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Aug. 01, 2014 / Gordon Price

Annals of Motordom – 71: Reducing traffic … Peak Car … Parking

An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance __________________________________   EVIDENCE OF THE SELF-EVIDENT Jason…
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Jul. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

West End: Small sign of a big change

Our favourite Hired Belly, Tim Pawsey, passes on a review of a repositioned restaurant literally just down my lane –…
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May. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

Car-sharing and Business: The New Value Proposition

Today in the Sun: Twist in Vancouver’s car culture gives new spin to getting around town  . Reflecting a growing…
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Apr. 22, 2014 / Gordon Price

On the Surface: The End of the Downtown Parking Lot

In Vancouver, the era of the amazing disappearing parking lot started, as I recollect, in Downtown South in the 1990s. We…
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Apr. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

‘Vision Zero’ changes everything: Better streets and saved lives in New York

I’m flattered that yvrlutyens and John Massengale took the time to correct some labelling of historic shots of New York City here. …
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Mar. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

Design for the Car: Park n’ Play

In Vancouver, we keep tearing down standalone parkades.  But as Greg Vann says, if you’re going to build a parking…
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Mar. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

Exhibition: Motordom in Britannia

From The Guardian: Carscape: how the motor car reshaped England – in pictures Roundabouts, petrol stations and ringroads feature in…
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Dec. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

What would Commercial Drive look like with Surrey parking standards?

It would look like this: . As opposed to this, with existing parking: . Matt Taylor took the City of…
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Dec. 02, 2013 / Gordon Price

Another fun idea from Portland

From bikeportland.org: An idea, based on a Sightline suggestion, from Chris Smith, Portland’s Planning and Sustainability Commissioner: Instead of the…
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Nov. 18, 2013 / Gordon Price

The Petroleum We Waste On Parking

From The Dish: Humans burn about one million barrels of oil a day searching for parking spaces, according to Greg…
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Oct. 10, 2013 / Gordon Price

Sightline – 3: Pricing neighbourhood parking

The Sightline Institute is turning out some great work on transportation and land use these days. (Disclosure: I’m a board…
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Sep. 23, 2013 / Gordon Price

Quotes: On the future of parking in Washington, D.C.

“We are swimming in the tide of change, and people don’t even know it.” – Harriet Tregoning, the chief planner…
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May. 01, 2013 / Gordon Price

The subtle science of parking demand in Seattle

From Atlantic Cities: Mapping the Subtle Science of Parking Demand. A new downtown condo winds up with too much parking.…
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Apr. 18, 2013 / Gordon Price

Request for Photos: Parking

From the Sightline Institute: Sightline is putting together a new series about the many ways that parking regulations and mandates…

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