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Dec. 06, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Self-Driving Vehicles: A Reality Yet?

Self-driving vehicles  were to make commuting effortless, and to lower carbon emissions. It’s been a dream for decades, and  most…
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Dec. 02, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Grand Bargain in Action: Vancouver and Seattle

Here are examples of how two cities absorbed population and housing growth over the last decade – illustrating the de-facto…
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Nov. 30, 2021 / Gordon Price

LA Revelations – 1: A Different Kind of Sprawl

We all know Los Angeles even if we’ve never been there.  Though movies, TV and theme parks, from LaLa Land …
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Nov. 29, 2021 / Gordon Price

Heritage Vancouver: The Filipino Food Hub

From Heritage Vancouver: Listening Room: The Filipino Community and food hub at Joyce-Collingwood   A rezoning proposal for 5163-5187 Joyce…
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Nov. 29, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Flooding, Sponge Cities, Resiliency, & the Need for Regional Response

Everything old is new again~and streams and old river beds have a renewed purpose in weatherproofing  and providing new recreational…
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Nov. 25, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Our Public Art Interpretation of Figurative Statues & Hero Sculptures

In a conversation with a well known local journalist, I asked her to name the number of statues she knows…
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Nov. 22, 2021 / Gordon Price

Global Civic Policy Society presents Urban Lunch

Thursday, November 25 Noon to 1:00 PM via Zoom Danny Oleksiuk, cofounder of Abundant Housing Vancouver, and Dale McClanaghan, social…
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Nov. 22, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Tupper Neighbourhood Greenway & the Seven Year Test

It was Chris Foxon, a former groundskeeper for the Vancouver School Board that noted that publics change, and that in…
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Nov. 19, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File: Shop & Go Covid Physical Distancing at Dunbar’s Celtic Treasure Chest

Every shop has a different way of ascertaining how many customers are in their premises before they have reached capacity…
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Nov. 18, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Flood of ’48 and the Lessons We Learned

What you can see from the flood coverage in the valley, at least in some of the images, is that…
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Nov. 18, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Wind, Rain, Rivers & Landslides: How Do We Make Room For Water?

Here we are in a climate emergency: an unprecedented “atmospheric river” carrying over 160 cm of rain to parts of…
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Nov. 17, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Fall Leaves: Traffic Calming & False Creek South Public Art

What to do when you have too many leaves and a very wide street? Why not create your very own…
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Nov. 15, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Re-Engaging Citizens: Planner Larry Beasley,The State of the City & the Need for Real Public Process

People often misinterpret what the job of a municipal city planner is. It is rare for planners with decades of…
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Nov. 12, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Olympic Village’s Habitat Island Wildlife Sanctuary: Why is it Going to the Dogs?

When Habitat Island was created as part of the Olympic Village development, it was not supposed to be accessible from…

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