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Aug. 14, 2017 / Gordon Price

800-Block Robson: Trained by Motordom

The City has just repaved the road lanes in the 800-block Robson, using asphalt to raise the roadbed to sidewalk…
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Aug. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Noises Off at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Sandy James Images Via NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver is this Fast Company article on the Secret Life of Parks. Diana Budd…
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Aug. 10, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Walking, Schmocking: Who Cares!

You should, and for several reasons, one of which is your bank account. Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy…
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Aug. 09, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning

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Aug. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Cars Crashing into our Most Vulnerable~Wheelchair Users

Universal accessibility means that everyone, no matter what your ambulatory capability, can safely use city streets and public spaces.  It…
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Aug. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning~Pedestrians Die from Car Based Infrastructure, not Texting

  From the Daily Durning, Tom Durning sends Angie Schmidtt’s article on StreetsBlog takes a chunk out of that argument that pedestrians…
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Aug. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Job Jar-Work with the Rick Hansen Foundation

The Rick Hansen Foundation  develop programs and initiatives that raise awareness, change attitudes and remove barriers for people with disabilities in…
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Aug. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"South Van Twangs Meet West End Pangs" at the Museum of Vancouver

  There is an opportunity to learn more about the esoteric, amazing and extraordinary stories of Vancouver from three people…
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Aug. 02, 2017 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – Burnaby Boomtown

Welcome to Southgate City the largest new master planned community you’ve probably never heard of, I know I hadn’t until…
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Aug. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Eric Doherty's Look Back At Premier Barrett on Massey Tunnel Debacle

Planner and thinker Eric Doherty has written an opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun and provides a historical context on why…
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Jul. 28, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway Hints – Te Whitanga Bridge

Thanks to Dale Bracewell from City of Vancouver for this speculation on an aspect of the Arbutus Greenway’s design. The…
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Jul. 27, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Counterpoint — Growing Up Wealthy

West Vancouver’s British Properties is in many ways an opposite world from the West End. Charles Gillis writes in Maclean’s…
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Jul. 27, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Growing Up In the West End

Lots to think about in this article by Christopher Cheung in the Vancouver Courier. A lovely counterpoint to the relentless…
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Jul. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Seoul's Skygarden, a Portent for the Georgia Viaducts?

Price Tag readers made some very good comments about how New York City’s High Line is markedly different from Vancouver’s…

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