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More space for PARK(ing) Day!
PARK(ing) Day 2009 on Hornby Street Interest in this year’s PARK(ing) Day activities is beginning to pick up. Sandra Thomas wrote a piece on our plans in the most recent edition of the Vancouver Courier, and Fairchild Media covered the... Continue reading »
Geotagging Tourists
Tourists and Locals: tourist photos are red, locals blue, and yellow unknown Flickr user Eric Fischer, back in June, put up a collection of maps that made the internet rounds back in June. These maps collated data from the geotagging... Continue reading »
Public Transit: Jarrett Walker’s Field Guide to Transit Debates
Last week, transportation consultant and blogger Jarrett Walker spoke to an attentive crowd of Vancouver area planners, public transit authority staff, and other transit-minded folk, sharing some of what he’d learned in his 20 years of transportation consulting experience. Having... Continue reading »
Consultation on the proposed Hornby separated bike lane; Dunsmuir stats
Another good public space related press release from the City of Vancouver… this one on the proposed Hornby Street separated bike lane (designed to provide a connection between the Burrard Bridge and Dunsmuir bike lanes). At the same time, some... Continue reading »
Drink up! New portable drinking fountains installed throughout city
This just in – a City press release identifying ways that residents can keep cool and hydrated as the temperatures outside hits some high notes. As part of this, a series of new portable water fountains that have been put... Continue reading »