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Jul. 29, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month

We haven’t had a new passerelle on the blog for awhile – so thanks to Brent Toderian for passing along…
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Jul. 06, 2009 / Gordon Price

A new bridge (and a new option) for False Creek

Lots of buzz about the ped/bike bridge proposal floated by the Mayor as an alternative to the lane closure or widening…
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Mar. 05, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle Update

Good for Calgary: they’ve commissioned designs for two footbridges across the Bow River, and they want them to be spectacular.  (Bit…
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Jan. 27, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week: Ottawa’s Corktown Footbridge

Chris Bradshaw, loyal PT reader in Ottawa, writes: Ottawa is very slowly,  very tentatively talking about adding a second passerelle. …
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Jan. 12, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Aarschot

I’m glad John Wilson is keeping track of the latest in fancy passerelles. Here’ s an entry winner from Aarschot, Belgium: West…
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Jan. 05, 2009 / Gordon Price

Passerelles of the Year

All the entries from the past year on assorted passerelles (and, at the end, the issue as it relates to the Burrard…
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Dec. 22, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Stockholm

PT reader John Wilson submits this competition entry by Foster and Partners and Berg Arkitektkontor for a pedestrian bridge in…
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Dec. 15, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Willamette Crossing

Not quite a passerelle, I suppose, since this proposed crossing is designed for light-rail transit.  But since it’s in Portland,…
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Dec. 09, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Nashville

Kentuckian Tony Minton reports in from Tennessee: Just returned from weekend in Nashville, TN. Whenever we go, I try to…
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Dec. 04, 2008 / Gordon Price

A Bridge to Somewhere

The comments to the post below on congestion almost immediately returned to the issue of the Burrard Bridge. Having just…
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Dec. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Pakistan

From Wendy Waters: If you’re looking for a different take on the Passerelle concept, I thought these photos are probably…
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Nov. 23, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week – Charing Cross

Marc Lee, the Policy Alternatives guy, has just returned from London and brings back some fresh shots of a new…
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Nov. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Poughkeepsie

A rehabilitated railway bridge over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie will be, according to the promoters, the longest pedestrian bridge…
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Oct. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Week-Linz

John Wilson sends in this entry for a bridge over the Danube River in Linz, Austria, by the firm of…

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