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Feb. 22, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Shaken, Stirred but Not Sanded~Slow Streets Barriers Continually Kicked to the Curb

  David Finnis who is on Twitter @ilovethearts says: “This is one of the reasons many people don’t feel safe…
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Feb. 15, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Pedestrian “Wait” Signal~ Finally the Song

Have you noticed that there are a few songs about walking, but not very much about waiting at crosswalks with…
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Feb. 12, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver City Council Votes Unanimously for Electric Vehicle Cord Conduits on Sidewalks

Responding to criticism that they are not nimble, Vancouver City Council fast tracked an incomplete report with  missing input from…
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Feb. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

Les Enfants Radar

A public service ad from Quebec, brilliant in any language: Thanks to Karole Sutherland.  …
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Feb. 01, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Scottish Data Says~ Lowering Road Speeds Reduce Crashes

Rod King holds  an MBE awarded by the Queen (Member of the British Empire) in Great Britain for his work…
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Jan. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Wallflower Diner’s Winning Strategy & Why Public Washrooms are Not Band-Aids

During the start of the Covid pandemic, bus drivers had a particularly hard time finding places to use washrooms. When…
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Jan. 18, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Point Grey Elephant in the Yard~Seaside Greenway Public Realm

In 2016 when a report  on  Point Grey Road becoming the Seaside Greenway went to Council, there was much discussion…
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Jan. 06, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Slip & Slide on the Seaside Greenway~The Moss Edition

If you have been walking on the Seaside Greenway on the southside of False Creek, you may have noticed that…
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Jan. 04, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Brussels Adopts 30 km/h in City~While Province of British Columbia Dithers

A new year and time to remind the Province that some initiatives are simple to make movement around places more…
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Dec. 23, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Concrete Transformation of Beach Avenue

Curbs are being poured along Beach Avenue from Stanley Park to Hornby Street. The City approved this permanent change from…
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Dec. 21, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Six Year Old Successful In Crosswalk Campaign in Ladner

Last month I wrote about Arianne, the six year old Ladner girl that had difficulty crossing Central Avenue with her…
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Dec. 08, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Particulate Emissions from Tires Worse than From Tailpipes?

This week I wrote about the chemical in tires that has been killing the Coho salmon in Puget Sound streams.…
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Dec. 08, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Precarious State of Bowinn Ma

Bowinn Ma is the provincial Minister of State for Infrastructure.  A Minister of State, not an actual Minister (as many…
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Nov. 25, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Enrique Penalosa: Equity by Design~Sustainability & Mobility

The City of Cleveland is sponsoring this talk by Enrique Penalosa, the past mayor of Bogota, Colombia on Equity by…

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Sandy James Planner

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