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compiled bi-weekly by Brittany Morris ART Les Passages Insolites is an urban public space art festival that brings a vibrant kaleidoscope of contemporary art installations to Quebec City’s forgotten passages, making the invisible, visible. DESIGN Forget the urban highway... Continue reading »
Healthy City for All
by Christie Wall On Wednesday, October 29, Vancouver City Council will review Phase I of ‘A Healthy City For All’, which could become a new municipal plan for supporting Vancouverites to be physically, mentally and socially healthy. The strategy backs... Continue reading »
Urban Acupuncture: A focus on the Pigeon Park Street Market
by Wendee Lang From street hawkers to pop-up parks, from the New York High Line to Barcelona’s La Boqueria, urban acupuncture materializes in many different ways. Its principle, however, remains static in that it is seeks to re-energize communities through small-scale... Continue reading »
Streets for Everyone – Commercial Drive Campaign
Streets for Everyone is a recent grassroot project that is advocating for better sustainable transportation and creating vibrant public spaces that encourage social interaction on Commercial Drive. The campaign advocates for changes such as widening streets for walkability, more street furniture, better bike lanes... Continue reading »
Transportation Costs: Impacts on Metro Vancouver (Part 5)
Reposted with permission from George Poulos and Price Tags. Part 5 of 5. [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] A New Operations-Level Tool for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Transportation Projects Although the unit rates illustrated in Table 1 (in Part... Continue reading »