Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities

Author: Kenneth W. Griffin (John Wiley & Sons, 2004) We’ve all been in poorly designed train stations. Inadequate lighting, narrow platforms...

July 12, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver mayor open to finding more funds for Pride parade [Globe and Mail] • Toronto trumps Vancouver as country’s most expensive city...

Metro Vancouver Mayors Make Bold Bid to Fund Regional Transit

Poor Evergreen Line. You’ve been talked about for so long that we thought you’d already been built. But no, here it is 2011 and all we have is...

July 11, 2011 Headlines

CANADA • More Roads May Pave The Way To More Traffic [NPR] INTERNATIONAL • Boosting the Urban IQ [Change Observer] • Video reveals gas leaks under US...

July 10, 2011 Headlines

INTERNATIONAL • Revitalizing City Communities with Parks [Planet Forward] • Slums, Titles and the World’s Simplest Zoning Code [Old Urbanist] â€...

July 9, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Finally – a place to park your interplanetary space cruiser, thanks to TransLink [Globe and Mail] • Regional Cycling Strategy [The Buzzer Blog] â€...

Vancouver Design Nerds/Livable Laneways – Laneway Markets

A combined group of Livable Laneway enthusiasts and the Vancouver Design Nerds has been selected by the City’s VIVA Vancouver program, which is intended...

July 8, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Mayors vote to hike gas tax to fund Evergreen Line [Vancouver Sun] • Mayors favour gas tax, but differ on road tolls and vehicle levies [Vancouver...

Free Outdoor Movies Vancouver 2011!

Our apologies for being a tiny bit late on this one everybody…the Spacing Vancouver launch has been monopolizing our time here. Nonetheless, every...

Light Rail from Surrey City Centre to Guildford

July 7, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Architect douses Little Mountain tower rumour [Vancouver Courier] • Mayors propose gas tax to fund transit line [Globe and Mail] • Crosscheck...

World Wide Wednesday: Renegade infrastructure funding, Brazilian street art, ant planning

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...