Walking

Jane’s Walk is ramping up for another great year!

Jane’s Walk is a celebration of people and cities taking place all around the world on the first weekend of May, to coincide with Jane Jacobsâ€...

Walkable winter cities when the weather is frightful!

A couple of weeks ago Vancouver was hit by a significant (at least by our standards) and unexpected snowfall. For a city more used to being wet than...

Does your neighbourhood pass the “trick or treat” test?

Halloween is my favourite holiday for many reasons. On top of loving to dress up each year, a big reason is it’s the holiday most dependent on how...

VIDEO: The Social Life of Small Places

William Whyte got it right: the legendary urbanist created the film “The Social Life of Small Places” that has become one of the best learning...

Making Space for People on Robson Street

Finding a place to sit on Robson Street can be tricky, especially when the sidewalks are overflowing with people. With the lines of buildings fixed, it...

Video Vancouver: Extreme Walks

Video Vancouver Original: Winter Solstice Beat

The HD version is highly recommended and available at its Vimeo page. *** Winter in Vancouver is not quite like winter in other Canadian cities. There is...

A suburban pilgrimage, Part II: Retrofitting Levittown!

[Editor’s Note: Former Vancouver reporter Christine McLaren is travelling around the world as the resident blogger for the BMW Guggenheim Lab, a...

FAVOURITE FRIDAY: What is your favourite pedestrian bridge?

Across the Spacing urban blog network each week we’re asking our readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Otttawa, and the Atlantic cities to let us...

COPE Focuses in on Bus Riders, Cyclists, Pedestrians

Over the past week, the Coalition of Progressive Electors have rolled out plank after plank for their transportation platform, setting the bar higher than...

Walk21 Helps Keep You Fit and Busy

A plethora of perambulating peripatetics and other pedestrians descended on Vancouver at the beginning of October to madly rush through 200 presentations...

Video Vancouver: Transportation Planning and Climate Change