Infrastructure
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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 -
Why car2go is the future of mobility
Vancouver is the car sharing capital of North America, a tremendous feat that has been made possible thanks to one innovative company: car2go. With over...
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Video: Vancouver’s Future Skytrain Lines
The Mayors’ Council’s 10 Year Plan: Explained Via This Here Vancouver: According to Lolomove, Vancouver’s got a lot to be excited about...
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review – Infrastructural Ecologies: Alternative Development Models for Emerging Economies
Authors: Hillary Brown and Byron Stigge (The MIT Press, 2017) *** The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2015), along with the ongoing United...
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Video Vancouver: Rainy Day (with @5kids1condo)
Via small places: Those rainy days on the cycle ways: shopping, sloshing, stopping, onward again. Family time downtown, all mere blocks from home. Pilot...
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Video Vancouver: Burrard Bridge Turns a Corner
Via small places: Building on interim changes from the last decade, the Burrard Bridge has landed firmly in downtown – bringing a significant...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Time Lapse – Commercial-Broadway Station Walkway Installation
Via Translink: Over the September 30 and October 1 weekend, crews successfully lifted into place the steel frame for the new overhead walkway at...
By Yuri Artibise