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Dec. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Strong Towns and Why a Road Should be a Street

It is coming up to the end of the year and time to seriously think about who will be getting…
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Dec. 05, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Diesel becomes a Dinosaur in Four Cities

  The C40 Mayors Summit has just finished in Mexico City and incoming Chair of the C40, Mayor of Paris…
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Dec. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Get Rid of Speed Bumps, Fix Air Pollution.

As reported in the British Telegraph, Motordom’s last gasp is alive and well with a science reporter letting us know that…
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Dec. 01, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Celebration of Light, New Year's Eve and the Big Bangs

Fireworks are big business in the City of Vancouver, and are the centre piece of a summer “celebration of light”…
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Nov. 25, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-A Barnacle on your Windshield, instead of getting the Boot.

For those folks that like to park but don’t pay their parking fines, there is a new device to replace…
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Nov. 22, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

AirBnB now providing concierges with those condos

  In what is a pretty well thought out and executed play, AirBnB has announced their latest venture. The upstart…
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Nov. 21, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Solving Environmental Issues one Tree at a Time

We’ve had some very knowledgeable people as Vancouver City Arborists. Any tree planted on city boulevards, city owned parks and…
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Nov. 21, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Economic Upside of Parks

This news item written by New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver describes our changing perspective on parks. New York City’s…
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Nov. 16, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Motorists fume as the Right Bank Turns Left

As reported by the CBC and others the City of Paris is doing a remarkable thing in permanently closing the Right…
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Nov. 15, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Rise of Cities in Trumpian Times

      The concept of the City State is associated with classical Athens. Athens was host to citizens who studied…
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Nov. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Delta's Massey Bridge, Mega Mall, Port and now the Casino

As reported in the Delta Optimist not only is Metro Vancouver’s Delta on the receiving end of a new Provincial ten…
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Nov. 09, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Day After that Big American Vote

The US election is over and it appears some of the 20th century lessons about the importance of tolerance, diversity,…
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Nov. 09, 2016 / Gordon Price

Are climate change and sustainability now all irrelevant?

In a Trumpian world, does any of this matter anymore?  Or does it matter more than ever? Powering Prosperity: Achieving…
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Oct. 28, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Green Roofs get the Green Light!

The National Geographic news has written about another San Francisco first: This week, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to…

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