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Aug. 02, 2013 / Gordon Price

Netherlands Diary – 15: "Delving into the Dutch Way"

My latest Business in Vancouver column: . Delving into the Dutch Way and the Netherlands’ world-beating power of consensus-based economics…
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Jun. 05, 2013 / Gordon Price

Attention new minister of transportation: invest in transit, not asphalt, to drive economic growth

My Business in Vancouver column: An open letter to B.C.’s minister of transportation: At the time I write this, I…
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Jul. 23, 2012 / Gordon Price

RePost: What does Vision Vancouver want from a planner?

Thanks to a pile-on by social media, Lance Berelowitz’s post on the absence of a Vancouver Planning Director brought the…
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Jul. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

BIV Part 2: “… if no transit, then no bridge.”

My Business in Vancouver column – Part 2: The question, to clarify, is not the safety issues on the Pattullo…
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Jul. 09, 2012 / Gordon Price

“The message couldn’t be clearer: transit is not to be taken seriously …”

My Business in Vancouver column – Part 1: TransLink has no more money. Gas-tax revenue is down, there’s no new…
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May. 09, 2012 / Gordon Price

“Transit traction stalled in new funding quagmire” – Business in Vancouver

Business in Vancouver has completely redesigned its website – ever so much better.  Much easier, in particular, to find all…
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Mar. 14, 2012 / Gordon Price

Push and pull in Vancouver City’s planning game

My latest column in Business in Vancouver: .   Whenever a senior high-profile public servant is canned – TTC head Gary…
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Jan. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

NPA in need of fresh civic vision to survive

My Business in Vancouver column: . What happened to the NPA? And what now? This once-dominant civic party barely survived…
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Nov. 16, 2011 / Gordon Price

Two BIV columnists, two subjects: CACs and Melbourne

Let me draw your attention to Peter Ladner’s comments to the post below on Community Amenity Contributions.  It’s his Business…
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Sep. 13, 2011 / Gordon Price

The civic election’s most important issue

My Business in Vancouver column: What will be the toughest issue in the upcoming civic election? The issue that all…
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Jul. 22, 2011 / Gordon Price

The cost of cultivating sports culture

My Business in Vancouver column: Where does “riot control” fit in when you’re budgeting for the arts? Culture, says Tourism…
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May. 23, 2011 / Gordon Price

The Cranky Version

Back again – with lots to come on Shanghai, including some new Price Tags in the original pdf format.  Meanwhile,…
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Mar. 11, 2011 / Gordon Price

SCARP – Legend and Livability

My Business in Vancouver column: There may be just over a thousand of you – graduates of UBC’s School of…
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Nov. 05, 2010 / Gordon Price

Potluck Politics

My current Business in Vancouver column: If you’re going to a potluck, the first rule is that you have to…

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