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…
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…
Appreciating G’VilleIn the next few years, the City will be constructing the Granville Bridge Connector – a safe and seamless route…
Pop Up Traffic Calming Devices-Neighbourhood StyleWhat do you do when your Metro Vancouver municipality builds wide streets and has vague commentary about slowing traffic? What…
Road Violence Began 125 Years Ago: The Life & Death of Bridget DriscollIn 1896 there were very few “petrol” cars in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, a wife and mother of three took…
Yes In Our Back Yard: City Council Affirms Approach to Complete Fraser River Trail Along Marine Drive Golf CourseOver the past year I have been updating Viewpoint Vancouver readers on the continuing intransigence of the Marine Drive Golf…
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.…
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…
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…
Easements, Right of Ways, Delta & Vancouver’s Puget DriveDo you know the difference between an easement and a right-of-way? Easements are the right to use someone else’s property…
No More “Accidents”-New Media Guide Avoids Pedestrian Victim Shaming/BlamingLast Fall I wrote about the death of a woman in Vancouver’s Point Grey commercial area who was mowed down…
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”.…
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…
BIKEnnale/WALKennale 2021 is Open NowFrom the Vancouver Biennale: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN | BIKEnnale/WALKennale 2021 What’s the BIKEnnale/WALKennale? It’s the quintessential COVID-safe way to combine…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner