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Transform Underutilized Lands, Revitalize Our Cities, Recover Our Economy
By carlaguerrera
It’s time for the new normal. But what exactly is the new normal? For the city building sector, it could be using a confluence of... Read More
Book Review – Human Scale Revisited: A New Look at the Classic Case for a Decentralist Future
By Marnie McGregor
Author: Kirkpatrick Sale (Chelsea Green, 2017) Reading Human Scale Revisited by Kirkpatrick Sale from Athens, Greece during a global... Read More
Six-foot City: Conclusion
By Erick Villagomez
This series has explored the impacts of doubling the current personal space radius from 3ft (1m) to 6ft (2m) across three everyday... Read More
Six-foot City: Public Transit
By Erick Villagomez
Anybody who has experienced a well-used public transit system during rush hour knows that relaxing their ‘personal space bubbles’ to a... Read More
Six-Foot City: Introduction
By Erick Villagomez
Although the recent pandemic has brought to light many important issues, none has been more pervasive than social distancing. Embedded... Read More
Vancouver’s Rents and Incomes: A Critical Analysis
By Jens
Our housing crisis is fundamentally a rental crisis. As such, it’s important to keep the numbers straight so that we can better focus... Read More
Book Review—Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run and Win the Fight for Effective Transit
By Marnie McGregor
Author: Steven Higashide (Island Press, 2019) Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run and Win the Fight for Effective Transit is... Read More
Metro Vancouver needs a more Multilingual Translink
By Max Kittner
Accessibility is a key priority of any public transit system. While much-needed efforts are underway in making bus stops and SkyTrain... Read More
Book Review: Suburban Remix – Creating The Next Generation of Urban Places
By Ulduz Maschaykh
Editors: Jason Beske and David Dixon (Island Press, 2018) According to the 2017 American Housing Survey, the majority of Americans... Read More