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Aug. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Silliness in Seattle and No Talking and Walking in Honolulu

There is some weird silliness going on across North America as cities are increasingly pointing to pedestrians as being responsible…
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Jul. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

City Talks Snowmeggedon in July

It may be July, but a lot of us have not forgotten what last winter was like, with icy sidewalks,…
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Jul. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Pressing That Pedestrian Button

As reported in the Boston Globe, more American cities are taking the attitude that their city traffic flows  well without the…
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Jul. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Crossing Tunnel Vision,Locals Speak Out about Bridging the Gap

There is now direct crossing controversy in Delta where the editor of the Delta Optimist has gone on record favouring the option…
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Jul. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Speed Humps Versus Bumps, and a Great Temporary Solution

Anyone working in municipal government  knows all about the tussle over speed humps or “bumps”, those wonderful “silent policemen”  installed…
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Jul. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge and the Continual Sound of One Hand Clapping

  It’s not over until it’s over as the Mayor of Delta actually said that the overbuilt overpriced ten lane…
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Jul. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why is Vancouver Not Reducing Speeds to Save Lives?

Around the world municipalities are starting to understand that speed does kill. Merely slowing vehicular speed from 50 km/h to…
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Jun. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Death of the Single Purpose Suburban Mall

The CBC weighs in on the recent news that the Sears department stores are having a financial challenge and may…
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Jun. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Liberals Say Economy At Risk with Massey Tunnel Rethink

More hyperbole regarding the rethink of the Massey Bridge has emerged as reported in the Delta Optimist. The newly minted Delta…
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Jun. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Tunnel Talk

It is no surprise that as soon as a potential pause was suggested for the Massey Bridge (now approaching 12…
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May. 31, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Becoming Tunnelled Vision in New Provincial Alliance?

While the Mayor of Delta rues on CBC news that the unsustainable, overbuilt, multi-billion dollar Massey Bridge may not be constructed due…
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May. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Says Deeper Fraser River not needed, time to Twin the Tunnel, Nix the Massey Bridge?

The timing of this announcement after the Provincial election is puzzling.As reported in the Surrey Leader the Vancouver Fraser Port…
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May. 23, 2017 / jamesavbligh

The Power Broker, a very late and incomplete book review.

Having just finished reading The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, I was struck by how…
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May. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

We Can't Drive our way out of Congestion

As reported by City Lab‘s Laura Bliss, our utopian view of driverless “Uber” and “Lyft” vehicles might be very different…

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