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Apr. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

End of the Single Family Neighbourhood? Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade had a forum on  housing affordability and how to get young people living in…
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Apr. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge, Billion dollar Boondoggle?

Imagine in fifty years what people will say about the decision-making occurring in Metro Vancouver. For some reason the Province…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to Tsawwassen Mills Mall, Being Afoot, and Crossing Highway 17

If you have ventured out to this mall which takes up 1.2 million square feet of real estate, you will…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Peter Ladner, the Provincial Election, and the Threat on Urban Mobility Initiatives

Peter Ladner writing in Business in Vancouver is a former city councillor, an avid bike rider, and a proud citizen of…
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Apr. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Provincial Election, Tolls, and Public Transit

There has been some disappointing rhetoric about bridges, tolls, and congestion coming out of the stirred soup of next month’s…
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Mar. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

No Federal Funding for Massey Bridge? No Problem for Province

In that Provincial story that just doesn’t change and won’t go away the Delta Optimist’s Ian Jacques lets us know that Peter…
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Mar. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Feds Not Funding Massey Bridge. Province Not Matching Metro Vancouver Transit.

The Federal government’s budget came down last week and it was called “Building a Strong Middle Class”. With that sentiment,…
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Mar. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Building more Roads to reduce Congestion drives Traffic up"

Nic Slater posted this excellent three-minute video, produced in Great Britain but with much relevance to the situation with the…
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Mar. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why do Commercial Delivery Trucks not Turn Left?

CNN explores a burning question: why do commercial delivery couriers always favour right hand turns? Apparently these services save “millions of…
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Mar. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Province Gives Uber The Lyft

Metro News and Jen St. Denis reports on the B.C. government’s announcement that ride-sharing legislation is coming. Surprise surprise, the announcement…
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Mar. 07, 2017 / Gordon Price

Future Thinking: Vancouver and the Automated Vehicle

Picked up from Modacity: Vancouver Prepares For a Driverless Future That Includes Extra Space for Walking, Cycling, and Transit Taking…
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Feb. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

For Whom Does the Massey Bridge Toll?

The lack of Provincial response to the concerns of adjacent municipalities and mayors to the impending Massey Bridge mega-billion dollar…
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Feb. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Massey Bridge- Because it's the 21st Century

From Price Tags commentator Alex Botta:…
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Feb. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why those Drive-Through Tims Are Not Good For You

Again south of the Fraser River the editor of the Delta Optimist weighs in on the need for his morning “double double”.…

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