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Oct. 12, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Bus "Pass Ups" Increasing in Metro Vancouver

Price Tags contributor  Scot Bathgate of the Daily Scot sent  this CTV news article reporting on the increase in the dreaded…
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Sep. 22, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Who is Transit For?

Ian: This could be written about the expansions to Vancouver’s transit also. From The Conversation: …who’ll profit from the value…
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Sep. 19, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Transit Pulse of London's Tube

This article in Forbes Magazine describes the creation of a data visualization called Tube Heartbeat. Produced by Oliver O’Brien it shows the…
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Jun. 17, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Feds and Province Pony Up for Public Transit Infrastructure-

  The Prime Minister was in town yesterday, and announced that the federal government would be providing $460 million dollars…
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May. 11, 2016 / Gordon Price

Helpful Advice on the Canada Line

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Mar. 27, 2016 / tanyapazzy

How are you supporting local shopping districts through fear to data and bicycle parking?

How many times have you thought: I’d love to sit outside but it’s kinda noisy and stinky with the cars…
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Mar. 26, 2016 / tanyapazzy

Gastown Rehab: Try it Before We Dig it Up?

The Gastown area in downtown Vancouver – especially the 3 blocks of Water Street – will need major street rehabilitation…
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Mar. 25, 2016 / tanyapazzy

NIMBY Rage: Not just for towers any more. Townhouses too.

809 West 23rd Avenue The last PT Guest Editor wrote about comparing Burnaby’s density to Vancouver’s in Who Does Density Better?. …
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Mar. 24, 2016 / tanyapazzy

.@tanyapazzy Highlights of Our Evening with JSK @JSadikKhan @pricetags #vanpoli #bikeyvr

On Tuesday I cracked myself up in prep for an evening with Janette Sadik-Khan (JSK), former NYCDOT Transportation Commissioner and author…
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Mar. 23, 2016 / tanyapazzy

#BDGT16 Transit Teaser

There was much anticipation before the federal budget was unlocked yesterday. Many of us were particularly interested in how much…
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Mar. 22, 2016 / tanyapazzy

Mayor as Celebrity or Let's Make Bogotà's Mayor More Famous

Today Toronto Mayor Rob Ford died at age 46. RIP. Click here for my earlier post about it. It got…
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Mar. 21, 2016 / tanyapazzy

Say YES to Transit in Tomorrow's Federal Budget

Remember the under-appreciated miracle that was The Mayors’ Plan? That plan that almost all of the Mayors, 1 Chief, and 1…
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Nov. 21, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Building Better Cities

PricewaterhouseCoopers has reported on the role of urban centres in the context of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economic and social…
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Nov. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

A tour along the Broadway line to Arbutus – 2

PT posted this illustrated phantom tour of the Broadway line by Fraseropolis, which in turn generated a subsequent post on his blog.…

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