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Aug. 08, 2014 / Gordon Price

The TransLink Double Bind

I just made that up: the TDB (the TransLink Double Bind) is when you’re criticized for doing something, and then,…
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Aug. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot

Scot is in Toronto, today in Kensington:  . Toronto’s Kensington Market Neighbourhood is totally unique. . A bicycle paradise.…
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May. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Cities in a rush to look alike

A comment in the ‘Hong Kong Airport’ post by Adam J: On a recent trip to Portland I noticed the…
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Mar. 18, 2014 / Gordon Price

Breaking Bread: The Politics of Transit Funding

Even those leaders committed to funding transit find it tough when they have to get specific about the recipe.  Kathleen…
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Feb. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: “Carsick” and “Cars for Condos”

Two readings linked from tweets that came in on the same day, one from Toronto, the other from Vancouver – with the same…
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Feb. 12, 2014 / Gordon Price

Lecture: Andrew Coyne on “Easing Congestion in Metro Vancouver: Prices Without Subsidies” – Feb 25

The SFU City Program, thanks to support from TransLink, is able to offer a first-class line-up of speakers on the…
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Jan. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Anne Golden: The Lecture for “Rethinking Transportation” – Jan 28

Here is the complete and slightly revised text of Anne Golden’s lecture at SFU Vancouver on January 28, 2014: .…
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Jan. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Quote: The difference between roads and streets

“When a city matures and leaves its frontier status behind, roads become streets. A road leads somewhere; a street is…
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Jan. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Free lecture: Breaking the Political Gridlock to Address the Transportation Challenge – Jan 28

This lecture just keeps getting more relevant: Breaking the Political Gridlock to Address the Transportation Challenge: Lessons Learned from the…
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Jan. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

Eaton’s: Purple images of future past

The Torontoist documents the fabled past and not-so-happy end of Canada’s once-premiere department store. . As in Vancouver, Eaton’s was…
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Jan. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Lecture: Anne Golden on our Transportation Challenge – Jan 28

The SFU City Program is thrilled, thanks to support from TransLink, to be able to offer a first-class line-up of speakers…
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Jan. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Gill Lecture Video: Jennifer Keesmatt, Toronto’s chief planner

For those who missed seeing Jennifer Keesmaat’s lecture on December 6, 2014 in honour of Warren Gill, here is the…
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Nov. 13, 2013 / Gordon Price

How Vancouver could be Forded over

Forget the crack.  And the thuggery. And the drunken stupors. The Mayor of Toronto, according to one poll, still has…
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Nov. 10, 2013 / Gordon Price

The Warren Gill Lecture: Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto planner – Dec 6

  This is the premier lecture of the SFU City Program.  Best to register quickly. . Jennifer Keesmaat . Own…

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