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Nov. 09, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Ontario introduces Photo Radar bill for Municipalities to save Pedestrian/Cyclist Lives

We hear it all the time. A group of cyclists cycling in Richmond are hit by a vehicle at 12:30 in the…
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Nov. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

"The Single Worst Bottleneck in the Province"

Well, where would that be? If you are Minister Todd Stone and you are writing a letter to The Richmond…
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Oct. 21, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

David and Goliath- those businesses in Tsawwassen and Ladner and the Mega Tsawwassen Mills Mall and Tsawwassen Commons Mall

  There is a lot happening on that very sensitive part of Delta, the floodplain that houses Class 1 agricultural…
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Oct. 19, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Mexican Uber Advertising in the Annoying Drone Category

  In the movie classic Back to the Future II Marty McFly encounters a drone walking a dog down the…
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Oct. 18, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Parking at the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall-Motordom's last gasp?

Business in Vancouver‘s Glen Korstrom  reports that Tsawwassen Mills has no intent to change the way the traffic circulates in the…
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Oct. 17, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

New York City taxi license prices fall with Uber and Lyft in market

This article from Business Insider shows what these two representatives of disruptive technologies are doing to the price of a New…
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Oct. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Door to Door-how cars shape our lives

The New York Times interviewed Ed Humes who has written “Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation” looking at…
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Oct. 10, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall, Mega Jam

  In the Pacific Coast’s version of the perfect storm, mix a mega mall opening and the crush of  excited…
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Oct. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills First Glimpse-An Initial Review

Despite fears of record crowd crushes, the parking lots were not completely full as Tsawwassen Mills, the 1.2 million square…
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Oct. 05, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Short List of Builders for the Ten Lane Massey Bridge Announced

In the “we just hoped this would go away” department, the Province’s ten lane bridge replacing the Massey Tunnel now…
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Sep. 29, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall-Last of its Kind?

In a not very surprising article in the Vancouver Sun, Chuck Chiang notes that Industry observers agree: The 1.2-million-sq.-ft. Tsawwassen Mills could…
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Sep. 27, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills, mega mall, mega staffing problem

Opening on October the 5th the huge Tsawwassen Mills mega mall (and we are talking 1.2 million square feet, or…
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Sep. 23, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills, tomorrow's Mirabel Airport?

The Mirabel Airport was built  40 kilometers outside of Montreal and received great fanfare when it opened in 1975. Approximately 97,000…
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Sep. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Bridge, the Massey Tunnel and the Huge Gap

It is in the “weird stuff  that won’t go away” file-as part of the trinity of the twentieth century approach…

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David Sadoway

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