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Jun. 11, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Is the Front Porch Making a Comeback in Covid Times?

How do you have closeness to neighbours but still feel comfortably away? How can you be friendly but not so…
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Jun. 02, 2020 / Gordon Price

Fast Changes in North Van City

North Van City Councillor Tony Valente was apparently very pleased with his Council’s last meeting, according to his hashtag:  #bestcouncilmeetingever.…
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Jun. 01, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Corner Store in the West End

Say “corner store in the West End” … and the romantic among us think of this: Most aren’t really ‘corner…
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May. 31, 2020 / Gordon Price

That New Bike Lane Smell

The striping is on the asphalt like a new suit of well-cut clothes: It makes the Richards Bike Lane look…
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May. 28, 2020 / Gordon Price

Queue Space is New Space

As part of its covid response, the City is providing “Room to Queue” – the reallocation of curb lanes next…
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May. 25, 2020 / Gordon Price

Grey Days and Grey Ways: Vancouver’s Default Colour

Some selected pictures of residential highrise development around the region, taken in the last month or so.  See anything in…
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May. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

Action! (At Last) Vancouver’s first 12 km of Slow Streets are underway

  It’s taken a few months, but now we have some action.  This just out from the City of Vancouver…
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May. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

What the ‘Park’ in Park Board really means

Why isn’t there a Kits Flow Way – an allocation of street space that both takes the pressure off the…
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May. 21, 2020 / Gordon Price

Seaside Redesigned: Why Seaside won’t go back to the way it was

Seaside Greenway: all the paths along the waterfront, from Coal Harbour to Spanish Banks. One of the best continual waterfront…
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May. 13, 2020 / Gordon Price

It’s a Thing: Flow Streets, Slow Streets, just not Closed Streets

PT: Originally published in April.  The video is one of the best so far, from the initial use of the…
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May. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Message to Vancouver

Click for video: On Granville  …
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May. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Reopening Vancouver – May 20

Reopening Vancouver: People, Streets, Food & Cars How do we maintain safe physical distancing practices when enjoying the city? On…
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May. 11, 2020 / Gordon Price

A World Redesigned: What will be our most challenging urban transportation issue?

For urban centres, it will be this: (Click on title for answer.)…
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May. 05, 2020 / Gordon Price

Dominato Effect: “Reallocation of Road Space to Support Shared Use during Pandemic”. And Beyond.

Finally – over a hundred days into the covid era – a city leader has articulated an initiative for “Reallocation…

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