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Aug. 16, 2022 / Gordon Price

60 Riders in 10 Minutes: Stanley Park Dedicated Bike Lane

Data-loving planner Michael Mortensen sends in ten minutes of fresh numbers taken at Prospect Point on August 14 at 11…
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Sep. 19, 2020 / Gordon Price

Park Board to Cyclists: Fight It Out

A blunt announcement from the Park Board: This is what the Park Board is essentially saying to cyclists who still…
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Sep. 14, 2020 / Gordon Price

The NPA Co-opts Seniors and the Disabled for the Sake of Motordom

  A report from Global News reporter Nadia Stewart, with a headline that distorts the story: The protest had three…
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Sep. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

Reports from Stanley Park (and Beach Avenue)

Peter Ladner reports: The Stanley Park Hill Klimb (SPHK) now exists. It’s a thing. (The K is for one kilometre long but…
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Jul. 28, 2020 / Gordon Price

A fail-safe political safety net for Park Commissioner Coupar

  An Open Letter to NPA Park Commissioner John Coupar, from Peter Ladner.   Peter Ladner:  John, I hear you’d…
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Jul. 07, 2020 / Gordon Price

Measuring Cycling in the Hundreds of Thousands

Let’s just repeat these numbers from the Daily Hive: According to Green Party commissioner Dave Demers, Park Board staff estimate…
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Jun. 30, 2020 / Gordon Price

Bikes and Business: The Ice Cream Indicator

Jeff Leigh of HUB reports: My wife and I rode Stanley Park last Monday, and stopped in at the Prospect…
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Jun. 29, 2020 / Gordon Price

“What Is Going On in Stanley Park”

Never say PT isn’t open to a range of points of view.  Here’s one by David* – who argues for…
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Jun. 20, 2020 / Gordon Price

Virus Pastorale Before the Return of the Cars

Friday, June 9th – just up from the Rowing Club on Park Drive.  Mid-afternoon. This was what it was like,…
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Jun. 19, 2020 / Gordon Price

One More Futile Round: Fighting Change on Park Drive

  How many times will we go through this? Hornby Bike Lane.  Burrard Bridge Bike Lanes (three times).  Point Grey…
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Jun. 18, 2020 / Gordon Price

The NPA on Cycling: Weaponizing Wokiness

  “He is not anti-bike, he said.” That’s NPA Park Commissioner John Coupar in today’s Sun.  Problem is, he’s not…
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Jun. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

What do the NPA Park Commissioners Want?

I’m trying to figure out what NPA Parks Commissioners Barker and Coupar have in mind. They want to “take immediate…
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Jun. 13, 2020 / Gordon Price

Stanley Park and Accessibility: The Bigger Question

As the debate heats up and polarizes on how Stanley Park should allocate road space while accommodating everyone in a…
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Jun. 05, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Latest NPA Strategy: Seniors versus Cyclists

No matter how many times the NPA lose elections when they include anti-cycling dog whistling, they just can’t stop themselves. …

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