Ohrn Image: Point Grey Road – 3This photo from today looks west from a position just west of MacDonald St. You can get a sense of…
When Bad Things Don’t Happen – 2: Georgia StreetAnother in our series of how Carmageddon fails to cooperate when road space for vehicles is reduced. For much of the summer…
Ohrn Image: Point Grey Road – 2Once again, the darn engineering Department is moving briskly to construct bike-related public works. So annoying. From Ken Ohrn: This…
Quote: The difference between roads and streets“When a city matures and leaves its frontier status behind, roads become streets. A road leads somewhere; a street is…
Ohrn Image: Lost LagoonKen Ohrn: Found myself attracted to this scene in Stanley Park on the north side of Lost Lagoon. .…
When Bad Things Don’t Happen – 1: Cornwall / Point Grey RoadLast weekend, after driving through the construction works at the south end of the Burrard Bridge and along Cornwall and MacDonald,…
Debate: The Design of “Complete Streets”A new book articulates a debate in the ‘complete streets’ movement – particularly relevant to Vancouver as the redesign of Cornwall/Point Grey…
Origins of Motordom: The Public Shaming of JaywalkersMatt Novak at Paleofuture lays out a key moment in the development of Motordom in this post: The Invention of Jaywalking…
The Politics of Point Grey Road: “An arterial for all Vancouverites”In this interview on CBC, the NPA councillor George Affleck made it clear: the closure of Point Grey Road will…
The Big News Story That Never HappenedOnce again, where is Carmageddon? Where are the stories about the congestion caused by the closure of Point Grey Road? It…
Ohrn Update: This afternoon on Point Grey RoadKen Ohrn: I detoured through the Point Grey Road area. As usual, nothing was going on — even the construction…
What’s New: Changes on Cornwall / Point Grey RoadMore shots taken over the weekend, this time by me. . While all the attention and controversy are focused on…
Ohrn Images: Point Grey RoadSome shots taken over the weekend by Ken Ohrn on the transformation of Point Grey Road. . Today, the City…
Point Grey Road: The Amazing Fact Almost No One Took SeriouslyDuring the council hearings on the Seaside Completion, traffic counts were repeatedly referenced – and disputed. No wonder. Maps that showed various…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner