Translink Update: The Base Plan … and its consequencesFrom the excellent summary written by Caelie Framption – just in case this gets missed. It provides an important perspective,…
Referendum Potholes: The Bait-and-SwitchHere’s another problem with referenda on transportation projects, from a place well-experienced with them. From David King’s blog: Should Voters…
Quote: “Don’t do the referendum, for god’s sake”From Novae Rae Urbis, at Metro Vancouver’s Future of the Region series. Speakers touched briefly on the provincial government’s plan…
Forum on the Transit Referendum – Nov 26At least some people aren’t waiting for provincial leadership to start advocating for transit funding: . Forum with Karen Fung…
Larry Frank’s proposal for a transit-oriented regionThe Sun highlights a region-shaping plan by Larry Frank: UBC planning professor warns of suburban sprawl, ‘horrific’ congestion. … transit…
Number of Days Left: 362That’s the number of days left until the referendum on transit funding, if it is to be held at next…
How Vancouver could be Forded overForget the crack. And the thuggery. And the drunken stupors. The Mayor of Toronto, according to one poll, still has…
What the ‘Yes’ side is up against – 2The first part of this conversation between two friends, one in Vancouver, the other in White Rock, started here. And…
Ken Hardie, a now-retired communications staffer for TransLink, is responding regularly to Price Tags posts – specifically, the one immediately below…
What the ‘Yes’ side is up against …… if it hopes to win the transit referendum. From a friend of a friend in White Rock: . WHITE ROCK…
UBC Dialogue: Public transit expansion? – Nov 18Your move: how can we expand public transit in the Lower Mainland? The Lower Mainland’s population is growing and in…
Face-to-Face: Bateman versus Price on TransLink fundingBusiness in Vancouver has just posted the ‘face-to-face-off’ between myself (here) and Jordan Bateman (here) of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The…
Referendum: A Sign of Arguments to Come?Tom Durning wonders if “this type of thought win out in the transit referendum?” From the Abbotsford Times: Abbotsford council…
A Tale of Two Centres: Transit is the KeyMy latest Business in Vancouver column: Building better Metro Vancouver transit is the key to revitalizing the region’s major malls…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner