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Feb. 11, 2021 / Gordon Price

Joe Sulmona: Why Tolling is Not Going to Happen in BC

There’s been an active comment section to this post on mobility pricing (some of it even on topic) – but…
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Nov. 27, 2020 / Gordon Price

Congestion Charging is so last century. Welcome to the new age of Transport Pricing

When I first heard about the proposal for ‘Transport Pricing’ in the City of Vancouver’s Climate Emergency Action Plan that…
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Sep. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

How do we start limiting congestion NOW?

A challenge question for PT readers: How should we start to limit congestion before it becomes unacceptable? There’s a real-life…
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Sep. 01, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Wind Turbine Bird Mortality Lessened by 72% with this Simple Fix

One of the drawbacks of the use of wind turbines is the massive amount of birds killed by them each…
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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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Feb. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

What to do with underground parking

Ian Robertson found one solution in Paris.  From Euroactiv: In Paris, as in many European cities, the number of cars…
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Feb. 11, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Limits of Technology

High-speed trains sitting idle in Wuhan on Sunday, as the city remained locked down.…
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Feb. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Province’s Intersection Safety Cameras Snap 7,000 Speeders

The Province of British Columbia has started rolling out their first tickets for the Intersection Safety Camera (ISC)  Program announced…
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Jan. 30, 2020 / Gordon Price

Jeff Tumlin’s Best Presentation Ever!

PT has often referenced Jeff Tumlin, Executive Director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) – notably in this…
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Dec. 19, 2019 / Gordon Price

Car2Go Gone: I’ll miss my SmartCar

Sad news: Car2Go (ShareNow) is shutting down its North American operations (and pulling out of a few European cities like…
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Dec. 09, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Can Road Pricing Arrest the SUV in Cities?

Finally the SUV (sport utility vehicle)  epidemic which is killing pedestrians and responsible for an alarming uptake in automobile emissions…
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Nov. 06, 2019 / Gordon Price

Starting at A: New Mobility in Germany

Ian Robertson notes: “Sounds exactly like the Transit Service Provider you’ve written about.” Augsburg has the first German city to…
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Oct. 29, 2019 / Gordon Price

Motordom 4.0: Curb Wars

  Motordom 1.0 is the impact on cities of rail and streetcar technology – the DNA of Vancouver.  Motordom 2.0…
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Oct. 24, 2019 / Gordon Price

From SFU: Urban Studies Podcast, 5G Lecture

From SFU: Urban Studies launches a new podcast, Temporarily Urbane. First up: “Sticking Your Neck Out” – a discussion among…

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