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Jan. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

Precedent for Vancouver? NYC Congestion Charging

From the New York Times: The plan … would create a congestion zone stretching from 60th Street south to the…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Gord Price on our transportation future

Thanks to the new world of podcasting and online media – like Roundhouse Radio – it’s possible to have what…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Google likes my idea of the TSP

I’ve been predicting for some time that we will see the rise of the Transportation Service Provider: a single company…
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Jan. 08, 2018 / Gordon Price

Now is the time for congestion charging

From the NY Times: The average vehicle speed in Midtown today is just 4.7 miles an hour. That’s 28 percent…
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Dec. 04, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Big Decisions

It was 50 years ago that people made a big decision — no freeways in Vancouver.  It fundamentally altered the…
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Nov. 24, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

BC Liberal Hopeful Endorses Mobility Pricing – Sort Of

BC Liberal leadership candidate Dianne Watts has THIS to say about congestion and mobility pricing: . . . Watts says…
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Nov. 17, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Are Cars the New Smoking?

It took decades to move the conversation on smoking, but now it is pretty much a social faux pas to…
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Nov. 07, 2017 / Gordon Price

What is Congestion? And what that means for mobility pricing

Here’s the most interesting quote from the summary version of “It’s Time” – a document from the Mobility Pricing Independent…
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Oct. 26, 2017 / Gordon Price

Mobility Pricing Commission: "Exploring New Approaches"

Here’s the preliminary report from the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission: Here’s the Global coverage. Looks like the emphasis is on…
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Oct. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

HandyDart Operations~Better In-House or Contracted Out?

A not well-known fact is that HandyDart, the TransLink service that is provided for people with physical and cognitive disabilities…
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Oct. 18, 2017 / Gordon Price

North Shore Dreams

 From North Shore News:  North Vancouver-Seymour Liberal MLA Jane Thornthwaite (has) drawn up a proposal including hypothetical transit map featuring a…
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Oct. 13, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Friends Of Mobility Pricing

I’ve been surprised at the benign press coverage of current efforts to design a BC-specific mobility pricing scheme.  Lord knows,…
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Oct. 12, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

The Cost Of Not Pricing Roads

Like most big Canadian cities, congestion in Metro Vancouver is a result of having a road network that is underpriced…
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Oct. 11, 2017 / Gordon Price

Liberal Leadership: Stone Repents

From the Sun: The former transportation minister said the Liberals ran a tight ship economically, but didn’t listen when it…

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