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Sep. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Agricultural land,a flyway and a mega mall-why this matters.

    There are several posts in Price Tags that have followed the inception and building of the Tsawwassen Mills mega mall…
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Aug. 05, 2016 / Gordon Price

'Anxious and Powerless' – Driverless Cars in BC

From Business in Vancouver: A survey of more than 1,000 Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC) customers found that half of…
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Jun. 22, 2016 / Dan Ross

Highway of the Future!

The Urban Land Institute’s Next Generation Transportation Thinkers speaker forum was held at Bunt’s downtown office yesterday morning. Thanks to…
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Jun. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills still going strong?

In March I updated Price Taggers  on the latest news from the “all things mega” mall development at Tsawwassen Mills, located…
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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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Sep. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

Free Lecture: Planning for Peak Car – Sep 22

Planning for Peak Car: International Evidence of How Urban Development is Moving Beyond Auto Dependence . Speaker: Jeff Kenworthy, Professor…
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Sep. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

“Moving the City” Lectures – Sep 22, Oct 28

From SFU Urban Studies: . . The Urban Studies Program at Simon Fraser University is pleased to announce a pair…
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Apr. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Post-Motordom World: Arriving soon to a city near you?

Colin Brander passes on an appropriate article from The Guardian to complete our trifecta with the items in posts below.…
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Mar. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

Comments Worth Commenting On: Karin and Geof on Millennials and driving

Two of PT’s more articulate commenters: Wrote Karin: Millennials are being conditioned to believe that driving is bad, so many…
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Jan. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

Peak Car in America: Earlier than you thought

From Emily Badger in the Washington Post: The American decline in driving actually began way earlier than you think .…
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Sep. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Prohibitive Luxury: The Cost of a Car in Toronto

Reporter Mike Lloyd at News1130 passed along this blog post from Jason Tang in TO: Cost of Car Ownership Living…
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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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Jun. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

#Neil21: “How many Jakriborgs is that?”

Frequent PT commenter Neil21 is now a contributor for Strong Towns.  In his recent column – Marginal cost of transportation:…
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Jun. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

The End of the Private Vehicle?

Maybe for many of us – or at least Farhad Manjoo thinks so, here. . With a near record-setting investment…

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