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Feb. 12, 2014 / Gordon Price

The TransLink Hate-on: No face and no credit – 2

Ken Hardie alerted us to this: In 2009, I prepared a Media Resource Guide that examined all of the major…
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Feb. 12, 2014 / Gordon Price

Analysis: Fraseropolis on the Referendum

Our favourite Maple Ridge pontificator (in the best sense) weighs in on The Metro transit referendum and the mayors The part I…
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Feb. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: NRU Update of SFU City Conversation

Novae Res Urbis summarizes the City Conversation of February 6: “The Transit Referendum: Should there be one? What will it…
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Feb. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: The Transit Referendum – Feb 6

Reminder: A special edition of City Conversations – “The Transit Referendum: Should there be one? What will it take to win?” Join a…
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Feb. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

Poll on road-pricing and fairness: Would North Shore commuters pay tolls?

Road pricing is the flavour of the month – the idea that drivers would pay a charge based on distance driven,…
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Feb. 04, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum Proposition and Rebuttal: Todd Stone and Barbara Yaffe

I’m sure The Sun didn’t intend to do a point/counterpoint juxtaposition in today’s issue, but if you read the letter…
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Feb. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: What’s at Stake for Business

Lots.  As Global reporter Randene Neill reported last Wednesday, “a new study shows that public transit is shaping the future…
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Jan. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Don Cayo’s Little Bombshell

Sun columnist Don Cayo, almost in passing, revealed a devastating insight in his column today – “Premier’s new stance on referendum opens…
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Jan. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: The Transit Referendum – Feb 6

The Transit Referendum: Should there be one? What will it take to win? Premier Christy Clark has backed away from…
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Jan. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Learning from LA: The Auckland Perspective

Further to the post below on the background to Los Angeles’s Measure R initiative, the transportblog in Auckland (a version…
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Jan. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The Stakes – and the Stories of Los Angeles

Measure R – the $40-billion initiative for transportation upgrades that passed in 2008 by a two-thirds majority in Los Angeles County – has…
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Jan. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: What the public wants (or, Why Vaughn Palmer is indispensible)

When Vaughn Palmer, The Sun’s Victoria columnist, turns his attention to an issue, he provides both valuable information and the context into…
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Jan. 27, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The CKNW Roundtable

Here’s the Roundtable that Shane Woodford hosted on CKNW this Sunday, with Mayor Greg Moore, Eric Doherty and, oh yeah,…
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Jan. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: False Equivalencies and Political Follies

After half a year of blogging on the transit referendum, I was wondering whether anyone really cared about it –…

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