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Oct. 17, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Ecological Values and the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall

Columnist Pete McMartin  went to the Tsawwassen Mills mega mall on opening day October 5 stating “The mall is alarmingly big, and its…
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Oct. 17, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Thirty km/h School Zones reduce accidents in Edmonton

 Some municipal transportation staff  believe that lower speed limits do not in fact slow vehicles, making it safer for pedestrians…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall a Fail for those on Foot

If we design and develop our cities and our spaces around basic principles of walkability we would have healthier happier…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Sun Editorial-Tsawwassen Mills-"Comments Seem Almost Petty"

The Vancouver Sun Editorial Board has published an editorial today with another take on the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall. Under the…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Door to Door-how cars shape our lives

The New York Times interviewed Ed Humes who has written “Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation” looking at…
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Oct. 12, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Those Pedestrian Countdown Signals

Toronto’s Metro News has written about Countdown Pedestrian Signals . In Ontario its against the Highway Traffic Act to start crossing the…
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Oct. 11, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Trending-Return of Main Street as THE Shopping Street

This article by Toronto’s Darryl Kaplan suggests that the love affair with shopping malls will be extinct within 15 years. Quoting…
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Oct. 07, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-In New York State: you can be buried with your pet.

People are pretty attached to their pets and now if you live in New York State they can be buried with…
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Oct. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills First Glimpse-An Initial Review

Despite fears of record crowd crushes, the parking lots were not completely full as Tsawwassen Mills, the 1.2 million square…
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Oct. 03, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Cascadia Tech Hub-The Next Big Thing?

The New York Times suggests that smoother immigration policies and Vancouver’s ambitious technological hopes can spark a “Cascadia Innovation Corridor”, noting that…
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Sep. 29, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

An evening with Gil Kelley-General Manager of Planning, Urban Design, and Sustainability

The Urbanarium held an event last night at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre playhouse where Gil Kelley, the new General Manager…
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Sep. 27, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills, mega mall, mega staffing problem

Opening on October the 5th the huge Tsawwassen Mills mega mall (and we are talking 1.2 million square feet, or…
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Sep. 27, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Are Traffic Circles Safer?

It is the French  as reported in The Economist that in the early 1900’s came out with the carrefour giratoire,…
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Sep. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Bridge, the Massey Tunnel and the Huge Gap

It is in the “weird stuff  that won’t go away” file-as part of the trinity of the twentieth century approach…

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