Infrastructure
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Main Streets: At the Heart of Vancouver’s Communities
Main streets enliven downtowns everywhere. The mix of public spaces with a diverse array of heritage buildings and new developments house cafés, theatres...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Neighbourhood Puzzle
Vancouver Neighbourhood Puzzle. Click here for a larger version Black-and-white ‘figure-ground’ city maps – that depict blocks as black and streets...
By Erick Villagomez -
Video Vancouver: Do our cities still work?
Over the last century, cities have been designed to accommodate the automobile. So, how do we redesign them to benefit people? CBC’s The National...
By Yuri Artibise -
Cartographically Speaking – Criminal Topography: Residential Break and Enter, 2007
Authors: Erick Villagomez & Eric Stockand Cities are well known as engines of innovation, creativity and wealth. However, they are also the main...
By Eric Stockand -
The False Creek Pump Station
On Saturday October 4th, the City of Vancouver hosted Doors Open Vancouver, a unique event which provided a rare opportunity for behind the scenes access...
By George Poulos -
The Comprehensive Costs of Transportation and Metro Vancouver – Conclusion
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We are please to offer our readers the conclusion to George Poulos’ in-depth series focusing on the Comprehensive Costs of...
By George Poulos -
CCT Part 5 – A New Tool for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Transportation Projects
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We are please to offer our readers the fifth part of George Poulos’ in-depth series focusing on the Comprehensive Costs of...
By George Poulos -
Doors Open Vancouver 2014 Retrospective
Authors: Berçin Janzen, George Poulos and Erick Villagomez Urban life depends of a myriad of interconnected and complex systems. Only rarely do citizens...
By Erick Villagomez -
CCT Part 4 – Transportation Equity and what it Means for Metro Vancouver
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We are please to offer our readers the fourth part of George Poulos’ in-depth series focusing on the Comprehensive Costs of...
By George Poulos -
CCT Part 3 – The Business Case for Active Transportation
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We are please to offer our readers the third part of George Poulos’ in-depth series focusing on the Comprehensive Costs of...
By George Poulos -
CCT Part 2 – Investing in Transit is Imperative for Metro Vancouver
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We are please to offer our readers the second part of George Poulos’ in-depth series focusing on the Comprehensive Costs of...
By George Poulos -
CCT Part 1 – Costs and Benefits of Transportation in Vancouver
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We are please to offer our readers the first part of George Poulos’ wonderful in-depth series of pieces focusing on the...
By George Poulos