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May. 15, 2015 / Gordon Price

Transit Funding and the Illusion of Small Numbers

The ever-helpful Sun editorial writer thinks the Mayors really need a Plan B in the event of a No vote.…
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May. 07, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Coal Ports, Stranded Assets and the Massey Bridge

First item that came in is from Voters Taking Action on Climate Change: Fraser Surrey Docks (FSD) announced Monday it…
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Mar. 11, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn, The Daily Scot and Others: Bateman, the Port Mann and the CTF

A number of items and articles, connected with a common theme. The Daily Scot linked to this video, with a…
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Mar. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: The Costs (and Savings) of Charging for Congestion

Two items that came in together.  First, how London, by costing vehicle congestion, has made an even bigger saving than…
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Mar. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

Our Very Own Motordom Fail: “The Comedy and Tragedy of the Port Mann Bridge”

From Clark Williams-Derry at Sightline:  . The comedians in the Port Mann Bridge forecasting department are at it again: despite…
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Consequences of No: “Freeway Fight 2.0”

I hope Novae Res Urbis and their writer Karenn Krangle don’t mind, but I’m going to reprint a full article…
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Feb. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Comments worth commenting on: A Freeway Fight for the 21st Century

PT: With the Province building bridges and widening freeways from every possible direction to the borders of Vancouver, I figured…
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Jan. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

Peak Car in America: Earlier than you thought

From Emily Badger in the Washington Post: The American decline in driving actually began way earlier than you think .…
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Dec. 01, 2014 / Gordon Price

Survey: BC on the Move – until Dec 12 – the Next Stage of Motordom

A few days left “to share your thoughts on transportation priorities and issues that matter most to you and your…
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Nov. 19, 2014 / Gordon Price

Default Motordom: The Way it Works

This announcement came out in The Sun on election day, November 15: Representatives from all three governments met in a…
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Sep. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

A Failure to Perceive: Rising Tides and Raising Bridges

Connections: Three items on sea-level rise . From RISE: an open ideas competition with a $35,000 Grand Prize for innovations to…
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Aug. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Development Fail: Tsawwassen Mills Update

The last time we posted a picture on the Tsawwassen Mills and Commons development, going up on First Nations land…
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Jul. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ideas Competition: RISE – Sea-level Rise in Metro Vancouver

From SFU Public Square: . This September, SFU Public Square will launch an open ideas competition to address sea level…
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May. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Good news for transit users: Fantastic network has room to grow

From Global News, in an interview with Premier Christy Clark: Vancouver has a fantastic transit network, it has room to…

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