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Feb. 18, 2017 / michaelkluckner

"New York's Vast Flop"

Architecture critic Martin Filler eviscerates the World Trade Centre development in NYC in this long and worthwhile article from the…
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Feb. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Forecasting Intersection Design Changes instead of Waiting for Crashes

  Next City reports on something that   proves that everything old becomes new again with innovation, including the use…
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Feb. 03, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Lima and Quito, briefly

I had the opportunity to spend 4 days in Lima and 2 days in Quito, but only briefly had my…
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Jan. 27, 2017 / Gordon Price

Buenos Aires 19 – Streetcar City

It seemed like, no matter the neighbourhood, there were signs of an era past: Likely, one could guess, there was…
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Jan. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The NYC Fifth Avenue Pedestrian Mall?

Dna info reports that the New York City Police Department is finding it challenging to have a President-elect living in New…
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Jan. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Uber Taking on Public Transit?

The Guardian‘s Greg Lindsay discusses what many transportation planners have been worrying about-we all assume that Uber will displace and…
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Jan. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Counting People, Not Vehicle Movement

Michael Alexander, the chair of Simon Fraser University’s City Conversations sends this link which promises to change how the U.S. Department of Transportation analyzes…
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Jan. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Just Toll the Tunnel!

Langley Councillor and Price Tag contributor Nathan Pachal has outlined a sensible alternative to the billion dollar proposed Massey Bridge-just toll…
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Nov. 09, 2016 / Gordon Price

Transit Addiction – The Game

From NextCity: In Mini Metro, subway stations appear on a blank map, and players drag lines between them to keep…
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Oct. 27, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Transit & Housing or the World's Fair? Toronto's Mayor Weighs In

In a surprising move to some Toronto Mayor John Tory has stated it’s not in the best interest of Toronto to be…
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Oct. 20, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Uber uber everywhere-Motorcycle Rickshaws in Lahore

This from a friend who has moved from Pakistan-As posted on Dawn.com, Uber has commenced a motorcycle rickshaw service in…
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Oct. 19, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

If it's free, does it work? The Tallinn Free Public Transit experiment

As reported in The Guardian Tallinn in Estonia has been providing free public transit to its citizens since 2013, and also…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall a Fail for those on Foot

If we design and develop our cities and our spaces around basic principles of walkability we would have healthier happier…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Oakridge Transit Site Going going gone.

Business in Vancouver has published an article about the Really Big Deal-The sale of the Oakridge Transit Centre located on 41st…

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