Vancouver

Vancouver Requires Electric Car Inclusionary Zoning

The city of Vancouver is going to begin requiring that a certain amount of electric car charging stations be included in all new residential developments.

14 July 2009 - 8:00am

CBC

Bikes Overtaking Pedestrians in Vancouver

In this video from the City of Vancouver, planners give a tour of the city's system of bike lanes. Bicycling is the fastest growing means of transportation in the city, and cars have actually declined.

1 July 2009 - 5:00am

GVTV

Vancouver Planners Propose to Alter Zoning on Shoreline

The False Creek Shoreline in northeast Vancouver has been slated for decades for significant commercial development. Today, planners proposed taking the area in a new direction.

2 June 2009 - 2:00pm

The Vancouver Sun

Bicycles Are Sooo Last Year

...now that the self-balancing unicycle is here, courtesy of Vancouver inventor Daniel Wood.

28 May 2009 - 10:00am

Oregon Live

Vancouver's Sustainable Olympic Village

With goals of LEED-certification and plans for reuse after the games, Vancouver's Olympic Village is being called a model for event-based sustainability.

8 May 2009 - 7:00am

Architectural Record

Vancouver Reverses Course, Limits Condos

In a policy shift, the Vancouver City Council voted to limit the number of new condos being built downtown in order to preserve room for office space.

7 May 2009 - 10:00am

CBC News

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To Make Planning Relevant, Turn to Open-Source Methods

Urban planning is falling into obsolescence, according to this piece, but employing old bottom-up techniques that value input from a variety of sources will make it relevant again.

30 April 2009 - 10:00am

re:place Magazine

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Buildings Going Green, On Top At Least

This piece from National Geographic looks at how green roofs are sweeping across the tops of buildings all over the world.

21 April 2009 - 6:00am

National Geographic

Spreading the Gospel of Vancouverism

As planning director of Vancouver until 2006, Larry Beasley was instrumental in the creation of the downtown's new form. Since stepping down, he's been spreading the word across the globe of what makes Vancouverism work so well.

7 April 2009 - 6:00am

National Post

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Vancouver Revisits View Preservation Policy

Amid growing concern that downtown Vancouver's mandated view corridors cost too much development while making too little sense, its planners are once again debating their necessity.

2 April 2009 - 12:00pm

The Globe and Mail

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Redirecting Bridge Funding Could Create Citywide Light Rail for Vancouver

A public-private partnership that would have built a new 10-lane bridge in British Columbia has fallen apart, leaving the $3.1 billion tab on the BC government. Researchers say that much money could build a 200-km light rail system instead.

27 March 2009 - 8:00am

The Tyee

Vancouver, 'Supermodel of North American Cities'

Canadians are impressed by USA Today's rave review of their city last week, but the CBC says that its not all wine and roses in Vancouver.

17 March 2009 - 1:00pm

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

The Future of Vancouver Transit, Post-Olympics

In anticipation of the 2010 Winter Olympics, transportation planners in Vancouver are plotting permanent expansions to the city's public transit system. Demand will be high during the games, but many wonder what will happen after.

13 March 2009 - 7:00am

The Tyee

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Congestion Control Demanded for New 12-Lane Bridge

The mayors of Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington have come to an agreement about the size of a new bridge that will connect the two cities -- but on the condition that a bistate commission be set up to control congestion through tolling.

4 March 2009 - 11:00am

The Oregonian

Vancouver's Housing Experiment: The First Residents Move In

A local TV host will be one of the first to take advantage of Vancouver's new 'laneway housing' pilot project (allowing 'granny units' in backyards of traditional city neighborhoods). The project is facing some controversy.

26 February 2009 - 1:00pm

The Vancouver Courier

"Cost-Effective" Condos Cheaper than Rental

One developer has found a way to build condos at $60,000 less than it costs the average Toronto developer. Through deferrals from the city, money is made available to assist homebuyers with their down payments.

18 February 2009 - 8:00am

The Tyee

Much Investment But Little Progress in Vancouver Slum

More than $1 billion has been invested in a Vancouver slum area, but little improvement can be seen, according to this investigation from The Globe and Mail.

17 February 2009 - 10:00am

The Globe and Mail

Portrait of a Cloverleaf

Granville Bridge was built in 1954 for a growing Vancouver, with giant cloverleaf offramps on each end. Today, the city has taken a different direction.

23 January 2009 - 12:00pm

Price Tags

From Utility to Amenity: Greening the Alleys of Los Angeles

Green alley projects are popping up in cities all over the U.S. and Canada in an effort to make the concrete jungle a little better at absorbing rainwater. A new alley program in Los Angeles goes beyond the runoff to actively integrate these unique spaces into the urban fold.

22 January 2009 - 5:00am