Infrastructure
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Event: Walk & Talk — Olympic Village as a Giant Sponge, November 4
Via Walk Bike Roll Vancouver: Vancouver is famous for its rain, but as a city, we can do more with it than just watch it fall from the sky. Join the City...
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Book Review – Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design
Author: Timothy Beatley (Island Press, 2016) The term “biophilia” may be new to many people. In recent years, people have become more aware and accepting...
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Driverless Cars and the Suburban Renaissance
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Some people debate whether Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company...
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Release: Apply to become an Arbutus Champion
Via City of Vancouver: Residents invited to become Arbutus Champions as part of four-day ‘Design Jam’ Vancouver residents are invited to apply for one of...
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EVENT: VPSN Backyard BBQ Laneway Living Room, Sat. August 26th
Laneway Living Room: Backyard BBQ DATE: Saturday, August 26th, 2017 TIME: 12pm – 9pm LOCATION: 401 West Cordova (Laneway between Cordova and Cambie ...
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