Comments for the renewed city.

Comment on structural effects b/w built environment and travel GHG emissions in vancouver by Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:48:26 +0000

nice work! i wish i could be as smart as you.

Comment on stricter tailpipe standards are on their way in the U.S. by ic-girl.blogspot

ic-girl.blogspot — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:48:39 +0000

i like your post very much thank you, i like ur opinion.. gratz

Comment on thoughts from portland by camille

camille — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:26:25 +0000

The thing is that people ride their bikes and skateboards and take the rail and street car and bus. When Obama came and spoke on the waterfront, I caught this picture of just a small handful of the total bikes that were parked on the hand rails.

p://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2504244266_22a7ebd9f7_m.jpghtt

If you go to the esplanade on a weekday morning it’s bustling with bikers and joggers and walkers. There is no doubt that the people here aren’t al relying on cars to get around.

Comment on thoughts from portland by therenewedcity

therenewedcity — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:40:44 +0000

… and good on you camille! mind you, i was only in the city for a few days. still surprising to see not alot of walking. what’s a regular week day like??

Comment on thoughts from portland by camille

camille — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:44:00 +0000

I live in Portland, and I walk everywhere! I haven’t owned a car for six years. I love it here!

Comment on jobs to take priority over condos in downtown by andy d

andy d — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:55:17 +0000

jason, thanks for the link. i was at a sustainability summit this morning and this a hot topic of debate. a key move, financially , at least to help relocate office and jobs in a more accessible manner would be to have a fair taxation scheme where business and property taxes would be comparable. i spoke with a member of the canadian taxpayer foundation this morning and she told me that,as it is right now, business and office space tax is higher than residential tax in vancouver by a ratio of 6:1. getting this closer to a 1:1 ratio would go along way in balancing business, residential and commercial growth and development in urban centres here in the region.

Comment on jobs to take priority over condos in downtown by Jason Tsang

Jason Tsang — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:30:54 +0000

Might want to point people toward this… http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/corejobs/index.htm

Comment on jobs to take priority over condos in downtown by Jason Tsang

Jason Tsang — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:42:44 +0000

How’s the property tax situation in Vancouver (i.e. residential vs commericial/office)? Is there the same imbalance in Vancouver vs the suburbs as there is in the GTA? (or is that even applicable)?

Comment on bringing back the delivery truck by joenethery

joenethery — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:34:01 +0000

The “smiley” isn’t supposed to be there. I cannot explain my typo.

Comment on bringing back the delivery truck by joenethery

joenethery — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:31:42 +0000

Or, you know, just NOT SHOPPING for a change.

(I also forbid you from citing Christopher Hume on your blog. Ugh…)