The Economist~Chinatown Resisting Developers in "Property Battle"Even the magazine The Economist is weighing in on the importance of Vancouver’s Chinatown as a historic and very special cultural place…
Trying to Save the Best Farmland in Canada from Richmond City CouncilIt is very hard to believe that we still need to be reminded about the importance of food security and…
Selling Motordom: Safe and Sexy & Get Out of the WayIf you picked up Friday’s Vancouver Sun, you were treated to a front page advertisement from Hyundai in bold letters…
Do We Accept That Autonomous Vehicles Will Kill Pedestrians?Autonomous Vehicles (or AVs) were to make life easier with less road crashes and carnage. Nearly 38,000 people in the…
Autonomous Vehicle Kills Pedestrian Walking with a BikeWith a death of a pedestrian the seemingly relentless march forward of autonomous vehicles has taken a pause as reported by…
Elon Musk~Boring Across AmericaIt’s no surprise to see that Elon Musk is getting a flat review for his concept of tunnelling across North…
How did US cities become so segregated?Below are excerpts from a review-essay in the New York Review of Books about a very disturbing new book called…
City of Winnipeg Cleans Snow off Sidewalks, Supporting Walkability in All SeasonsWhile Vancouverites has recovered from a surprising week of snow in February, people in Winnipeg are still digging out. But…
Foreign investment "distorting" Canadian housing market~Bank CEO SaysFrom the Daily Durning~as reported in the Financial Post “Foreign inflows are distorting Canada’s already constrained housing market and aren’t the…
UBC School of Planning Symposium March 16Join UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning students for a full day of discussion on planning issues related to…
The U.S. 10 Year Census Count Tries to Find Every Dwelling, Especially in CitiesIn cities where there is a shortage of housing and people are living in unorthodox dwellings, how do you carry…
Washington State~Where Beaches and Shores Are Not Public-But They Probably Are AnywayIts hard to believe but in the United States there are several states that historically privatized their shores and tidelands,…
1968 "Lazy Louts Loitering" with Mayor Tom CampbellTime for a voyage back fifty years ago to another time and and another Mayor. Called “Tom Terrific” (and that…
Is it Time for ICBC Bicycle Insurance?From the Richmond News bike rider Geordie McGillivray asks: ” I wish I could pay ICBC to insure my bike to…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner