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Triangle West Gets Centred

Next Saturday, the character of Vancouver is going to change – just a little.  In…
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Peak Oil in Queensland; Carbon-taxing in America

Maybe because they have already gone through the trauma of serious water constraints, Queenslanders seem…
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Fit to Print

Main Street makes the New York Times.…
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The Obliviously Obvious

Stephen Rees has a nice post on how Gateway will generate and induce traffic. Here’s…
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More numbers: Why the kids are still living at home

Andrew Ramlo and David Baxter of Urban Futures were fast off the mark with an…
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By the Numbers: Kids, Schools and Traffic Calming

Well, readers seemed to enjoy that little item on commute times. Here’s a piece in…
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Google Your Campus

Dave Peterson passed along news of this intriguing competition from “The Official Google Blog”: Show…
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One Minute More

I’ve often heard it said (though I haven’t been able to find a citation) that…
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One Way Road

David Pereira was listening to Kevin Falcon on the Bill Good Show last Friday.  He tried…
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Washington's loss, Toronto's gain

Phil Boname over at Urbanics Consultants sends along a couple of interesting notes on Washington’s Metro…
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Lazy, jesting cynicism

In the op-ed I wrote for the Sun a few days ago, I noted the…
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"Nicer than they ever imagined"

Though the following came in as a response to the posting of the latest Price Tags…
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The Mayor of Washington

A good friend passed on a New York Times article about the new mayor of…

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