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Dec. 19, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their Time

Years ago I was doing an event with Lord Selkirk Elementary (at 1750 East 22nd Avenue)  students and parents, and…
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Oct. 12, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Lowering Emissions By Getting Men To Travel Like Women

Viewpoint Vancouver has been writing about a big gap in how transportation and city planning is perceived, and that is…
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Sep. 01, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Guest Writer Rob Grant on “Granville Island-A Question of Accessibility”

Guest writer Rob Grant is a retired architect who has been the designer/project architect on a variety of work including …
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Aug. 01, 2022 / David Sadoway

Fighting the Affordability and Climate Crises – with Free Transit!

By David Sadoway Viewpoint Vancouver Writer in Residence The Russian invasion of Ukraine has radically altered human, energy, capital, and…
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Jul. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

New Seasonal Bike Bus Going to Bridgeport Station/Tsawwassen Ferry

For cyclists that want to go farther afield, there’s a new summer bus service for bikes that are going ot…
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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. 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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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. 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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Apr. 19, 2022 / David Sadoway

Canadian Sprawl and Electrified Transit: For All? pt. 1

By Dr. David Sadoway Viewpoint Vancouver Writer in Residence I used to hyperventilate  about the poor state of Canadian urban…
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Apr. 19, 2022 / Gordon Price

Winner: Best Bus Stop in America, 2022

It’s in Portland, Maine: Portland, Maine has been crowned the winner of our America’s Best Bus Stops contest for 2022 ……
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Apr. 13, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Edmonton Closes 15 of 18 Public Washrooms at Transit Stations

I have been writing about the lack of public washrooms in Vancouver,  and Gordon has posted this video by CBC…
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Mar. 29, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Planning Transit in Canada as if Women Riders Mattered: Transit for Women Survey

Last week Viewpoint Vancouver wrote about the study produced by the Technical University of Dublin researchers who concluded that addressing…

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Sandy James Planner

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Sandy James Planner

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