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Sep. 08, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Downtown Department Store: Purveyor of Women’s Independence?

Vancouver has already seen the reuse of large downtown retail floorplates for other purposes. Take a look at Simon Fraser…
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Aug. 31, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Paris Goes 30 Km/h Everywhere: Here’s Why We Should Too

  Paris is implementing what other European cities like Brussels Belgium, Grenoble and Lille France, and Bilbao Spain are already…
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Aug. 25, 2021 / Gordon Price

Appreciating G’Ville

In the next few years, the City will be constructing the Granville Bridge Connector – a safe and seamless route…
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Aug. 25, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Pop Up Traffic Calming Devices-Neighbourhood Style

What do you do when your Metro Vancouver municipality builds wide streets and has vague commentary about slowing traffic? What…
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Aug. 17, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Road Violence Began 125 Years Ago: The Life & Death of Bridget Driscoll

In 1896 there were very few “petrol” cars in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, a wife and mother of three took…
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Jun. 28, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Yes In Our Back Yard: City Council Affirms Approach to Complete Fraser River Trail Along Marine Drive Golf Course

Over the past year I have been updating Viewpoint Vancouver readers on the continuing intransigence of the Marine Drive Golf…
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Jun. 16, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

British Columbia Residents Want Slower Streets but Provincial Government Doesn’t Respond

  I feel like I have been writing forever about the impact that 30 km/h road speeds make in neighourhoods.…
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Jun. 15, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Should You Pay to Park In Front of Your House? City of Vancouver Says Yes.

    As part of the Climate Emergency Action Plan presented November 2020, the City of Vancouver released an ambitious”Climate…
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Jun. 09, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Developer Disses Pedestrian Friendly Street in New Zealand

  In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, here’s one to stick in the time machine and…
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Jun. 02, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Easements, Right of Ways, Delta & Vancouver’s Puget Drive

Do you know the difference between an easement and a right-of-way? Easements are the right to use someone else’s property…
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May. 20, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

No More “Accidents”-New Media Guide Avoids Pedestrian Victim Shaming/Blaming

Last Fall I wrote about the death of a woman in Vancouver’s Point Grey commercial area who was mowed down…
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May. 17, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Has Speed & Efficiency Always Trumped Pedestrian Safety & Convenience? Vancouver 1937 & Today

  I have been writing about Vancouver’s ominous placing as the first city in Canada to use the term “jaywalker”.…
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May. 11, 2021 / Gordon Price

Sandy James walks us through ‘JayWalking’

Here’s the Sandy James interview with Margaret Gallagher on CBC Radio – on the history of jaywalking.  More than I…
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May. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

BIKEnnale/WALKennale 2021 is Open Now

From the Vancouver Biennale: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN |  BIKEnnale/WALKennale 2021 What’s the BIKEnnale/WALKennale? It’s the quintessential COVID-safe way to combine…

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Dec. 22, 2022

Human Rights and Cities – How Can Municipalities Do the Right Thing?

David Sadoway

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Dec. 21, 2022

Goodbye and Thanks!

Sandy James Planner

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Sandy James Planner

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