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More open houses on Active Transportation Corridor on Point Grey Road-Cornwall Ave

From Active Transportation at the City of Vancouver Point Grey Road-Cornwall Avenue Active Transportation Corridor Project Update Following up on our last update, this email is to provide you with information about the upcoming public open houses for the second phase of consultation for the Point Grey Road-Cornwall Avenue Corridor Project. The open houses will [...]

The city starts consultation on “active transportation corridor” in Kits

The City would like your input regarding an active transportation corridor connecting the Burrard Bridge to Jericho Beach From: Dhaneva Panday, Planning Assistant City of Vancouver | Engineering Services, Active Transportation 507 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5Z 0B4 T: 604.873.7917| E: dhaneva.panday@vancouver.ca Hello, I’m emailing you to connect and inform you of an upcoming project [...]

The Comox-Helmcken Greenway section 1, at Council tomorrow, Wed. Dec. 12, 9:30 am

Council update Dec. 12:48 pm from Twitter. @theemilyjackson on twitter is reporting: “$5.4-million Comox-Helmcken greenway passes unanimously. It’s 2km. #vanpoli”

Urgent public meeting to protect the last remaining natural foreshore in Vancouver

From Mel Lehan  Wed. Oct. 3, 2012 – 7:30pm at Kitsilano Sailing Club (just west of Kits Showboat on path) Organized by the Point Grey Natural Foreshore Protective Society KEEP THE MOST VITAL REMAINING NATURAL FORESHORE IN VANCOUVER WILD It is being proposed by some that we extend the seawall over the most important remaining [...]

Details of Comox-Helmcken Greenway shared with residents, open houses planned

Vancouver viaducts open houses

Dates of 3 Open Houses: Tuesday, June 5th, Woodwards Atrium, 4pm-7pm, 111 West Hasings Thursday, June 7th, Creekside CC, 3:30-6:30pm, 1 Athlete’s Way Saturday, June 9th,Central Library Promenade, 10am-2pm, 350 Georgia St. One of the more exciting moves that this Council has been working on is the discussion and planning on the removal of the [...]

StopCoal.ca stopped 5 coal trains and arrested stopping the 6th

Message from STOPCoal.ca Yesterday we prevented 5 BNSF coal trains from entering BC to unload coal at Westshore Terminals. We physically stopped a 6th train on the tracks at White Rock BC at 6 pm, at which point 14 good citizens were arrested for violating a court order not to interfere with BNSF operations. Here’s [...]

SFU Professor Mark Jaccard to block the rails in White Rock to stop a coal shipment

Just in from Stopcoal.ca For Immediate Release: May 3 2012 Mark Jaccard, Canada’s leading energy-environment economist, released the following public statement today in support of the citizen action to stop BNSF coal trains at White Rock BC this Saturday, May 5.  Full details on this act of civil disobedience at stopcoal.ca/Action Dr Jaccard is a [...]

Should the City of Vancouver build its own streetcar system?

What if every time one paid for parking in Vancouver the money you spent went to lay track and buy cars in a street railway system? It may seem far-fetched but it could happen. Currently in the “Parking Reserve Fund” there is $28 million and some of these dollars could fund a lot of track [...]

NPA starts its transit war on Broadway. Rookie Councilor proposes Monster Buses on Broadway

April 17, 2012- 3 pm, Update from Council on Bigger Buses on Broadway Today when Councilor Affleck moved his motion to allow bigger buses on Broadway (see motion), in a “friendly gesture” to improve the rookie Councilor’s motion, Councilor Geoff Meggs offered the following Resolve to improve the motion: council direct staff to work with [...]