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Jan. 31, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Nanaimo to Province — Your Government Is Safe

The NDP’s Sheila Malcolmson has won the January 30, 2019 byelection, and our Province’s slim GreeNDP coalition lives on. Congratulations…
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Jan. 30, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Council to World — Let’s Change Granville Bridge

Council has unanimously supported directing staff to report on how to change the Granville Bridge, with design recommendations and costs.…
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Jan. 30, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Council to World — We Like Transit

Vancouver’s new City Council showed it’s stripes today, in a long discussion around extending rapid transit to UBC.  …
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Jan. 30, 2019 / Gordon Price

Seattle: No Viaduct, No Viadoom … No Highway?

The short-term closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle a few weeks ago was predicted to result in massive…
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Jan. 29, 2019 / Colin Stein

Cambie Connected: Cycling the Bridge, Before & After (Video)

Tomorrow, Vancouver City Council will receive a report from engineering about public engagement on proposed improvements to the Granville Bridge…
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Jan. 29, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Crashes, Ethics & Autonomous Vehicles~Who Lives, Who Dies?

It is the question to ask at the City Program’s Simon Fraser University seminar with Autonomous Vehicle expert Tim Papandreou and…
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Jan. 28, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Driving to Work is Really Hazardous to your Health

Trust the New York Times and Austin Frakt to tell it like it is~driving on your commute to work is hazardous…
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Jan. 25, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Overbuilt and Underused — Granville Bridge

Changes are in the wind for Vancouver’s Granville Bridge, planned in the 1950’s as a downtown freeway component (like the…
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Jan. 24, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

A Short History of the Kids’ Car Seat

From the Twitterverse,  @busdriverlife has found this “auto strap for front-seat tots” which can also be used as a walking harness.…
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Jan. 23, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Daffodil Hill

Out today on a small errand, which took me through Vancouver’s Sunset Beach Park.  Daffodils bloom there, and their peak…
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Jan. 22, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Those Mid Block Crossings~Did “Jaywalkers” Have it Right?

Let’s take a fresh look at that old fish tale about pedestrians not crossing a street midblock. Think about it~why…
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Jan. 22, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

The Planetary Health Diet

Among people in Metro Vancouver paying attention to climate change and its mitigation, what we eat is a rising issue.…
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Jan. 21, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

UBC Skytrain Campaign

UBC has launched a campaign aimed at getting Canada’s Federal Gov’t and the Provincial Gov’t of BC to throw in…
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Jan. 21, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Future of Mobility Speaker Series: Tim Papandreou

The Future of Mobility Speaker Series: Tim Papandreou The transportation sector is about to experience its biggest shake-up since the…

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