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New Yaletown Park: Taking It Hard

The new open space at Nelson and Mainland – now in the heart of new…
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TransLink: The Smell Test

No doubt the Minister of Transportation, Kevin Falcon, would like to thank all those who…
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Price Tags 93 – Melbourne

In Price Tags 93, the seond in a recent series on Australian cities, this time:…
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Transformation of Pacific Boulevard

It’s happening!  At least one section of Pacific Boulevard – the surface expressway that runs…
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Trampe the Bicycle Lift – Trondheim Norway I’m note sure why there’s been this sudden…
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Congestion Charging: It's a Good Thing

London’s Mayor, Ken Livingstone, comments about his congestion charge with the prospect of adoption by…
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TransLink: A Special Interest Group.

The Minister of Transportation is turning TransLink over to a special-interest group. One board member…
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The Importance of Beauty

Here’s Planning Director Brent Toderian’s latest blog entry at Planetizen: The Importance of Beauty: A…
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Fietsen – NFTA Thanks to Rob Richings – Internet cycling sleuth – for these bike…
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Gordon Campbell Disconnect

Our Premier was interviewed on the BBC at the beginning of April. Here’s what jumped…
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American Wisdom

The New York Times columnist Tom Friedman talks and writes in sound bites: clever distillations…
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Canadian Wisdom

Larry Beasley was speaking at a forum – “Framing a Capital City” – at the National Building…
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How Dense Can They Be?

Knute Berger, a writer for Crosscuit’s Mossback section, throws some cold water on the over-heated…
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The Standard Argument

Those with a stake in more and wider roads have relied on the Standard Argument…

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