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Apr. 23, 2020 / Gordon Price

‘Transit is contagious. Cars are clean. Gas is cheap. Density is dangerous. Let’s drive!’

  PT: As predicted, the rationale for more driving (and priorizing road space for it) is underway – this one…
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Apr. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

Frozen City

SkyTrain Station: Commercial and Broadway – Tuesday, April 21, 11 am…
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Apr. 19, 2020 / Gordon Price

Translink’s No. 1 Need: Safety and Public Confidence

Translink’s No. 1 job: Safety and cleanliness, so the public has confidence that taking transit is, if not entirely risk-free,…
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Apr. 08, 2020 / Gordon Price

How transit helps prevent the collapse of civilization – Jarrett Walker

Excerpts from Jarrett Walker’s perspective on the importance of transit in a time of pandemic.  Full essay here from Citylab. …
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Mar. 19, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

BC Transit Buses Are Free In Victoria and Nanaimo B.C. During COVID-19 Crisis

BC Transit has announced for the next thirty days that they are implementing rear door bus boarding in Victoria and…
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Mar. 06, 2020 / Barry Rueger

Make it Easy!

A few years ago I was part of a group for whom Translink (then still under the Liberal governent) presented…
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Feb. 20, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Sounds of Transit

This is fun. (Click title for video.) You can tell it’s good times for TransLink when they come up with…
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Feb. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

What will happen to traffic with a congestion charge?

It will probably get worse. From The Guardian: London has achieved the impossible by eradicating the private car – and…
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Dec. 13, 2019 / Gordon Price

Things I Learned from Kevin Desmond

TransLink’s CEO addressed the Real Estate Institute President’s luncheon this week with a general overview of regional transit.  And though…
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Dec. 04, 2019 / Gordon Price

Real-estate Boardwalks in LA and YVR

The New York Times explores the Boardwalks of real-estate development: … the surface lots that are peppered throughout cities, a…
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Dec. 03, 2019 / Gordon Price

The New York street we all grew up on

Sesame Street is 50. The Washington Post celebrates its Kennedy honours here. While us Boomers weren’t the target market (by…
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Nov. 25, 2019 / Gordon Price

Burnaby Builds A City – 1

Burnaby at Brentwood has gone full urban. This is the Lougheed Highway at Willingdon – one the signature crossroads of…
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Oct. 22, 2019 / Gordon Price

Broadway: Awaiting Transformation

As noted below, the Expo Line, which opened in 1985, has transformed the corridor along which it runs, especially at…
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Oct. 22, 2019 / Gordon Price

West Pacific: How We Transit

On the Expo Line:   Celebrating 39 years of transformative transportation:  …

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