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Sep. 14, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Friday Funny — Tram Bowling, and More

Just when you feared that maybe life had become terminally stern, predictable and dull, here’s a reminder that it’s not…
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Sep. 13, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver’s Broadway Rapid Transit — Elevated or Tunneled?

Vancouver, in 2025, should be home to a new mostly-tunneled Skytrain route through BC’s second-largest jobs centre. It’s rapid transit…
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Sep. 11, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Pachal On Light Rail South of the Fraser

Nathan Pachal is a councilor in Langley City, and a friend of Price Tags.  HERE, he discusses the business case…
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Sep. 10, 2018 / Gordon Price

When will Peter Fassbender apologize?

Headline from Global: “Former minister responsible for TransLink still supports LRT …: Suggested revision: Former minister whose government imposed a…
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Sep. 05, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

A Huge Platform Plank — Vancouver Civic Election

Having seen the NPA’s Ken Sim on a bike, it’s time for yet another colossal event in the 2018 Vancouver…
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Sep. 04, 2018 / Gordon Price

One More Time: Surrey LRT and the Broadway Subway

Just announced – again.   Major rapid transit projects to ease congestion in Metro Vancouver The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and…
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Sep. 03, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Beyond Metro Vancouver — the Cascadia Corridor Conference

Big things start with people coming together over big ideas. In this case, it’s a set of ideas to foster…
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Aug. 13, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Development – the Really Big and Spiffy New Oakridge

A bold-looking mixed-use Oakridge Centre is rising in the city, on 28 acres, at the site of a Canada Line…
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Aug. 07, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

What can Vancouver Learn from London’s Congestion Charges?

In the City Fix  three researchers from WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities have been examining what cities need to do to…
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Aug. 02, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Thoughts On Vancouver Rapid Transit – Broadway to UBC

TransLink, UBC and City of Vancouver engineers and planners have told us what they think about the technology for the…
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Jul. 26, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Careful Progress, Baby Steps: Vancouver’s Jericho Lands

The 90-acre Jericho Lands, a huge greenfield, sits in Vancouver’s West Point Grey neighbourhood. We all wonder what will rise…
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Jul. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Skytrain To UBC — Town Hall July 28

Metro Vancouver campus commuters and transit-takers, here’s your chance to attend a “Town Hall” presentation and discussion on extending Vancouver’s…
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Jul. 12, 2018 / Colin Stein

LRT vs Skytrain: Candidate Responses 2

Two more responses to our last question, sent to mayor and council candidates in the City of Surrey, Township of…
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Jul. 09, 2018 / Colin Stein

The Language of New Urbanism: From Abutter to Numtots to YIMBYs (oh my)

“It was a coving Boomburb lacking ekistic viewsheds, but that terminating vista created by the setback on Sally’s abutter is…

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