Vancouver Needs a Pedestrian Advocate - West End Residents Association

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SFU transportation researcher Anthony Perl says Vancouver needs a pedestrian advocate (link here). I agree.According to the Downtown Transportation Plan, which the City adopted several years ago, pedestrians are the first priority for the City, followed by cyclists, transit and then private vehicles. Yet, it is difficult to discern how this has been implemented in practice. Consider: The decision to reallocate a lane on the Burrard Bridge for bicycles (which I favour) has resulted in major incon...

aggregated: 33 weeks 4 days ago | 64 views

topics: city-council, downtown, transit, transportation, west-side

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Blogathon #29: TransLink Funding Woes, Commuting and PM2

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Transportation issues have been all over the news this week, as the timeline for a TransLink funding solution draws nigh. Both Black Press and the Globe and Mail have stories on the continuing standoff between the Mayors' Council and the provincial g...

aggregated: 33 weeks 5 days ago | 51 views

topics: langley, politics, provincial-government, transit, translink

Langley Township Council Meeting Report--Monday Afternoon, July 20, 2009

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Notes from Langley Township Council's special meeting, Monday afternoon, July 20, 2009. Coun. Ferguson was away.After lengthy delegations from developers Dan Paris and Gary Pooni (almost an hour), Council voted to divide a staff recommendation regar...

aggregated: 34 weeks 3 days ago | 83 views

topics: agriculture, councillor, environment, langley, mayor

Blogathon #7: Langley City--The Good, The Bad, & The Future

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It's no secret that I think the idea of two Langley municipalities is a silly one. One Langley would give this region more clout in Ottawa and Victoria (I always found it ironic that Marlene Grinnell and others championed the idea of one federal ridi...

aggregated: 33 weeks 6 days ago | 35 views

topics: density, langley, mayor, planning, politics

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