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Oct. 27, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

"Road Violence" in Toronto – Motordom's Fatal Domain

There is a nasty positioning happening in the City of Toronto between advocates of motordom having full advantage of Toronto…
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Oct. 26, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

35,000 Drivers, Pedestrians and Cyclists in 2015. That's the population of Penticton.

Did you know that 35,092 Americans died on roads last year. They were drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. They all had…
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Oct. 25, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

New York City Councillor Takes a Stand On Pedestrian Safety-Can We Do This Too?

This article  from Next City shows what happens when you have a very successful walking city like New York City.…
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Oct. 25, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

A Doctor's Prescription for a Smart Seniors' Laneway House

The University of Calgary has published an interesting analysis of some groundbreaking work between the Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS) and…
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Oct. 24, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

A Tower by Any Name other than…

BBC News reports on what happens when your brand and your name is Donald Trump. The Vancouver hotel designed by Arthur…
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Oct. 21, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

David and Goliath- those businesses in Tsawwassen and Ladner and the Mega Tsawwassen Mills Mall and Tsawwassen Commons Mall

  There is a lot happening on that very sensitive part of Delta, the floodplain that houses Class 1 agricultural…
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Oct. 21, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Migratory Bird Habitat versus Roberts Bank Port Expansion

City of Richmond Councillor Harold Steves has been circulating this article  written by Larry Pynn from the Vancouver Sun. While the…
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Oct. 20, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Mayor of Bogota, Mobility and the Vote

  Enrique Penalosa is the Mayor of Bogota and brother to Canadian bicycle advocate Gil Penalosa. Enrique expounds publicly on…
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Oct. 20, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Designing or Ticketing Our Way to Safer Streets?

Fastcoexist.com weighs in on something we all think about: is the way to stop vehicular crashes a design one? Should we be…
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Oct. 18, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Parking at the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall-Motordom's last gasp?

Business in Vancouver‘s Glen Korstrom  reports that Tsawwassen Mills has no intent to change the way the traffic circulates in the…
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Oct. 18, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Future for Oldsters? It's all about walkable communities

The New York Times reports on a new phenomenon-the seniors are leading the way in retirement by showing us how we…
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Oct. 17, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Ecological Values and the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall

Columnist Pete McMartin  went to the Tsawwassen Mills mega mall on opening day October 5 stating “The mall is alarmingly big, and its…
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Oct. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Pedestrian Deaths, Seniors and the Walk and Be Seen Project 2016

    So far this year 11 pedestrians have died on Vancouver streets, the latest being a senior who was…
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Oct. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File-which came first, the tree or the path?

Courtesy of the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards…

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