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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

China Enforces Standards for Auto Emissions

In a pretty dramatic move to halt air pollution, The New York Times reports on China boldly ceasing the production of car…
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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

All About Trees and Which Cities Have the Largest Canopies

From my colleague in Australia Greg Vann  comes this article from the World Economic Forum on trees. We all know that trees…
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Jan. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A View on Housing Affordability: It's About Ownership

Douglas Todd a seasoned writer for the Vancouver Sun calls it directly: if you want to see what is happening in the…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Job Jar~Gehl Institute Seeks Interns in New York City

Jan Gehl is one of the founding voices about designing cities around people, and creating safe comfortable cities from the…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

More Data Coming on Who is Who in the Metro Vancouver Market

Everyone was pretty excited when Statistics Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released a batch of data…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How to Make A Back Lane Not Just for Vehicles-was the "Country Lane" concept Just Ten Years too Soon?

You may have been  following the story of the Richmond residents living in Steveston that found out that the closed back…
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Dec. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Those Mega Cruise Ships Looking for a Vancouver Parking Place

In the “bad ideas that just won’t go away” department both Port Metro Vancouver and the Delta Optimist are out in force…
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Dec. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Season's Greetings From Price Tags Vancouver

    This image is courtesy of Price Tags contributor, author and artist Michael Kluckner. The Co-Editors of Price Tags’…
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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why Truck Side Guards Save Lives and Why We Need Them On Trucks NOW

  Lloyd Alter in Tree Hugger has written about two completely avoidable accidents~one in Brooklyn and one in Toronto where bicyclists…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A New Generation of Activists Assist in Chinatown's Next Chapter~Melody Ma

There are a lot of unsung heroes in Vancouver that care deeply about place and culture, and recognizing that some…
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Dec. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Last Minute Shopping Guys~Go to Steveston!

Image: Richmond News Just because Christmas is next Monday and Price Tags Editors want to ensure everyone is aware of…
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Dec. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Speeding is the New Drunk Driving Says National Transportation Safety Board

When Dr. Perry Kendall, the Chief Medical Health Officer of British Columbia wrote “Where the Rubber Hits the Road” he aimed…
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Dec. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto Gets Lyft RideShare

Anyone downtown late in the evening knows how challenging it is to get taxi service. Price Tags Vancouver has previously written about…
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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

What Contributes the Most to CO2? It's not Power Plants

  It used to be that power plants caused a lot of pollution, and coal-fired plants in 2011 contributed to…

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