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Mar. 01, 2021 / Gordon Price

Recommended: “The Address Book”

Here’s a recommendation for a book I haven’t even finished yet. Yes, a whole book about street addressing.  It’s like…
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Mar. 01, 2021 / Gordon Price

Fun with Statistics: The Pop Clock

For data nerds out there, this must be familiar – but for those who haven’t seen Canada’s population clock from…
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Feb. 25, 2021 / Gordon Price

The End of the Beginning: Single-Family Zoning in Berkeley

From Planetizen: The Berkeley City Council, the very first city in the United States to implement single-family zoning, now commonly referred to…
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Feb. 24, 2021 / Gordon Price

Panel – Urban Resilience: New Realities

Urban Resilience: New Realities Part of the Pandemonium: Urban Studies and Recovering from COVID-19 lecture series. Wednesday, February 24 5:00 PM Online…
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Feb. 16, 2021 / Gordon Price

Stopping change (of any kind) in Grandview

It doesn’t matter whether proposals for new housing in Grandview are massive or tiny, there’s a desire or a way…
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Feb. 12, 2021 / Gordon Price

No Rush Hour, No Transit? The Pandemic Ultimatum

An insightful survey from Slate: The prevailing sense of doom comes from a dawning awareness that the old workday travel…
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Feb. 11, 2021 / Gordon Price

Joe Sulmona: Why Tolling is Not Going to Happen in BC

There’s been an active comment section to this post on mobility pricing (some of it even on topic) – but…
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Jan. 21, 2021 / Gordon Price

Waterfront Station: A Cautionary Tale – Part 2

Yesterday, Michael Alexander told the story of New York City’s fabulous (and fabulously expensive) new Moynihan Train Hall, and the…
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Jan. 20, 2021 / Gordon Price

How to ignore the police while promoting safety

Council will soon be debating a motion from Green Party Councillor Michael Wiebe for A Community Safety and Well-being Framework.…
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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. 15, 2021 / Gordon Price

Is Vancouver a City for Renters? – Jan 21

The second event of The Future We Want: The Change We Need series, hosted by the City of Vancouver in…
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Jan. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

An Article of the Year: Doug Ward on Vancouver’s Housing Mess and Its Politics

It’s only mid-January, and already we have a nomination for ‘Article of the Year.’ Doug Ward’s long-form analysis in The…
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Jan. 13, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Thin Edge of the Hedge~Sidewalk Users Versus Homeowners, Victoria/Vancouver Edition

CTV News in Victoria  reporter Jordan Cunningham interviewed a puzzled homeowner couple who were upset that someone had called the…
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Jan. 12, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Passing the Torch: Lessons Learned from Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi

  Passing the Torch: Lessons Learned for Future Generations of Women Advocates~A conversation with Shirin Ebadi at Simon Fraser University…

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