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Oct. 05, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills' Big Day

Tsawwassen Mills, the mega mall on Class 1 farmland between the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and Highway 99 opens today to…

Oct. 03, 2016 / Gordon Price

A Lot Less Parking Lots – 2

From Wired: …the biggest bugbear in neighborhood politics just got some serious side eye from the Obama administration: Parking. ……

Sep. 30, 2016 / Gordon Price

A Lot Less Parking Lots

From the Wall Street Journal: More Developers Kick Parking Lots to the Curb Bad news for car owners: Developers in more…

Sep. 29, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: The Decline of Parking

From The Guardian: Lots to lose: how cities around the world are eliminating car parks It’s a traditional complaint about…

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…

Sep. 06, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ottawa: Let's Talk Parking

The City of Ottawa opened up discussion in 2015 on minimum parking requirements, which apparently hadn’t changed since the 1960’s. …

Jul. 29, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Granville Island, for People or for Cars?

A tragedy occurred yesterday on Vancouver’s federally controlled Granville Island. Three pedestrians were struck by a vehicle apparently trying…

Jul. 20, 2016 / Gordon Price

Right-wing Mash-up: Bike lanes, Bikeshare and the Price of Parking

Just to add a sour note to an otherwise sunny day with the soft launch of Mobi, here’s a tired, snarky column…

Jul. 18, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Wanna Talk Parking?

City of Vancouver has placed at least two of these message boards in the West End, hoping to attract people…

Jul. 11, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

West End Parking — Part II

What do you think about City of Vancouver’s recommendations? Survey HERE. West End Parking Improvements – Recommendations We heard you!…

Jun. 08, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Reclaim, revamp waterfront in White Rock?

Waterfront redos seem to be in vogue these days, and the article in the Vancouver Sun by Kent Spencer describes the City…

May. 31, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Dallas Analysis

Ian: Many people have spoken about the high cost of free parking. Thomas B mentions it often in his comments…

Apr. 26, 2016 / Gordon Price

An Essay on L.A.

A lot of readers on the Internet like this: I once put Los Angeles with the internet and the…

Mar. 25, 2016 / tanyapazzy

First Baptist Church dev app proposes 120 #parking spots >minimum. In #downtown #Vancouver.

969 Burrard St & 1019-1045 Nelson St This is my second article on Good Friday about a development application that…

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