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May. 01, 2015 / Gordon Price

Sun Editorials: Prescription without Medicine

The Sun lead editorial today: . Transit will be funded regardless of vote results . Gregor Robertson said last week…
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Apr. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Recommended Readings: Transit, development, who should pay and how

Two articles worth bringing forward.  The first by Kerry Gold in the Globe and Mail: . In Vancouver, developers’ plans…
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Apr. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Map of the Month: Shaping Growth and Investing in Transit for a Livable Region

This comes directly from Metro Vancouver’s monthly update: Our latest Map of the Month demonstrates the important relationship between planning for…
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Apr. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

More Rampant Speculation on the Referendum

Keith Baldrey jumps in: You can argue all you want about a government’s “commitment” to something and whether or not it’s real,…
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Apr. 27, 2015 / Gordon Price

Minister Stone’s Remarks: Selected Quotes and Commentary

Jeremy Deutsch reports in TriCities Now: . Stone sounds off on Evergreen, transit tax Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone…
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Apr. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

A Referendum by, and on, the Premier

The federal Conservatives have created a dedicated fund for transit – and it’s pretty darn clear that the money flows…
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Apr. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: The Damage Being Done

From Brent Toderian’s Planetizen post last month: Public Transit Turning Point for Vancouver . “Among other waste and damage done, one…
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Apr. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Untouched Issues

Two issues with respect to the referendum and its outcome that, though raised, have had little impact on the debate…
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Apr. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

End-of-the-Week Anecdotes

Always appreciate items from PT readers.  Here are a few that came in this week. From Peter Jacobsen in Sacramento, California:…
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Apr. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Calling all transport geeks: An evening of transportation trivia – Apr 13

Discourse Media, a team of data and transportation journalist-nerds, is holding an evening of transportation trivia to support Moving Forward, a data-driven…
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Apr. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

Questions from a Referendum

To your Liberal MLA: Why is it your priority to extend a tax cut to the richest two percent of…
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Apr. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

Hitler reacts to the 2015 Transport Referendum

It was just a matter of time.  (NSFW, or if you’re from Kamploops.) .…
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Apr. 07, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: What is it doing to us?

Human Transit guy Jarrett Walker posted this on his blog on March 27: Vancouver: Yes, you have a cost-effective transit…
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Mar. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: MLA Response – Richard Lee

MLAs continue to state their positions on the referendum.   Richard Lee, Liberal MLA for Burnaby North . I think the people…

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