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The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 5: Epilogue
Locally, the public is constantly bombarded by politicians and municipal officials who state that they are doing everything within their means to tackle...
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The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 4: Affordability in Vancouver
So far in this series, I’ve discussed affordability and its relationship to population diversity as well as the complex interaction between the...
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The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 3: Affordability and Environment
One of Vancouver’s greatest attributes is the environment in which it sits. The beauty and splendour of the mountains and ocean that are so intricately...
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The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 2: Affordability and Diversity
Diversity plays an important role in most, if not all, complex systems. Accordingly, it is a term used in a broad spectrum of professions and areas of...
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The Costs of Unaffordability – Introduction
The past few months have seen increasing concerns of recession and economic turmoil. With an American economy teetering on the edge of a dark precipice...
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Vancouver’s east-west streets
As the primary paths of access and circulation, streets play an extremely important role in any city – ancient and new. With this in mind, the...
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The Granville Street Bridge needs to lose weight
Photo courtesy of Vancouver Public Library – VPL#13218, City of Vancouver Engineering Department It often happens to the over-50 set. A bit of a...
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‘Exact change only’ should be a thing of the past
It’s one of those things you come to accept when using cash to take transit in Vancouver. If you only have a toonie or a $5 or $10 bill, you have to...
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A Guide to the Inconveniences of Public Transit
Photo courtesy of YosemiteDonn Public transit is invariably less convenient than a private automobile. While its frequency, reliability, and usability can...
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Bring back the #14 Hastings bus route!
New banners hanging from South Granville’s streetposts show a bus route that no longer exists.
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A perfect streetcar stop in Tokyo
In a visit to Tokyo last month, I encountered what has to be the most amenity-rich streetcar stop that I’ve ever seen.
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Vancouver’s deviant grids
Many Vancouverites think of this fine metropolis as a “grid city” – with straight north-south/east-west streets that intersect primarily at right...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered