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Oct. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Tunnel vs. Massey Bridge Once Again

  Douglas Massey, the son of George Massey the MLA that championed the design and development of the Massey Tunnel…
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Oct. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Spare the Driver, Kill the Pedestrian-Driverless Car Programming

There are a whole bunch of people (and I am included) that are seriously concerned with how driverless car technology…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall a Fail for those on Foot

If we design and develop our cities and our spaces around basic principles of walkability we would have healthier happier…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Sun Editorial-Tsawwassen Mills-"Comments Seem Almost Petty"

The Vancouver Sun Editorial Board has published an editorial today with another take on the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall. Under the…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Door to Door-how cars shape our lives

The New York Times interviewed Ed Humes who has written “Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation” looking at…
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Oct. 12, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Bus "Pass Ups" Increasing in Metro Vancouver

Price Tags contributor  Scot Bathgate of the Daily Scot sent  this CTV news article reporting on the increase in the dreaded…
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Oct. 12, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Those Pedestrian Countdown Signals

Toronto’s Metro News has written about Countdown Pedestrian Signals . In Ontario its against the Highway Traffic Act to start crossing the…
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Oct. 12, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

One for the Bike Lane Guerrillas

Earlier this year I wrote about the “pirated”  bike lane that was installed on Saskatchewan Drive in Edmonton at night,…
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Oct. 11, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

CBC, Gil Kelley, Housing Affordability and Vancouver

This radio interview with new City Planner Gil Kelley on CBC’s Early Edition identifies the biggest challenge in metro Vancouver, and…
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Oct. 07, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-In New York State: you can be buried with your pet.

People are pretty attached to their pets and now if you live in New York State they can be buried with…
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Oct. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills First Glimpse-An Initial Review

Despite fears of record crowd crushes, the parking lots were not completely full as Tsawwassen Mills, the 1.2 million square…
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Oct. 05, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills' Big Day

Tsawwassen Mills, the mega mall on Class 1 farmland between the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and Highway 99 opens today to…
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Oct. 05, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Short List of Builders for the Ten Lane Massey Bridge Announced

In the “we just hoped this would go away” department, the Province’s ten lane bridge replacing the Massey Tunnel now…
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Oct. 03, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Buenos Aires and Seniors' Inclusivity

  This article published in World Crunch describes the innovative work that another by-the-sea city, with a very  large elderly population…

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