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Ten years of Handwritten Vancouver City Council Minutes Transcribed

Join a celebration of the completion of ten years of “Transcription of City Council Minutes…
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“The Decade When Vancouver Grew Up”: The 1970’s

Take a look  fifty years ago at arguably the most important decade in Vancouver. The…
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Jobs Jar: Car-Free Festival Operations Director

Car Free Vancouver organizes an annual multi-day, multi-site arts and culture festival that reclaims traffic…
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Canadian Sprawl and Electrified Transit For All? Pt 2

By Dr. David Sadoway Viewpoint Vancouver Writer in Residence (continued from Canadian Sprawl and Electrified…
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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…
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“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…
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Free Webinar: Vision Zero and the Safe Systems Approach

The Vision Zero Network in partnership with the US Department of Transportation presents this webinar…
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Weaponizing Traffic Disruption: A Tactic for Left and Right

Both the extreme Left and Right (to use overly general categories) seem to have gravitated…
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Canadian Sprawl and Electrified Transit: For All? pt. 1

By Dr. David Sadoway Viewpoint Vancouver Writer in Residence I used to hyperventilate  about the…
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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…
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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…
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Origins of The Grand Bargain

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

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