Infrastructure
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Book Review: Copenhagenize: The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism
Author: Mikael Colville-Andersen (Island Press, 2018) Most authors aim to capture readers attention and alter their state of mind. A state of being...
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Alleys, Laneways and Life Between Buildings
Did you notice the laneways you passed this morning? Those grey strips of concrete used to store cars and garbage? If you missed these everyday Vancouver...
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Video: Why are we Getting Rid of a Highway in Vancouver?
Via About Here Facebook | Instagram Why are we about to get rid of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts in Vancouver? It’s a complicated and sort of...
By Yuri Artibise -
Smart Technology, and Smarter Communities
Humans are a resilient species. We have reached nearly every corner of the globe and adapted our lifestyles over generations. However, the high...
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Video Vancouver: When Do We get a Skytrain to UBC?
Via About Here Facebook | Instagram Is there ever going to be a skytrain to UBC? Here’s our thoughts.
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Burrard Bridge Rehabilitation Project
Via the City of Vancouver: Following its 80th year, Burrard Bridge underwent safety and structural repairs beginning with the replacement of 27 bearings...
By Spacing -
Writing Vancouver – A Long Story this …
A Long Story this … It was at Quebec and Terminal in 1973, as a young immigrant hitch-hiker, I arrived at the Pacific...
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Future Ready Vancouver: Making Metro Vancouver the model for the resilient city
“WSP presents a panel discussion on the social and environmental opportunities and risks facing Vancouver. Panelists include Michael Green (Principal...
By Sean Ruthen -
Book Review From the Stacks: Partnerships in Urban Property Development
Authors: Nigel Dubben and Brendan Williams (Wiley, 2009) When developments are created it is generally the property developer or perhaps the architecture...
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Video Vancouver: Residential streets are too wide. Here’s why.
Via City Beautiful: In many places in the United States, residential streets were as wide as busy city streets. I understand why urban streets might need...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Road signs suck. What if we got rid of them all?
Via Vox: Shared space designs, explained with 99% Invisible. Some cities in Europe are undergoing a fascinating transformation: they’re getting rid of all...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: Sustainable transportation on the rise in Metro Vancouver, biking leading the way
The 2016 Census data released on Wednesday shows that nearly one in three commuters in census metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver use...
By Spacing