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Oct. 06, 2019 / Barry Rueger

Show Me The Way To Go Home

What is this — a café? A library? A corner store? Unless you regularly travel by transit to Langara College…
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Oct. 03, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Still Seeing Red on Broadway

These images have been sent to us by an ardent PriceTags reader who wonders why a public outreach process  was…
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Oct. 02, 2019 / Gordon Price

Absurdity of the Week

Maybe, actually, the development absurdity of the year. An application has come in to build a five-storey commercial building on…
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Sep. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

Ride-Hailing in Vancouver: Will it pay to be last?

The best summary so far: Over the years, Vancouver has watched as its peers have dealt with the darker sides…
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Sep. 15, 2019 / Gordon Price

A Change of Scale: Cambie and King Ed

In the recent history of Vancouver, it’s unusual when the built-out parts of the city – places where people happily…
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Sep. 03, 2019 / Gordon Price

Art and Improvements at Joyce-Collingwood Station

Bob Ransford got it right: the public art piece – ‘Off Centre’ by artist Renee Van Halm – is at…
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Aug. 14, 2019 / Barry Rueger

Why We Should Look More Closely at Beijing Subways

When Gordon recently posted a short item about plans to use facial recognition to speed Chinese subway users through ticket…
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Jul. 22, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

London’s Underground Getting 4G Service Everywhere~Where’s Vancouver’s on TransLink??

It seems reasonable to jump on a 21st century transit link like Canada Line and expect that there will be…
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Jul. 02, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Dumpster Diving Writer Scoops Info on New Skytrain Station on Granville Street

I have written before about the work of Stanley Woodvine who writes for the Georgia Straight. Mr.  Woodvine is a…
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Jun. 25, 2019 / Gordon Price

Bad Signs

Providing straightforward information to the public about small changes should be, well, straightforward.  It’s not. Example: a temporary parking change…
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Jun. 19, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Washington State Going for Electric Transit Buses with Volkswagen’s Settlement Funds

Via Tom Durning this story from Washington State which is just starting to receive the settlement that Volkswagen is required…
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Jun. 12, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Youth, Fewer Drivers & Free Transit in the City of Victoria

There are two stories here. One is told by Lloyd Alter in Tree Hugger that young people are just not into…
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Jun. 04, 2019 / Gordon Price

White City Alert: We Need a Name

Hopefully, PT readers are following my exploration of Tel Aviv’s White City on Instagram. As mentioned in the leading post…
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May. 13, 2019 / Gordon Price

What’s the best layout for a subway car?

TransLink was recently asking Vancouverites for suggestions on the best seating design for new SkyTrain cars.  Hopefully they saw this…

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