was stopped by a woman who was interviewing walkers about a plan…
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Apr. 22, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Councillor Pete Fry, Slower Speeds in the ‘Hood, and Why This All Makes Sense

My motion for 30k/h speed limit on residential streets comes before City Council Tuesday. It's work based on advocacy of…
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Apr. 19, 2019 / Colin Stein

Still Time to Give Feedback on Surrey-Langley Skytrain

TransLink sums it all up in two conveniently tweet-able sentences: Public engagement is a key component of rapid transit planning.…
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Apr. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Unhappy Story of the Sydney Monorail

Who doesn’t like an unhappy monorail story – even with unhappy miking by a guy who does urban archeology ……
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Apr. 17, 2019 / Gordon Price

A Tasty Infobite from Joe Sulmona

Management consultant Joe Sulmona, in his wide-ranging consulting around the world, particularly for airports, typically comes up with some interesting…

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