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Jan. 21, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

UBC Skytrain Campaign

UBC has launched a campaign aimed at getting Canada’s Federal Gov’t and the Provincial Gov’t of BC to throw in…
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Nov. 09, 2018 / Colin Stein

SFU: Want More Skytrain? Do the Numbers (Part II)

Yesterday’s post about the Vancouver Sun op-ed by Alex Boston scraped the surface of what could comprise an effective business case for…
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Nov. 08, 2018 / Colin Stein

SFU: Want More Skytrain? Do the Numbers (Part I)

This week, Alex Boston, the Executive Director of the Renewable Cities program at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue,…
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Sep. 19, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Bike Share — A New Generation

UBC’s Dropbike is in operation at the Point Grey campus. You can see the bright orange and white bikes rolling…
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Sep. 05, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

A Huge Platform Plank — Vancouver Civic Election

Having seen the NPA’s Ken Sim on a bike, it’s time for yet another colossal event in the 2018 Vancouver…
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Aug. 21, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Jobs Jar – Senior Policy Planner UBC

You may have use the job search function to find the nitty-gritty on:   “Senior Policy Planner“. But you’ll find…
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Aug. 02, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Thoughts On Vancouver Rapid Transit – Broadway to UBC

TransLink, UBC and City of Vancouver engineers and planners have told us what they think about the technology for the…
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Jul. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Skytrain To UBC — Town Hall July 28

Metro Vancouver campus commuters and transit-takers, here’s your chance to attend a “Town Hall” presentation and discussion on extending Vancouver’s…
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Jul. 06, 2018 / Gordon Price

City as Gym: Sand Running

Below the UBC cliffs at Wreck Beach.…
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Jun. 05, 2018 / Colin Stein

Sorry, Bus Full: The Case for Vancouver’s Millennium Line Extension (Video)

In April, Price Tags published a post on the UBC announcement regarding their desire to fund the remaining dollars —…
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Sep. 23, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

"It's a Big Pile of Land"

Local First Nations are focussing on long-term economic independence via a series of big-money property developments in the Vancouver area. First: Mike…
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Apr. 25, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Modernist classic going, going gone!

            The Globe and Mail reports on the scheduled demise of a truly iconic house located…
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Apr. 25, 2016 / Gordon Price

“Global Real Estate Investment: The Vancouver-China Nexus”

On April 14, UBC’s Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate (CUERE) and the Centre for Chinese Research (CCR)  co-hosted…
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Feb. 04, 2016 / Gordon Price

UBC Urban Design Forum – March 9-11

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