
Contested congestion 2
Stockholm extra — more analysis of the congestion-charge vote from Streetsblog: On Sunday, residents of…

CONTESTED CONGESTION CHARGE
Transportation planners around the world were waiting with anticipation to see how the electorate in…

Another (Alaskan) Way
Vancouver planner Jeffrey Patterson sends along a media release from the Congress for the New…

TODD LITMAN STRIKES AGAIN, AND AGAIN
Here’s the latest from Todd Litman. He’s the guy behind the Victoria Transport Policy Institute,…

Revelation: Seoul's Cheonggyecheon
I had read about this before, but didn’t really appreciate it until I saw this…

AN OLIVE BRANCH FOR A BRIDGE
The GVRD has politely asked the Province whether it would like to talk about our…

Frontiers in Traffic Calming
Mary Jo Porter from Seattle knew I’d love this piece from Monday’s Seattle Times: a…

MUST READ – Canadian Architect
This month’s issue of Canadian Architect is largely devoted to Vancouver. I’ll definitely have more…

Wonderful World, c. 1954
Jason Vanderhill saw this reprint from a children’s book of 1954 – The Wondeful World – on…

Canada: A country without a future?
When it comes to sustainable city-building, the urban-issues columnist for the Toronto Star, Christopher Hume,…

Architectural Comfort Food
There’s a provcative critique of Vancouver’s downtown architecture by Robert A.M. Stern in the Sun…

Viewpoint: My window, Vancouver
The view out the front window this evening, as the long summer draws in. …