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Mar. 26, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

If It Saves Pedestrian Lives, Why Isn’t Vancouver Implementing it Everywhere?

I have written before about leading pedestrian crossing intervals for pedestrian crossings. Last summer I wrote about New York…

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Mar. 26, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Study shows Living Near a Vancouver Greenway Keeps You Fit

The City of Vancouver’s Greenway system comprises of a network of 140 kilometers of streets that are designed for walking…

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Mar. 25, 2019 / Gordon Price

Dreams of Motordom – and Nightmares that Never Happened

Over the years, I thought I had seen all the renderings and sketches for the various freeway proposals that had…

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Mar. 21, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto Mayor’s New Plan to Reduce Road Carnage

The Mayor of the City of Toronto is now talking about instituting 30 kilometer per hour speed limits in the…

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Mar. 21, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

New Data says Walkability Extends Lives

There’s more evidence about the importance of creating walkable communities in a new study that was reported in The British…

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Mar. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

For West Van buses, ‘Park Royal’ isn’t

It’s not a park, and, at least for buses, not very royal. Nor for their riders, waiting in the rain:…

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Mar. 18, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Accessibility, Equity and Inclusion in the Built Environment~Workshop April 4

The Planning Institute of British Columbia South Coast Chapter is offering an afternoon workshop on Accessibility~Understanding the Why and Then the…

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Mar. 15, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Augmented Reality makes Google Wayfinding a Walk in the Park

Holy wow Google just added augmented reality walking directions into maps and it's WILD 😱😱 pic.twitter.com/94igjyuykb — Owen Williams…

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Mar. 14, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto’s Bentway leads on Infrastructure Reuse

There is a need to utilize public structures and infrastructure more effectively, and a need to create more great public…

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Mar. 11, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Gold in Seattle Viaduct Removal

https://twitter.com/ByRosenberg/status/1104123021952864256 It is the opposite of “build it and they will come”-removing the Seattle Alaska Way viaduct has connected…

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Mar. 11, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Speed Cameras Destroyed, Road Deaths Rise in France

Last month I wrote about the prudent initiative in France where the speed on secondary roads has now been cut…

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Mar. 08, 2019 / Gordon Price

Why does West Van ignore its own West End?

In much of the commentary over the West Van B-line, there’s an oft-repeated assumption, articulated by our very own Thomas:…

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Mar. 06, 2019 / Gordon Price

What the West Van B-line debate is really about

To appreciate West Vancouver, it helps to understand this map: This is the region’s streetcar and interurban system at its…

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Mar. 05, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

The Coolblue One Day Delivery By Bike in The Netherlands & Belgium

Spotted the “CoolblueFietst” on delivery in #Delft’s city centre today. With a turnover of €1.2 billion in 2017, consumer electronics…

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