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Apr. 27, 2016 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: Juxtaposition

The above, from the CBC. And below, from Bloomberg: And this, from Vaughn Palmer: The Vancouver Sun – 27 Apr…
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Nov. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Bikes by the Numbers

Two numbers just came in.  First – 6,300 – reported by HUB: . . Second number – a billion –…
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Nov. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Two Islands, Two Worlds in an Era of Climate Change

These stories came in together, one from Vanity Fair, the other from the International New York Times.  Essentially the same…
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Sep. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Transportation in Two Worlds

Peter Ladner sends in two items that nicely contrast. The first from around here, at ElectraMeccanica World Headquarters at 102…
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Aug. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Innovative infrastructure for Cycling

These two items just came in together.  From Tim Pawsey via Minds: . What better way to use solar panels…
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Aug. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets from Ohrn

  Ken Ohrn mines Twitter: . Same Amsterdam street, 50 years apart. Over 60 percent of trips are made by bike…
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Jul. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: What does it really cost to save lives?

A few items that came in over the last few days … Council, as part of its approval on upgrades…
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May. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: British Columbia as Carbon Dealer to the World

We’ve always been an exploiter of our environment; that’s the nature of a frontier province.  But now we’re notching it…
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May. 07, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Coal Ports, Stranded Assets and the Massey Bridge

First item that came in is from Voters Taking Action on Climate Change: Fraser Surrey Docks (FSD) announced Monday it…
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Apr. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

Tripling Tweets: What three items about real estate might really mean for Vancouver

Everyone talks about it – except our leaders.  There has been little sustained comment or debate by elected officials, local…
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Apr. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Mutual support for the Missing Middle?

Two items thast came in that same time, both dealing with the dominant planning and social issue of our city:…
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Mar. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: 48 rolls of toilet paper and one complete business case

Two Ohrn Facebook posts back to back: . Record load of shopping: Chris Bruntlett Five big bags of groceries, 10lbs…
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Mar. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: The Costs (and Savings) of Charging for Congestion

Two items that came in together.  First, how London, by costing vehicle congestion, has made an even bigger saving than…
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Jan. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: The Smothering of Climate Change Awareness and its Consequences

A curious time in the Annals of Climate Change, if the contrast in items received in that last few days…

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