Infrastructure

Six-foot City: Public Transit

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Anybody who has experienced a well-used public transit system during rush hour knows that relaxing their ‘personal space bubbles’ to a... Read More

Podcast: COVID Reflections

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It is safe to say that it’s been a wild few months. And now, after two months of strict social distancing here in Canada, many... Read More

Book Review—Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places

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Authors: Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al (Island Press, 2017) The cumulative consequences of this nearly singular focus on... Read More

Metro Vancouver needs a more Multilingual Translink

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Accessibility is a key priority of any public transit system. While much-needed efforts are underway in making bus stops and SkyTrain... Read More

Release: UBC study highlights need to improve health care access in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle

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UBC researchers have developed a data science method that analyzes how easily citizens can access hospitals and walk-in health clinics... Read More

Developing a Community: The History of Grandview

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By Guest Author Jak King For scores of generations, the wooded hills of Grandview were prime hunting and trapping land for First... Read More

Track to the future: Advocates want to passenger rail back to the Fraser Valley

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A century ago, interurban rail service helped Fraser Valley communities develop — and it could do the same thing today, says a group... Read More

On Walking and the Future of Cities: An Evening with Jeff Speck

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On a balmy Tuesday night I found myself walking towards Lost Lagoon along Alberni Street. I parked my car at a nearby parking garage... Read More

Why New West Station’s Plaza 88 is one of a kind

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You’ll lose your breath trying to describe Plaza 88. It wraps an elevated SkyTrain station with seven storeys of parking and two... Read More