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Jan. 28, 2020 / Laura Beattie

Who’s Not Here? Reflecting on a Dialogue about Public Spaces

Who’s not here? This was one of the main questions posed on November 21, 2019 to a room filled with…
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Aug. 29, 2019 / Alexandra Doran

The Quest for Commute Trip Reduction – Part I: What is CTR, and who are its Frontrunners?

What is CTR? Commute Trip Reduction (CTR), a facet of Transportation Demand Management (TDM), is a suite of strategies (i.e.…
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Dec. 11, 2018 / VWPT Vancouver

“Classic NPA”, with Ken Sim

PriceTalks "Classic NPA", with Ken Sim Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 10 seconds…
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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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Jun. 25, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The First Monday in Summer~a Look Back at English Bay, 1959

Courtesy of Price Tags contributor Tom Durning, a look back to Vancouver’s English Bay, and the summer of 1959. Notable…
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Jun. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The 2018 Election and the Americanization of Vancouver City Hall

There’s no question that the City of Vancouver’s civic election will pivot on two factors: affordability and accessibility. People need affordable…
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Mar. 19, 2018 / Gordon Price

Kits Point and Bikes Lanes: What this is really about – 2

By Jeff Leigh The Vancouver Sun has posted an editorial about the controversy regarding the proposed Kits Beach Park bike…
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Mar. 13, 2018 / Gordon Price

Kits Point and Bikes Lanes: What this is really about

On the surface the conflict on Kits Point is about a continuation of the Seaside Route through and around park…
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Jun. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Death of the Single Purpose Suburban Mall

The CBC weighs in on the recent news that the Sears department stores are having a financial challenge and may…
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Jun. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Let's Build a Bigger Mall!

In the truth is stranger than fiction category CNN Money reports   on the puzzling emergence of  “American Dream Miami” a South…
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May. 09, 2017 / Gordon Price

Dunsmuir: A New Robson Street

No, not the Robson of the last two decades.  More like the Robson that emerged in the late ’70s and…
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Apr. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The End of the Suburban Mall As We Know It

Henry Grabar in The Slate reports that it was  ten years ago that the  death of  the suburban shopping mall was…
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Mar. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Global Urbanism" in the New Downtown "Blended" Mall

The Guardian  comments on the “Oculus”, the  1.4 billion dollar mall linking New York City’s One World Trade Center, the…

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