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Apr. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

Why Sidewalks Aren’t Sufficient

Michael Alexander sends this post from the Riley Park Farmers Market: The ancient ones have the first half hour of…
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Apr. 10, 2020 / Gordon Price

In This Pandemic, What Is ‘Travel’?

Stephen Quinn tweet: Can I get on a BC Ferry? No, stay home. But the cabin on the Sunshine Coast…
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Apr. 10, 2020 / Gordon Price

“Flow Streets” in Oakland

Oakland, California is announcing 74 miles of street closures to permit runners/bikers/walkers to use the streets while maintain social distancing…
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Apr. 08, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Lost Normal of Sydney (and Brisbane and Melbourne)

In this case, good riddance: You won’t see these naked ‘beg buttons’ in Sydney at the moment.  Nor in Brisbane…
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Apr. 08, 2020 / Gordon Price

Road Reallocation: Two Down, More to Come?

The City is now moving on reallocating road space for safe movement of walkers and cyclists: Oddly, the City is…
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Mar. 11, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Canada Goose Zamboni Adaptation Outstanding in the Field

There’s nothing more Canadian than a Canada Goose, perhaps with the exception of a Zamboni. The Zamboni is a rideable…
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Mar. 07, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Job Jar~School Active Travel Planner with the City of Vancouver

We are posting this on the weekend because it’s a chance to work with some pretty creative and innovative people…
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Mar. 05, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Sidewalk Labs’ “Raincoats for Sidewalks” gets Sloshed Aside

  It all started as someone’s very good idea, dealing with the cold and wet conditions that seem to dominate…
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Feb. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

All 140 Countries Agree to the Stockholm Accord for Slower City Speeds~Except the USA. And British Columbia? Meh.

In the “You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up” department, Forbes.com writer Carleton Reid reports that out of 140 countries attending…
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Feb. 24, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

What to do with Blocked Vancouver Sidewalks & What They Do in London

Writer and blogger Stanley Woodvine @sqwabb  has posted this photo of  a construction site in the 1400 block of Broadway…
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Jan. 29, 2020 / Gordon Price

East and West, Singapore and Burnaby

Last November, PT did a series on the development of Brentwood station area (Burnaby Builds a City, starting here) –…
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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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Oct. 31, 2019 / Gordon Price

Mobility Lanes in North Van City

Councillor Tony Vallente sends in this post from the City of North Vancouver, in anticipation of the new RapidBus service…
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Oct. 30, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Halloween International Day of Danger and Death for Pedestrians

Last year I wrote about  the  University of British Columbia study that identified Halloween night as having a 43 per…

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