Talking Headways Podcast: The Village at the Edge of the Rainforest

This week, we’re joined by Gordon Price, former Vancouver City Council member and former director of The City Program at Simon Fraser University. Price talks about Vancouver’s historical importance as well as its future. We chat about transport, the great west coast melting pot, and what folks should check out if they go visit the city.

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Vancouver Model

By Jeff Wood |
Former Vancouver chief planner Brent Toderian joins the podcast this week to discuss the best way to do density, what types of cities should take on the Olympics, and what happens to planners after they have kids. Brent also talks about the downsides of both NIMBYism and YIMBYism, and whether you should believe what you read in all those city rankings.

In Vancouver, Traffic Decreases as Population Rises

By Angie Schmitt |
Can we all just pause for a moment and give Vancouver a standing ovation? The perennial contender for the title of world’s most livable city has accomplished what Houston or Atlanta never even dream of: It has reduced traffic on its major thoroughfares even as its population has swelled. How did the city pull off […]