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Jan. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Metro Vancouver-Roberts Bank Expansion and Environmental Assessment

The year 2017 will be a telling one in Delta, with a development hat trick: the consideration of  Port Metro…
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Dec. 30, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Time for the Annual 2016 Gordies

The Price Tags Editorial Board has met at the secret undisclosed location near Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park to ponder…
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Dec. 30, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Who are those Bottle Ladies?

  And no, we are not talking about any current holiday trend, but the group of Asian ladies of a…
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Dec. 19, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Port Metro Vancouver and continuing habitat losses to the Fraser River Estuary

The Globe and Mail newspaper reporter Mark Hume has just reviewed the Community Mapping Network (CMN) work which sampled the 151…
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Dec. 19, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Sun Series focuses on Carcentric Future for Metro Vancouver-Really?

The Vancouver Sun has started a series of articles on traffic and congestion under the ominous title “Waiting for Solutions…The Getting…
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Dec. 16, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

OOPS! California requires Permits for Uber driverless ride-sharing pilot.

In a rather surprisingly quick way-well, in actual fact one hour from the time that Electrik.co announced that Uber  was launching…
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Dec. 16, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vulnerable Road Users and Where the Rubber Meets the Road

The Toronto Star and its reporters are to be commended for talking about what others have ignored for so long-the tremendous…
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Dec. 15, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

West Edmonton Mall-Last of its Kind?

Its always wonderful to see ourselves and our lives through other perceptions-and this interesting piece in the The Guardian describes the experience…
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Dec. 14, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart: Trumpism and Urbanism

By Gord Price I’ve been wondering how Trumpism will manifest itself when it comes to ‘urbanism’ – especially the values…
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Dec. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Your Own Lego City Hall

In one of those inspirational moments, Metro News reports on a pretty savvy campaign by the City of Vancouver to enhance interest…
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Dec. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Radio Earth Broadcasts Begin

One of the coolest applications of technology is written about in this Atlantic Monthly article-the unveiling of Radio Garden. By looking…
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Dec. 12, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Driverless Cars and the City-A New Planning Paradigm?

Leslie Hook has written a compelling article in The Financial Times  describing how driverless technology will rewrite our streets, and…
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Dec. 12, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Pedestrians, Vehicles, and Every Four Hours in Toronto

Last week the City of Toronto went through a day where 22 reported crashes between vehicles and pedestrians were reported. The…
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Dec. 09, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Cycling Safety and London Leads with one simple change

This article in The Guardian is important because it underscores how a  careful review of data can make profound changes in…

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