Free Webinar: Pedestrian Infrastructure, Public Safety: Tools & Case StudiesThe final Walkinar will look at how transit and pedestrian infrastructure can be improved to expand access and improve public…
Welcome to Metro Vancouver Pedestrian Danger Months: Featuring Halloween, International Day of DeathHere we go into another rainy dark, damp Metro Vancouver winter, which is also when the majority of pedestrian fatalities…
Vancouver ABC Party Sweeps School Board Elections, With Mandate for “Safe Schools & Excellence”Last week Viewpoint Vancouver covered the new ABC (A Better City) party’s new majority on Vancouver City Council and in…
Gordon Price and Sandy James Planner reflect on City Hall’s big turnoverCHATBOX is your chance to eavesdrop on Gordon Price and Sandy James Planner as they joust over our region’s features…
Vancouver’s Park Board, New ABC’s & Back to Two Lanes of Traffic in Stanley Park In the October 15 2022 Vancouver civic election, the new Mayor-Elect Ken Sim and the ABC (A Better City)…
Help Wanted: Urbanists in SingaporeThis November, I’ll be fulfilling a desire I’ve add for many years: a visit to Singapore. I’m particularly interested in…
Vancouver Civic Election 1974 & The Case of Mr. Peanut For MayorThe Vancouver Sun’s John Mackie has written about performance artist Vincent Trasov running for Mayor in 1974. Vancouver’s Mr. Peanut…
Public Salon Think Tank Series – Oct 26 The 36th Public Salon will feature speakers on topics related to the themes of the new Global Civic Think…
Price and Ladner place bets on Election ’22With a 10-day countdown to Election Day, Gordon Price pulls in ex-NPA-Council-crony-turned-urban-food-security-activist-and-all-around-mensch Peter Ladner for a frank talk on what…
Vancouver City Council race: 58 candidates, 10 parties, and … what’s the difference?CHATBOX is your chance to eavesdrop on Gordon Price and Sandy James Planner as they joust over our region’s features…
A Green Party Vision for Our Housing FutureHere’s the Green Party’s housing platform. Here are three points from it: Implement a simple menu of repeatable building forms,…
Former City of Vancouver Senior Architect Ralph Segal on Broadway & Vancouver Plans: A Rejection of Core Vancouver Planning Principles?Ralph Segal was the senior architect/urban designer/development planner in charge of the Planning Department’s Urban Design and Development Planning Centre…
CHATBOX: Boomers vs Millenials: is this Election generational?CHATBOX is your chance to eavesdrop on Gordon Price and Sandy James Planner as they joust over our region’s features…
New Podcast: ‘Vanbikes’ Chronicler Colin Stein tracks the history of Vancouver’s Bicycle RevolutionIn this very special podcast, author Colin Stein unveils an epic portrait of our place and time: Vanbikes: Vancouver’s Bicycle People…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner