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Apr. 10, 2013 / Gordon Price

Hey, SFU: The Golden Age of Gondolas … may be now

From Atlantic Cities: So why is this only happening now? Cable-drawn transport has existed for thousands of years, and was…
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Apr. 03, 2013 / Gordon Price

Cool ad: the latest apple product

Ken Ohrn was impressed: . “… works perfectly in direct sunlight.”…
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Mar. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism”

David Roberts at Grist quotes Vaclav Havel as to why he’s optimistic about changes in transportation – once we make a distinction…
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Mar. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

"Charging Up the Metro Vancouver Region" – Mar 13

Electric Vehicles – Charging Up the Metro Vancouver Region The next Metro Vancouver Sustainability Community Breakfast will take place Wednesday,…
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Feb. 14, 2013 / Gordon Price

Electric Vehicles – Feb 21

PICS presents: Click to enlarge.…
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Jan. 24, 2013 / Gordon Price

Alienating Effects of Social Media – c. 1906

Scott Doyon at Better! Cities & Towns came across this remarkable drawing: . … post-Victorians began to ponder the evolution…
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Jan. 11, 2013 / Gordon Price

Ryno: Helping to keep Portland weird

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Nov. 23, 2012 / Gordon Price

How GM spread Motordom: “Our American Crossroads”

An extraordinary find by Mike Shiffer: Our American Crossroads is an exhibit originally created by the H.B. Stubbs Company for…
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Nov. 15, 2012 / Gordon Price

Beyond Siri: New frontiers in voice recognition

Fun with technology: speech recognition (and translation) like you’ve not seen (or heard) it before.  Video also here. The incredibly…
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Nov. 05, 2012 / Gordon Price

Lecture: The Electric Vehicle in Downtown Vancouver

DVA Sustainability Presents: The Future of the Electric Vehicle in the Downtown Date: Nov 19 2012 7:30AM  –  9:15AM  …
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Oct. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

City Program Lecture: The Now House

The Now House — Retrofitting for Zero Energy October 24, 7 pm SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street Vancouver…
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Sep. 24, 2012 / Gordon Price

Helping out Jonathan: How to use a Frequent Transit Network map?

Jonathan Cote, a New Westminster City Councillor and SFU Urban Studies student, is combining work and study – and he…
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Sep. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

Shifting Into Reverse: Back a half century

Sightline’s latest report: Shifting into Reverse – Highlights: In 2011, per capita gasoline use in Oregon and Washington fell to i’s lowest…
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Sep. 17, 2012 / Gordon Price

Keeping – and moving on from – bridge tolls

Lots of breaking stories concerning tolls and TransLink’s tribulations – but a little hard for me to keep up from…

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