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Aug. 25, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Green Position on Toll Removal

Here’s Andrew Weaver’s release on today’s announcement: Weaver statement on government’s decision to remove bridge tolls VICTORIA, BC – Andrew…
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Apr. 05, 2016 / Gordon Price

Surrey Board of Trade: Mobility Pricing – Apr 8

. More information and registration here.…
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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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Jan. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Questions on the Massey Bridge for the Leaders in the Shadows

“Leaders in the Shadows: The Leadership Qualities of Municipal Chief Administrative Officers” is the title of a recent book by David Siegel,…
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Nov. 05, 2015 / Gordon Price

Contrasting Cities: Seattle vs Vancouver

Good news out of the Emerald City – from the Seattle Times: . … the biggest winners in Tuesday’s election…
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Jul. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Auckland Perspective: Darren Davis on the chicken-and-eggs of road tolling

Via Architect This City Guest Post: For whom the road tolls? . For those of who were following Architect This City…
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Feb. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: Congestion, Tolerance and iPods

” … people get frustrated by traffic congestion, which costs them considerable time and inconvenience. They demand that ‘government’ fix…
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Jan. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Incentive to increase Port Mann traffic ‘completely backwards’

From CTV Vancouver News: . The idea of enticing drivers to use the new Port Mann Bridge is being panned…
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Jan. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

Pete McMartin on the Port Mann Bridge, and what we really need

Pete McMartin critiques the PMB in The Sun: . Port Mann Bridge: It’s better at racking up debt than carrying commuters…
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Jan. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Motordom Fail: Port Mann in Denial

By Michael Mui in 24 Hours – curiously, one of the only papers to high-profile this. The tolled Port Mann Bridge is…
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Jan. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

Motordom Fail: “The Great Traffic Projection Swindle”

Brisbane planner Greg Vann – home of internationally infamous Clem7 tunnel failure – has been keeping an eye on other…
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Oct. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Fundamental Rule of Traffic

This really shouldn’t be necessary to post (certainly not to most readers of PT), but apparently it’s needed when those…
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Oct. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

Motordom in Australia: A tunnel for Melbourne

Peter Whitelaw passes this along this piece from the Guardian Australia on the East West Link – “the most contentious, emotionally charged…
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Sep. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

The End of the (Toll) Road: Indiana Division

Add another one to the list:  . It’s official: Toll Road files bankruptcy    Traffic flows in the eastbound lanes…

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