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Nov. 01, 2020 / Gordon Price

Video: “The Missing Middle Mystery”

The latest from Uytae Lee at About Here. In corporation with the Urbanarium: Metro Vancouver primarily has two types of…

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Oct. 26, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Shane Phillips & The Affordable City

Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Sustainability and Island Press are partnering on a fall speaker series featuring Island Press…

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Oct. 16, 2020 / Gordon Price

From LA to BC, the Futile Future of Congestion Pricing

On Thursday, the Eno Transportation Centre presented another of their webinars, this one with an irresistible title: The webinar…

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Oct. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

VCPC Panel: Aftershock, Looking Back at 1918 for a View of the Future

A century after the 1918 Flu, Vancouver is once again grappling with the effects of a pandemic. The boundaries between…

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Oct. 15, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

World’s Most Walkable Cities? You May Be Surprised.

As it becomes clearer that we simply can’t drive our way out of congestion, some cities like Paris are planning…

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Oct. 13, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Can A Mega Mall Morph into Marketed Housing Units?

Last week the Duke of Data, Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University Andy Yan and I…

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Oct. 05, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Looking for Participants~Age in Place Study, False Creek South

A graduate student with the Urban Studies program at Simon Fraser University is looking for participants for a masters research…

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Oct. 02, 2020 / Gordon Price

Urban Design (Still) Matters

Having heard that the Urban Design Certificate Program as part of the Simon Fraser University City Program was being…

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Sep. 25, 2020 / Gordon Price

Does more WAH mean less VMT

Translation: Will the increase in people working at home mean we’ll drive less? Answer: Apparently not. Here’s a summary from…

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Sep. 24, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Lofty Elevators Goals in China, Practical Elevator Decisions in Nanaimo

Which country do you think has the most elevators? Did you know that it is Spain, with 19.8 elevators per…

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Sep. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Bike Boom and Winter: Will Vancouver Become a ‘Conventional’ City?

The Park Board has justified the removal of the bike lane in Stanley Park because “The data tells us we…

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Sep. 21, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Supporting Rural Recovery & Resilience

The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) presents a two day free online conference hosted by the Rural Policy Learning Commons.…

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Sep. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

How do we start limiting congestion NOW?

A challenge question for PT readers: How should we start to limit congestion before it becomes unacceptable? There’s a real-life…

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Sep. 16, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s City Manager, Sadhu Johnston Steps Down

Yesterday Vancouver’s City Manager, Sadhu Johnston resigned from the City. This is a very big thing. The job of the…

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