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Jun. 08, 2018 / Colin Stein

The Case for Carsharing: The Numbers All Go to 11

Vancouver’s home-grown carsharing cooperative, Modo, issued a press release this past week with the results of a multi-city member survey…
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Apr. 03, 2018 / Gordon Price

Car-sharing in China: Cheaper than bike-sharing

From South China Morning Post, via Thomas Beyer: A Chinese carmaker has launched a vehicle sharing service in Shenzhen by…
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Jan. 29, 2018 / Gordon Price

Quote: The Zen of Car Share

From The Sun on the VanCity car-share report: Younger car-share members are least likely to say they enjoy not owning…
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May. 12, 2016 / Gordon Price

Car2Go goes New York

From The New Yorker: The car-sharing industry has its roots in mid-century Europe, whose coöperative vehicle pooling was mimicked, in…
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May. 10, 2016 / Gordon Price

Sightline: The Most Car-sharing City in Cascadia is …

Us, of course.  And now according to the Sightline Institute: Altogether, Sightline tabulates 4,920 car-sharing vehicles in Cascadia. That’s just…
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Apr. 27, 2016 / Gordon Price

ULI Next Million Series: Impacts of Car Sharing

Gordon Price: The Urban Land Institute BC hosted another session in their ‘Next Million Series’ on April 19 – this…
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Mar. 25, 2016 / tanyapazzy

First Baptist Church dev app proposes 120 #parking spots >minimum. In #downtown #Vancouver.

969 Burrard St & 1019-1045 Nelson St This is my second article on Good Friday about a development application that…
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Mar. 21, 2016 / tanyapazzy

Meet this week's Guest Editor @tanyapazzy another #urbanist geek

Shalom, PT readers! My name is Tanya Paz. Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m third generation Vancouverite on one…
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Jan. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Questions on the Massey Bridge for the Leaders in the Shadows

“Leaders in the Shadows: The Leadership Qualities of Municipal Chief Administrative Officers” is the title of a recent book by David Siegel,…
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Nov. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: "Government is losing control of its traffic"

Ian found this in The Guardian: . “The freeway is only an ephemeral circumstance where all cars congregate together but the…
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Sep. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Global Reach of Vancouver Car-Sharing

Great to see Global News cover the car-sharing conference: . According to the Carsharing Association, which is holding an international conference…
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Jul. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Why is Vancouver a world leader in car-sharing?

When the Co-operative Auto Network started up in Vancouver in 1997, it was “the first carshare co-op in North America and the…
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May. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: The High Cost of Residential Parking

Scot has some recommended readings (via Kent Lundberg).   From the Calgary Herald:. Car-free condo proposal suggests urban cultural shift  .…
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Apr. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Another TLA (Three-Letter Acronym): Will TNCs change the urban world?

Another one for your acronym file: TNC – transportation network company, like Uber. . From Next City via Durning: .…

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