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Aug. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Here's What Happens When You Have 24 Hour Rapid Transit~London's Experience

It was a social experiment at its very best, and one quickly accepted and used in London. Since London really…
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Aug. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Get Rid of the Tunnel, Then You Will Need The Bridge

CTV image It’s just the story that keeps on giving. As reported on  The Indo Canadian voiceonline,  the Corporation of Delta,…
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Aug. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

No Place for Office Space in Downtown Vancouver

Canadian Business Image With some of the recent events and policies south of the Canadian border it’s no surprise that  there…
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Aug. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Smell-o-Vision at the Bus Stop

Mental Floss Image As reported in City Lab  by John Metcalfe , Los Angeles’ Department of Cultural Affairs paired up with the…
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Jul. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

City Talks Snowmeggedon in July

It may be July, but a lot of us have not forgotten what last winter was like, with icy sidewalks,…
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Jul. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Crossing Tunnel Vision,Locals Speak Out about Bridging the Gap

There is now direct crossing controversy in Delta where the editor of the Delta Optimist has gone on record favouring the option…
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Jul. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Tunnel and "Catastrophic Implications of a Tunnel Failure"

One more time in the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, the Corporation of Delta is again letting people…
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Jul. 04, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Graffiti goodbye

At Commercial Drive and The Cut: transit, homelessness, and a cheerful goodbye to the Liberals. Three of the big political…
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Jun. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

To Bridge or Not To Bridge the Massey Tunnel?

Ted Murphy  of the Delta Optimist ponders what is going to happen to those plans for the  George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project,…
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Jun. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

San Jose California Partners with Google on new Transit Village

The Mercury News reports that San Jose City Council has approved to negotiate only with Google to sell 16 city-owned parcels…
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Jun. 19, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Fraser Valley rapid transit in 1949

This video on YouTube captures a bit of the B.C. Electric’s interurban line that ran from New Westminster to Chilliwack…
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Jun. 09, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Manspreading on transit

A great article in the Guardian. The EMT [Madrid transit system] came up with the initiative in partnership with Madrid…
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May. 31, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Becoming Tunnelled Vision in New Provincial Alliance?

While the Mayor of Delta rues on CBC news that the unsustainable, overbuilt, multi-billion dollar Massey Bridge may not be constructed due…
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May. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

We Can't Drive our way out of Congestion

As reported by City Lab‘s Laura Bliss, our utopian view of driverless “Uber” and “Lyft” vehicles might be very different…

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