There are also just more of them when you need them, especially in parks and stations

Cars rat running very slowly in an alley

Cars with drivers who mostly fail to yield to pedestrians in marked crosswalks

Some people didn't get the memo

People running in the sun run

Quietest day in the neighbourhood

Flag of Iran with the missile symbol or whatever it is as opposed to the lion at a relatively small protest

First time I've seen this flag at a protest

Ships at sunset

A still pool with a sunset in the background over mountains across the bay

A trap

Colleen Hardwick - Former City Councillor's Post Colleen Hardwick - Former City Councillor December 13, 2023 · Remarks re: Amendment to the Vancouver Charter - Park Board My name is Colleen Hardwick. I am a 4th generation Vancouver resident, a former City Councillor, and granddaughter of the first woman elected to the Park Board. I’m also a mom and grandmother. It may come as no surprise to Council that I am here to speak in opposition to abolishing the Park Board. After 130+ years, the Park Board has proven its uniquely important role in representing the interest of Vancouver residents. The Board was originally established because of the unique asset of Stanley Park, in a city that is uniquely governed under the Vancouver Charter. This is not antiquated. It is a legacy. First, I wanted to be abundantly clear that what we are talking about here is abolishing an elected Board of Commissioners and replacing them with a Board appointed by the Mayor and City Council. This is profoundly undemocratic, a betrayal of the public trust and a power-shift. Second, the claim that abolishing the Park Board will save taxpayers money is unsupported. What it will do is replace seven board commissioners with approximately $20,000 annual stipend with an appointed board who will also receive remuneration. Third, in terms of efficiencies, the recent Auditor General report makes suitable recommendations. The suggestion that that centralized bureaucracy would more efficiently manage a Parks Department smacks of empire-building and centralizing power and control.

"A 4th generation Vancouver resident"

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It's another example of building too little of something that's slightly controversial, preventing people from realizing its benefits

A diagram showing the construction area

A future gap in the cycling network

The extension adds a useful connection with Richards

But it stops short of Pacific

It leaves a gap between where it dumps people just short of Pacific and the elementary school and the seawall on the other side of Pacific

Concrete islands for a bidirectional bike path along with pylons and other construction materials

Drake bike path extension is underway

A map of zoning and rail lines in Tokyo

The JR lines have zoning that is much more in line with TOD than the private railways in general, especially the Chuo Line

A nitpick, but I wouldn't pick the Den-en-toshi Line as a model of TOD, at least within Tokyo

The FAR remains relatively low at most stations, and is higher mainly facing the overhead elevated highway

I think the Toyoko line (and other lines) follows a more distinct TOD pattern

It could also be the single agency where other cities have transit agencies that stop at city limits

I didn't read it through

6 types of rapid transit were considered

The six types of rapid transit: 1. Supported rail system (like in Chicago) 2. Suspended rail system 3. Freeway bus system 4. Helicopters 5. Continuous conveyor cars 6. Continuous moving belts

Thankfully, planners didn't expect to be taken seriously in the 1950s

They don't even show the Burnaby Lake Line (and you couldn't tell it was there from land use)

A travel desire diagram from the same study

A travel desire diagram from the same study

Travel desire

A Study on Highway Planning, 1955-56, Surveys, Part 1

The special collection on the 7th floor

It's not on the shelf... you have to ask for it

A map titled "A Study on Highway Planning for the metropolitan area of the lower mainland of B.C."

Metro Vancouver land use, 1955

It's probably too direct but so is the market manipulation

No need to agree in public, just call off escalation without giving a reason

Enforced by resuming the air campaign, reduces revenue for both sides proportionally

Term ends with the presidency and his arbitrary power over military

Toll revenue sharing benefits both parties: reparations for one side, personal enrichment for the other, and an end to the established order for both

A sign that says "Dying from the digital doldrums?" and asks for letters and a sign that say "Evict Ken Sim" on a pole with a beg button.

Digital doldrums alternative

Also, I can walk to the airport in 15 minutes, partly on the seawall

The seaplane can be reasonable if you book more than a week ahead and are flexible on time ~$100

It's more expensive to drive on as a single person

It only takes 35 minutes, and the boarding process is somehow less annoying than the ferry

You can't bring a lot of stuff, though

The 6 lets you question whether you should have walked

Ok

"First of more" is bullshitter for "yet another"

Weird to claim that it's the first for-profit operation at that dock

False Creek Ferries is a private business

So we're going to get Montreux+ eh

The exits at Shibuya should feel less finished and more under construction