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Apr. 27, 2017 / Gordon Price

B.C. Election: Parties transportation platforms

From the Vancouver Sun: B.C.’s two main political parties have promised billions for transit projects, bridges and roads and have…
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Apr. 20, 2017 / Gordon Price

Cote on Congestion: Beyond 'cap' or 'scrap'

An op-ed in The Sun from Jonathan Cote, the mayor of New Westminster and chair of the Funding Strategy Committee…
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Apr. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vision Zero in London – Nix Digital Signs, Reduce Speed on Bridges

London England is always slightly ahead of the curve and the Evening Standard reports on the cutting edge work of a community…
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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. 01, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ladner On Uber

Writing in Business In Vancouver, Peter Ladner gazes into the changing future of one segment of our local transportation mix…
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Mar. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Paris, Road Closures, Traffic Evaporation and the Braess Paradox

  The website h2020 has a very interesting examination of “traffic evaporation”-what happens to all that traffic when you close urban…
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Mar. 22, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Transportation Service Provider has arrived

I’ve been predicting the arrival of the TSP – a single provider of transportation services, rather like a Shaw or…
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Mar. 06, 2017 / Gordon Price

Mobility Pricing and the Province: (Complete this thought)

From The Sun: A much-debated idea – mobility-pricing – is moving forward for consideration in this region: Mobility pricing, which…

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