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Apr. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Show Courage, Please U-Turn on the Massey Bridge Decision"

Another cogent letter in the Richmond News written by Andy Hobbs questions the expenditure of $3.5 billion dollars (now forecast to…
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Apr. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Port's Dirty Secret-Vancouver Biggest Exporter of Coal in North America

Alberta Oil Magazine reports that Vancouver is now North America’s largest coal  exporting port. Imagine-even though 66,000 people in China died…
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Apr. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge, Billion dollar Boondoggle?

Imagine in fifty years what people will say about the decision-making occurring in Metro Vancouver. For some reason the Province…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Peter Ladner, the Provincial Election, and the Threat on Urban Mobility Initiatives

Peter Ladner writing in Business in Vancouver is a former city councillor, an avid bike rider, and a proud citizen of…
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Apr. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Provincial Election, Tolls, and Public Transit

There has been some disappointing rhetoric about bridges, tolls, and congestion coming out of the stirred soup of next month’s…
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Apr. 07, 2017 / Gordon Price

Port Mann Parameter: How to measure the cost of bike lanes

It happened again today: someone mentioned that if only we hadn’t spent so much on bike lanes, we could afford to…
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Mar. 30, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Provincial Vision: Restoring Motordom to Metro

It should be clear by now. March 28: Another piece of the plan.  Just consider all the commitments – built,…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Becomes Election Tunnel

In the  Globe and Mail  Ian Bailey  reports that the proposed Massey Bridge which is slated to replace the Massey…
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Feb. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

For Whom Does the Massey Bridge Toll?

The lack of Provincial response to the concerns of adjacent municipalities and mayors to the impending Massey Bridge mega-billion dollar…
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Dec. 29, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge and the New Climate Pollution Accord

  Sometimes it is the details that make or break a project-and if you are the Province of British Columbia’s…
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Oct. 10, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall, Mega Jam

  In the Pacific Coast’s version of the perfect storm, mix a mega mall opening and the crush of  excited…
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Jun. 23, 2016 / Dan Ross

Paying For It – Lessons from New York

In 2008, the single most publicized element of NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s PlaNYC – an $8 Congestion Pricing cordon around…
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May. 16, 2016 / Gordon Price

Port Mann Bridge – The Numbers, the Losses and the Debt

From The Sun (May 14, 2016): … the Pattullo Bridge rehabilitation project … means more revenue for the tolled Port…
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May. 06, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Lone Cyclists on the Port Mann Bridge

John Whistler and Joey Lesperance (below) cycle over the Port Mann Bridge: . The path on the bridge is excellent…

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