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Mar. 21, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Autonomous Vehicle Kills Pedestrian Walking with a Bike

With a death of a pedestrian the seemingly relentless march forward of autonomous vehicles has taken a pause as reported by…
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Mar. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A Tale of Two Different Bottom Lines~McArthur Glen Mall at YVR & Tsawwassen Mills

It is an interesting time for regional malls in Metro Vancouver, and two new entrants in the market, McArthurGlen in…
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Mar. 14, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Elon Musk~Boring Across America

It’s no surprise to see that Elon Musk is getting a flat review for his concept of tunnelling across North…
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Mar. 09, 2018 / michaelkluckner

How did US cities become so segregated?

Below are excerpts from a review-essay in the New York Review of Books about a very disturbing new book called…
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Mar. 07, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

City of Winnipeg Cleans Snow off Sidewalks, Supporting Walkability in All Seasons

While Vancouverites has recovered from a surprising week of snow in February, people in Winnipeg are still digging out. But…
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Mar. 07, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Foreign investment "distorting" Canadian housing market~Bank CEO Says

From the Daily Durning~as reported in the Financial Post  “Foreign inflows are distorting Canada’s already constrained housing market and aren’t the…
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Mar. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File: Carwalking in Germany, Peatonito in Mexico City

Yes, carwalking is a  thing, and surprisingly became popular with Michael Hartmann in Munich Germany back in the 1980’s. He…
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Mar. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

UBC School of Planning Symposium March 16

Join UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning students for a full day of discussion on planning issues related to…
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Feb. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The U.S. 10 Year Census Count Tries to Find Every Dwelling, Especially in Cities

In cities where there is a shortage of housing and people are living in unorthodox dwellings, how do you carry…
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Feb. 23, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Mansion Estates or Class A Agricultural Land in the City of Richmond?

This story illustrates the problem of expectations when existing regulations are not enough to achieve a higher purpose, like protecting…
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Feb. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Autonomous Vehicle Research & the use of Pedestrian Wrist Buzzers

It is really hard to believe that a group of researchers would be examining this issue, and even harder to…
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Feb. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

"Kale in the Smoothies"~Duke of Data Andy Yan Interviewed on Who is Buying Vancouver Real Estate

What a difference a few years makes. Duke of Data Andy Yan was working with Bing Thom Architects in 2015…
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Feb. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Why Can't We Have Washrooms at Vancouver's Public Transit Stations?

There are two things that users of TransLink services would appreciate~across the board free internet that is not just at…
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Feb. 13, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

1968 "Lazy Louts Loitering" with Mayor Tom Campbell

Time for a voyage back fifty years ago to another time and and another Mayor. Called “Tom Terrific” (and that…

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