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Oct. 30, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Driving Carefully in Quebec~The Viral Videos

Via the British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects Tara Culham comes this gem from SAAQ, the Societe de l’Assurance Automobile…
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Oct. 29, 2019 / Gordon Price

No Windshield: Don Bell’s New World

I served with Don Bell on the regional district board when he was Mayor of the District of North Vancouver. …
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Oct. 28, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

The Seasonal October Pedestrian Signals

  Sorry, not giving away the location of these temporarily altered pedestrian crossing signals in case a municipal pundit decides…
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Oct. 08, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Study Shows Semi Autonomous Vehicles Can’t See Pedestrians

Image: Carscoops.com It was only a few years ago when semi autonomous vehicles were the shiny pennies pledging to undertake…
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Oct. 07, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Why We Should Ban SUVs in Cities

I have been writing about how SUVs and trucks which make up 60 percent of all vehicle purchases have been…
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Oct. 05, 2019 / Gordon Price

Safe Cars, safe bike routes and why the Parks Board doesn’t care

  Dean A recommended this piece in the New York Times: Among the safety measures proposed by car companies are…
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Sep. 23, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Why Are We Building Separated Bike Lanes? Why Not Slow the Streets?

  Rod King has a different perspective about  building separated bike lanes and his point is well taken. The head…
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Sep. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Worst Sidewalk- 7: Main and Union

From Ian W: Any of the already mentioned parking entrances, designed decades ago when design guidelines did not prioritize the…
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Sep. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Worst Sidewalk- 6: Howe @ Four Seasons

Guest adds another: Compare the ramp (at Dunsmuir) to the driveway/porte corchere of the Four Season Hotel in the same…
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Sep. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Worst Sidewalk- 5: Howe between West Georgia and Robson

From RLittlemore: Turn south from (Dunsmuir at Pacific Centre) and you’ll find that it’s worse yet on the east side…
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Sep. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Worst Sidewalk- 3, 4: Robson & Richards, Granville & Robson

From the ever-insightful Guest: Two places that are worse: – Robson Street (north side) just west of Richards outside the…
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Sep. 09, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

The Wrong End of the Problem~Singapore Swiping & Being Swiped while Cycling

We live in a time where simple solutions to problems are often overlooked for technological answers. It’s no surprise given…
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Sep. 05, 2019 / Gordon Price

Minding the Scooters in San Diego

Has anyone at City Hall (hello, Transportation Advisory Committee) said anything about the wave of electric scooters that are starting…
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Sep. 03, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto’s Reboots Vision Zero to Stop All Vulnerable Road User Deaths

Toronto Star reporter Ben Spurr has continued the conversation about road violence against vulnerable road users in that city. It’s…

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