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54 sleeps until PARK(ing) Day!
PARJ(ing) Day is an international annual event where everyday people transform metered parking spots into temporary park spaces. As stated by Rebar, the creators of the event, “PARK(ing) Day is strictly a non-commercial project, intended to promote creativity, civic engagement,... Continue reading »
Mainstream cycling is picking up steam
Photo by Julien Hery Starting with the designation of safe cycling lanes along the Burrard Bridge one year ago this week, continuing with the brilliantly fast allocation of an unused lane on the Dunsmuir Viaduct at the end of the... Continue reading »
Green-up your weekend in a most artistic sort of way… UPDATE
Help beautify the West End Greenway! NOTE: Wow, that didn’t take long! No sooner did we send out our promo notice for the West End Greenway event (see below) than one of the organizers called us. Apparently there’s been a... Continue reading »
Surveillance in the Streets, and the Media
First, some updates: about a month ago, a bill was introduced in the BC Legislature to amend the Education Act to change the process for approving video surveillance in B.C. public schools. We wrote a letter to the Minister of... Continue reading »
VPSN Public Space News & Events | 5 July 2010
Happy July folks! Hope you all had a great (and perhaps long) weekend. From Canada Day to the Jazz Fest there was a festive air despite the patches of gray. And on Granville it was actually the street that got... Continue reading »