Great analysis below is courtesy of my friend Peter Finch, who is an advocate for (and very informed about) streetcars. Vancouver’s Vision-dominated city council recently produced a report on the Downtown Historic Railway, declaring it “too old to work on a safe and viable basis,” and adding that “ridership was ….low” (attrib. Geoff…
Category: Planning
Letter of the Week: Vision Vancouver shows little respect for citizens
My letter to the editor got selected as the Letter of the Week in the March 16 2014 edition of the Vancouver Province. It was also published in March 17th’s Vancouver Sun. Let’s keep the pressure on Vision Vancouver until Election Day, when hopefully we’ll say goodbye to them! Letter of the Week: Vision Vancouver…
Why I Oppose Sullivanism
The Georgia Straight recently published a cover story titled “Sullivanism versus Jane Jacobs”, detailing former NPA Mayor Sam Sullivan’s continuing efforts to push high-rise densification onto the city. In the article, Sullivan praises former Mayor Tom “Terrific” Campbell’s reign of free market ideology. The issues are clear. Do we let capitalism run roughshod over democratic processes and the…