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Apr. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot in the Bay Area

Scot is in California and Arizona: I will be sharing some shots and commentary from my brief trip the Bay…
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Apr. 07, 2015 / Gordon Price

Time-Lapse: San Francisco Gotham

From CityLab: “Gotham City SF” is the creation of photographer Toby Harriman. The idea for the film came to him…
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Mar. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Instructions from SFO: How to to do Parklets

Frank Ducote: “A very useful how-to guide for aspiring parklet designers and developers. Truly grassroots.” . If you’re interested in…
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Mar. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

What Vancouver really needs … 2

First it was an example from Portland: an interactive map with details and links to proposed and active development projects –…
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Feb. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Parklet Boom: Its San Francisco Origins

The New York Times describes the origins and progress of the conversion of parking space to park: When the Parking…
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Feb. 05, 2015 / Gordon Price

What percent of trips in San Francisco are by solo far drivers?

62 percent? 35 percent? 27 percent? Previous surveys had indicated it was 62 percent.  It turns out: not so much.…
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Feb. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Readings: Night buses, ride-hailing and regulation

From Pacific Standard: . How a Start-Up That Wouldn’t Break the Rules Was Forced to Fail . Night School aimed…
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Jan. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Rees Report: Carl Guardino at SFU

Glad to see Stephen Rees and his trusty laptop are back on the job.  Here’s his detailed summary of the…
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Jan. 15, 2015 / Gordon Price

What if SkyTrain ran later?

The latest that SkyTrain runs is 1:29 am.  A lot of people wish it was later – but be glad,…
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Jan. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Stirred Pot: Gentrification, NIMBYism, Class and Bad Blood

Up and down the west coast. In Seattle (from the New York Times): In Suburban Seattle, New Nests for China’s…
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Dec. 01, 2014 / Gordon Price

A San Francisco perspective: Impact of foreign buyers on housing market

Michael Alexander thinks “This is the story that Vancouver’s deficient press should have run about house buyers.”  From San Francisco’s…
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Nov. 07, 2014 / Gordon Price

Uber Alles: Does technology trump regulation?

While the City and Province have so far kept Vancouver Uber-less, the ride-sharing service based in San Francisco is now…
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Oct. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Cities vs Apps

From CBC San Francisco: More Cities Join SF In Effort To Ban MonkeyParking App That Auctions Off Spaces To Highest Bidder …
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Oct. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

Berkeley Bugle: Supply and Demand in San Francisco

Peter adds to the SF housing debate with this piece from truthout: “It’s a complicated issue and you just can’t…

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