Urban Design
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Video Vancouver: Polis Station
While this video was produced over 4 years ago, it has renewed resonance today. Widespread outrage and protests over recent acts of police violence in the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Six-foot City: Conclusion
This series has explored the impacts of doubling the current personal space radius from 3ft (1m) to 6ft (2m) across three everyday spaces. This was done...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-foot City: The Corridor
The lowly corridor falls well short of being adored by most people. Within our contemporary cultural imagination, its association with darkness and evil...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-Foot City: Introduction
Although the recent pandemic has brought to light many important issues, none has been more pervasive than social distancing. Embedded in this discussion...
By Erick Villagomez -
Book review: No Place to Go
Author: Lezlie Lowe (Coachhouse Books, 2018) What makes a city good? Nice coffee shops? A decent public transit system? Abundant green space? For Lezlie...
By claireadams -
Podcast: COVID Reflections
It is safe to say that it’s been a wild few months. And now, after two months of strict social distancing here in Canada, many provinces are starting to...
By Spacing -
Book Review: Trains, Buses People – An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit
Author: Christof Spieler (Island Press, 2018) Christof Spieler’s Trains, Buses, People – An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit is a refreshing look at...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
EVENT: 2019 Year-in-Review Panel, February 6, 2020
A panel discussion on the planning milestones that transformed Vancouver in 2019 Expropriation of derelict hotels. Plans for 6,000 new units in 11...
By Vancouver City Planning Commission -
Video Vancouver: Urban Planning in the 2010s
A first draft of the urban planning history of the 2010s. Via Planetizen.
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENT: 2019 Year-in-Review Workshop
Workshopping the planning milestones that transformed Vancouver in 2019 Year in Review 2019 is the 5th annual workshop convened by the Vancouver City...
By Vancouver City Planning Commission -
Book Review—Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places
Authors: Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al (Island Press, 2017) The cumulative consequences of this nearly singular focus on expeditious movement...
By Becca Mayers -
Metro Vancouver needs a more Multilingual Translink
Accessibility is a key priority of any public transit system. While much-needed efforts are underway in making bus stops and SkyTrain stations more...
By Max Kittner