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Brad Killburn in the Richmond News presents some intriguing information about how helmet laws got through the legislature.The article is full of useful data but sadly none of it is properly cited or referenced, so I have not been able to identify h...

topics: councillor, richmond

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Vancouver SunFederal money in Canada does not come easily. It comes with conditions and a timetable. In this case infrastructure spending intended to boost the economy was authorised for only shovel ready projects that could start straight away...

topics: economy, election, environment, gateway, liberal

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Jeff Nagel BC Local News Don t diss the Dace was one of the slogans we toyed with at the Livable Region Coalition, since the Nooksack Dace was one of the creatures ignored by the Highway #1 expansion Environmental Assessment. We didn t use it of c...

topics: delta, environment, environmental, fish-farming, gateway

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Press ReleaseI have some sympathy with the idea that we should not be spending money on freeways but investing in transit, as the Wilderness Committee recommnends.But I am afraid that simply injecting more capital spending into Translink will not sol...

topics: gateway, tax, taxes, transit, translink

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I was very pleased to see an email from Todd Litman in my in box this morning. He sent me the link to his new free report on Smart Growth. It is a pdf that I suggest you download and read, and keep for future reference.Like all Todd s work it is care...

topics: business, density, developers, elected, housing

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The amount of coverage that Martin Crilly s report got surprised me. After all it was not as if he was saying something new, or that anyone was bound to act upon his recommendations. The only substantive issue covered was would he approve next year s...

topics: cope, downtown, political, provincial-government, tax

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I must admit that it had slipped my mind that Martin Crilly, who is the Ferry Commissioner, was also appointed Translink Commissioner as well. That is until Jim Goddard of News 1130 called me and asked for comments on Martin s latest report. Of cours...

topics: planning, provincial-government, tax, taxes, transit

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This post is prompted by two articles on the vexed issue of cars and cyclists trying to co-exist on the same roadway.The first is in citycaucus.com and makes the point unhelpfully by stating the obvious When cars and cyclists clash, cars always ...

topics: design, economy, environmental, planning, urban-planning

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CBC, Globe % Mail and the Wilderness Committee press releaseWhatever credibility this government thought it had as a result of its carbon tax and its program to expand run of the river power projects has now been completely lost. The impact on Tran...

topics: carbon-tax, economy, emissions, environment, greenhouse-gas

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Jeff Nagel broke this story today on BC Local News. I really wonder how this will play out and cannot make any predictions, just raise some concerns.Seniors, the disabled and other HandyDart users could be affected in the event of a strike, but essen...

topics: business, strike, transit, union