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Aug. 20, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Street Cars and Advertising, 1946

There were streetcars being operated in Vancouver from 1890 to 1947 when routes were converted to trolley operations. There are…
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Aug. 10, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Buses are 34% Faster When New York City Dings Drivers in Bus Lanes

Here’s a brilliant idea~why not mount cameras on city buses and enforce the bus lane? That’s something that New York…
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Jul. 28, 2020 / Gordon Price

Catching Up With Daily Scot

PT: It’s been awhile since we’ve seen Daily Scot (né Bathgate) on this blog – even though on some weeks he…
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Jul. 20, 2020 / Gordon Price

Kevin Desmond: Transit = Urban Recovery

  PT: One of Translink’s most valuable assets is its CEO, Kevin Desmond.  He was the needed leader after the…
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Jul. 14, 2020 / Gordon Price

And We’re Off!

This makes it real:…
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Jul. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Will Vancouver’s Broadway become a Great Street?

It was Allan Jacobs the former Director of Planning for San Francisco  who reviewed commercial streets around the world and…
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Jun. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

TransLink: The Light of Progress in Dark Times

One of the so-sad consequences of the pandemic is the loss of momentum immediately experienced by TransLink.  And not just…
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May. 19, 2020 / Gordon Price

Is this the biggest challenge TransLink faces?

We’re well-trained: Keep six feet of separation – or two meters, the length of a bicycle, two extended arms, three…
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May. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

What happened to train travel after the 1918 Flu?

Michael Gordon writes … We’re coming across a lot of predictions on how life will change after the current pandemic…
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May. 11, 2020 / Gordon Price

A World Redesigned: What will be our most challenging urban transportation issue?

For urban centres, it will be this: (Click on title for answer.)…
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Apr. 30, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Simple Request to the Transport Modelers Out There

Expect to hear a lot more of this: ‘Transit is contagious. Cars are clean. Gas is cheap. Density is dangerous.…
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Apr. 29, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

How do we support Public Transit in the Post-Covid World?

  The gifted and talented CBC videographer Uytae Lee has produced  a compelling short video about the crisis facing public…
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Apr. 28, 2020 / Gordon Price

Dr. Bonnie Henry’s most important point today

It was in the Sun‘s lead article today, but it might get missed: There were just 11 new cases reported…
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Apr. 27, 2020 / Gordon Price

Frozen City: Idling Times

A two-minute layover on the No. 7 Nanaimo.  Waiting for time to catch up with the schedule. The buses have…

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