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Feb. 25, 2013 / Gordon Price

Ian Jarvis gives away the secrets

Ian Jarvis is now the CEO of TransLink.  Before that, the Chief Financial Officer at Metro Vancouver – the regional…
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Feb. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

Analysis and Consensus: Silicon Valley, Metro Vancouver

Tom Durning recommends this very readable report: . And adds: Some of the parallels with Metro Vancouver’s fractured regional government…
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Feb. 01, 2013 / Gordon Price

Metro Sustainability Breakfast: Creating Space for Arts and Culture

. Details here.   Register HERE.…
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Jan. 23, 2013 / Gordon Price

Coquitlam: An Emerging Post-Motordom Centre – 2

This week, a look at a municipal town centre that’s trying to create a regional transit-oriented development – before transit has…
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Jan. 21, 2013 / Gordon Price

Coquitlam: An Emerging Post-Motordom Centre – 1

This week, a look at a municipal town centre that’s trying to create a regional transit-oriented development – before transit has…
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Jan. 17, 2013 / Gordon Price

Indictment: The failure of TransLink’s governance

From the Surrey Leader: Metro Vancouver’s board intends to shine a brighter spotlight on challenges like road congestion and the…
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Dec. 05, 2012 / Gordon Price

We Beat Baghdad! And other infrastructure stories

Of course, so did everyone else: Overall, Vienna retains the top spot as the city with the world’s best quality…
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Dec. 05, 2012 / Gordon Price

A morning for storytelling …

Not what you might expect from a waste-management utility: A morning for storytelling … Create Memories, Not Garbage The holiday…
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Nov. 02, 2012 / Gordon Price

Balancing Value and Expectations: Metro Finance Symposium

Metro Vancouver Regional Finance Symposium .. Balancing Value and Expectations November 28, 2012 8:30am – 3:30pm Hilton Hotel 6083 McKay…
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Oct. 31, 2012 / Gordon Price

A formidable line-up: Rethinking the Region

The SFU Urban Studies program is presenting a public forum on November 3 that will explore how regionalism is being…
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Oct. 01, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Massey Tunnel announcement: Motordom unconstrained

Still in Australia at a planning conference, so blogging will be light (hope to have some images up in the next…
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Sep. 17, 2012 / Gordon Price

Keeping – and moving on from – bridge tolls

Lots of breaking stories concerning tolls and TransLink’s tribulations – but a little hard for me to keep up from…
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Aug. 21, 2012 / Gordon Price

Survey: Help shape the future of Metro Vancouver

From PlaceSpeak: The 2012 Metro Vancouver Urban Futures Survey lets residents speak their mind about our common future. It is…
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Aug. 21, 2012 / Gordon Price

Another chapter at Spetifore: A cottage in “Southlands”

Better! Cities & Towns features a prototype cottage for “Southlands” – the so-far frustrated proposal for what is still known…

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