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Jan. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File~ Veronica Moss, Auto Lobbyist

From StreetsBlog comes this cameo from  Saturday Night Live actress Kate McKinnon depicting Auto Lobbyist Veronica Moss. As StreetsBlog observes:…
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Dec. 16, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File-And Bill Gates' New Place

  “It took Gates seven years and $63 million to build his Medina, Washington, estate, named “Xanadu 2.0” after the…
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Jul. 22, 2016 / Gordon Price

Trump: "Make my name much bigger"

From The New Yorker: The idea of Trump writing an autobiography didn’t originate with either Trump or Schwartz. It began…
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Mar. 24, 2016 / tanyapazzy

.@tanyapazzy Highlights of Our Evening with JSK @JSadikKhan @pricetags #vanpoli #bikeyvr

On Tuesday I cracked myself up in prep for an evening with Janette Sadik-Khan (JSK), former NYCDOT Transportation Commissioner and author…
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Mar. 22, 2016 / tanyapazzy

How to prep for & enjoy a @JSadikKhan evening #Streetfight

Janette Sadik-Khan, former NYCDOT Commissioner and new author of Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution, best known for making New…
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Jun. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Carmageddon Cycle – 3: Point Grey Road

“Every time we go through this, it seems to be the same pattern. There’s predictions there’s going to be ‘Carmageddon,’”…
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Jun. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Carmageddon Cycle – 2

Sigh.  Has the NPA learned nothing? This just arrived: . . Yeah, according to the City’s engineers, traffic flow may…
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Jun. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Carmageddon Cycle

It’s from The Province: “Every time we go through this, it seems to be the same pattern. There’s predictions there’s…
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May. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote from the Premier: on continuing to build transit

From the Vancouver Sun: Clark, who voted Yes, said while it was important to ask people what they thought about…
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May. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quotes: “The Plot Against Trains”

A perhaps appropriate way to begin this day – with quotes from a New Yorker essay by Adam Gopnik. .…
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May. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: “Something interesting is happening”

Tom Goodwin, an executive at Havas Media: Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most…
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Apr. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: Building your way out of congestion

From Brent Toderian: It’s commonly said that “we can’t build our way out of traffic congestion.” It really depends on…
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Apr. 27, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: Donald Shoup

“We’ve gotten it all wrong, by providing free housing for cars and very expensive housing for people.”…
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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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