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Amsterdam and New York have a “bicycle mayor”: Should Vancouver follow?
UPDATED By Joep Olthuis The former bicycle mayor from Amsterdam, Anna Luten, is taking her innovative program to New York, both to reconstruct the city’s infrastructure around cycling and to influence the mentality of residents. The Dutch capital, where Luten... Continue reading »
Update #3: Northeast False Creek Emerging Directions
By Wendee Lang, VPSN Open Spaces In January, the Northeast False Creek (NEFC) park design and stewardship advisory groups reconvened beneath the Cambie Bridge in CityStudio offices to discuss and critique the emerging directions document that will inform the NEFC draft... Continue reading »
Small grants available for East Van neighbourhood projects
Planning a neighbourhood-based project in East Vancouver? Thought we’d pass on word about three small grants now available for 2017. Funded by Vancouver Foundation, the City of Vancouver and Community Foundations of Canada, these grants offer you the chance to apply... Continue reading »
Commercial Drive “complete street”: VPSN response to City Council motion on transportation plan and design
On March 7, the City of Vancouver will consider a motion addressing reported dissatisfaction over the process of consultation on the Commercial Drive “complete street,” particularly regarding installation of bike lanes. The motion requests that: City staff re-engage and meet... Continue reading »
Milestones 2016: VCPC hosts panel on year’s top planning developments
by Naomi Wittes Reichstein, VPSN communications coordinator and Arbutus Greenway project lead From the Grandview-Woodland community plan to the City’s purchase of the Arbutus Greenway, from the launch of Vancouver’s Mobi bike-share and the permanent redesignation of the 800 block of... Continue reading »