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Jun. 16, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Folsom City Fireworks Go Full Scale Modern: Why Can’t “Green” Vancouver?

Folsom California is a town of 80,454 people in Sacramento County, California. Intel moved here in 1992 and employs 6,100…

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Jun. 14, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Why Won’t the NDP Government Give Municipalities the Authority for 30 km/h Areas?

A few months ago, a major active transportation advocacy group in British Columbia asked me to review a response they…

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Jun. 09, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Want Your Child to Learn in School? Get Rid of Traffic Noise. It’s Time to Expand “School Streets”

It used to be that apartments and multi-family units were located near major roads for ease of transportation. It has…

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Jun. 01, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Nathan Edelson on the Broadway Plan: “Vancouver Needs More False Creek Souths”

On May 31, Council concluded the public hearing in the Broadway Corridor Plan and will be deliberating on the plan…

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May. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Ralph Segal, City of Vancouver’s Former Chief Urban Designer on the Broadway Plan

If you worked at City Hall in the 1990’s and 2000’s, you knew Ralph Segal. He was the senior architect/urban…

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May. 30, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Stanley Park Bike Lane, Yay or Nay? Survey Asks About Moving Through Stanley Park Open Until June 9

On Victoria Day weekend in May everyone flocked to Stanley Park-in their vehicle. While social media was buzzing that the…

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May. 24, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Broadway Plan Now Before Council, Rescinding Neighbourhood Plans

The Broadway Plan has plunked citizens into two camps: for the plan and against the plan. Sadly the size of…

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May. 16, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Time to Rethink Construction Site Trucks in Metro Vancouver Neighbourhoods

Everything stops when the unbelievable happens-a 14 year old student was killed by a dump truck in the first week…

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May. 12, 2022 / Gordon Price

Ken Cameron: How the Spadina Expressway Gave Vancouver SkyTrain

Ken Cameron, the now-retired strategic planner for the Greater Vancouver Regional District (now Metro), asked me recently whether I had…

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May. 03, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

A Bike Ride Through Vancouver 50 Years Ago

Posted on the Sentimental Vancouver Facebook page, this thirteen minute video takes you on a bike ride through Vancouver 48…

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Apr. 28, 2022 / Gordon Price

Post-Pandemic Trends: Transit ridership over the week

Here’s Brandon Donnelly’s conclusion, based on his own observations in Toronto and some data from New York, on how people…

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Apr. 27, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Despite Pedestrian Deaths & Serious Injury, Province Ignores Request for Slower Municipal Streets

As the weather warms up, everyone is out walking, rolling, biking…or driving their vehicle. Last year in Vancouver there were…

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Apr. 22, 2022 / David Sadoway

Canadian Sprawl and Electrified Transit For All? Pt 2

By Dr. David Sadoway Viewpoint Vancouver Writer in Residence (continued from Canadian Sprawl and Electrified Transit For All? Pt 1)…

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Apr. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Make Big Plans & Pay: TransLink’s $52 Million Ten Year Investment Plan Now Released

TransLink has now released its ten year “investment” plan on what key investments will be made in Metro Vancouver as…

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