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Jan. 25, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto Transit Commission's New Five Year Plan

Via Toronto writer Ben Spurr, here  is the shiny new video describing the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC)  new Corporate Plan…
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Jan. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Getting Old,Giving up the Car and Why Ride Share May be Important

As cities mature and the population ages, the classic use of cars as the main way to get places is…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The London Underground Salaries Map

The London Underground map was drawn by draftsman Henry Beck in 1931. Mr. Beck was working as an engineering draftsman…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Google likes my idea of the TSP

I’ve been predicting for some time that we will see the rise of the Transportation Service Provider: a single company…
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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto's Doug Ford, King Street and Fake News

What was  The Toronto Sun  thinking in running  a piece written by Doug Ford? Kudos to Ben Spurr who took to Twitter…
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Jan. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: Millennials and the "Missing Middle" in Housing Form

Tom Durning of the Daily Durning sends this article from the Washington Post which quotes our very own City of Vancouver Planner,…
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Jan. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Gordie Award for Biggest Transportation Event in 2017~The Burrard Bridge!

Today’s award  is in the Biggest Transportation Event Category.  And that award goes to the Burrard Bridge Rehabilitation Project which…
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Dec. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Do You Talk to Others in Public Places?

If you do, you are already identifying yourself as older. According to data collected by a survey undertaken by YouGov UK…
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Dec. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto Gets Lyft RideShare

Anyone downtown late in the evening knows how challenging it is to get taxi service. Price Tags Vancouver has previously written about…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tim Louis, Lawyer, City Councillor & Outspoken Advocate~Retiring from COPE?

One of the kindest people I have worked with and without a doubt one of the smartest has just announced…
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Dec. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Driverless Buses Trialled for Seniors in Japan

As reported to the World Economic Forum  cities with large aging populations such as Singapore and Paris are trialling experimental self-driving buses. …
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Dec. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Smile! You are on Camera in Richmond.

Anyone that is walking, biking or driving in the City of Richmond knows that the intersection is not a very…
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Dec. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Delta Wants a Direct Bus, No Transfers to Canada Line

With Mayor of Burnaby Derek Corrigan now the chair of the Mayor’s Council at TransLink everything old is new again,…
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Dec. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Building Great Streets in this Century

There is a shift in the conversation about the rights of pedestrians and cyclists to travel comfortably, conveniently and safely…

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