
Ten years of Handwritten Vancouver City Council Minutes Transcribed
Join a celebration of the completion of ten years of “Transcription of City Council Minutes…

“The Decade When Vancouver Grew Up”: The 1970’s
Take a look fifty years ago at arguably the most important decade in Vancouver. The…

Jobs Jar: Car-Free Festival Operations Director
Car Free Vancouver organizes an annual multi-day, multi-site arts and culture festival that reclaims traffic…

Canadian Sprawl and Electrified Transit For All? Pt 2
By Dr. David Sadoway Viewpoint Vancouver Writer in Residence (continued from Canadian Sprawl and Electrified…

Get Your Own Jane Jacobs or I.M. Pei Doll, Support a Great Cause
Trust the good folks behind the City of Toronto’s Jane’s Walk Festival to come up…

“To do with what they want” – The Cambie Report’s Idea of Reconciliation
If you have a more-than-average interest in municipal and regional politics, I’d recommend Cambie Report…

Make Big Plans & Pay: TransLink’s $52 Million Ten Year Investment Plan Now Released
TransLink has now released its ten year “investment” plan on what key investments will be…

Free Webinar: Vision Zero and the Safe Systems Approach
The Vision Zero Network in partnership with the US Department of Transportation presents this webinar…

Weaponizing Traffic Disruption: A Tactic for Left and Right
Both the extreme Left and Right (to use overly general categories) seem to have gravitated…

Canadian Sprawl and Electrified Transit: For All? pt. 1
By Dr. David Sadoway Viewpoint Vancouver Writer in Residence I used to hyperventilate about the…

Winner: Best Bus Stop in America, 2022
It’s in Portland, Maine: Portland, Maine has been crowned the winner of our America’s Best Bus…

How Japan Encourages Independent, Free Roaming Children in their Cities
I have talked about the popsicle test for neighbourhoods, where your neighbourhood is connected, safe…

Origins of The Grand Bargain
The origins of the Grand Bargain in the Lower Mainland trace back to the 1950s,…

Edmonton Closes 15 of 18 Public Washrooms at Transit Stations
I have been writing about the lack of public washrooms in Vancouver, and Gordon has…






