Car Free Vancouver 2008

The Gastown Drive In

Roland Tanglao — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:08:31 -0700

For three consecutive Wednesday evenings this month, The Gastown Drive In pays homage to our fair city by featuring Canadian full-length and short films shot in Vancouver. Entitled “Vancouver Stars As Itself,” the series kicks off ...

DOWNTOWN DRIVE-IN

Roland Tanglao — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:00:46 -0700

Comprehensive Car-Free Hiking

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:39:37 -0700

And while we're on Vancouver, my favorite car-free hiking suggestion comes from Michael Newton who writes:. Vancouver's north shore has loads of hiking that's accessible by transit. We've got the advantage of having nothing but ...

Comprehensive Car-Free Hiking

Roland Tanglao — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:58:24 -0700

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Five Things to Do in Toronto - A Student Travel Guide to Toronto

Roland Tanglao — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:03:00 -0700

The islands themselves are wooded, and at 230 hectares make up the largest car-free urban area in North America. Worried you don't have a bicycle? Well fear not: affordable bike rental facilities can be found on the islands themselves. ...

Wedding Photography Goes Green

Roland Tanglao — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:52:08 -0700

Hyperfocus Wedding Photography of Vancouver, BC, recently conducted their first car-free photo shoot using a Bakfiets for transportation:. The first item our Green transportation initiative involved our first ever wedding photographed ...

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Roland Tanglao — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:47:00 -0700

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Roland Tanglao — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:32:00 -0700

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Candidates announce commitment to comprehensive emergency ...

Roland Tanglao — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:24:56 -0700

(Vancouver) Today, Catherine Evans (city council nomination candidate) Patti Bacchus (board of education nomination candidate) and Aaron Jasper (park board nomination candidate) announced their intention to work collaboratively to ...

Today’s Headlines

Roland Tanglao — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:57:39 -0700

... Looks to Expand Streetcar Network Despite Lack of Support from Feds (Portland DJC); Seattle's Car-Free Sundays Start This Weekend (Seattle PI); Vancouver Transit Agency Responds to Demand With Huge Service Increase (Vancouver Sun)

Today’s Headlines

Roland Tanglao — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:22:04 -0700

CUPE 391 Update

Roland Tanglao — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:46:38 -0700

He was instrumental in having community gardens included in the redevelopment of Nelson Park, helped organize the West End’s first Car Free Festival and is working on the West End greenways project.

Media Release re: Emergency Planning Coordination

Roland Tanglao — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:53:27 -0700

The coming election is an opportunity for improved collaboration between the Vancouver Board of Education, Park Board and City Council. I’ve been working with some other Vision Vancouver candidates to develop ideas for better ...

Beijing's Sustainable Olympic Village Provides Competition for ...

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:44:51 -0700

While fewer concrete decisions have been made about the next summer games in London, there is a push by groups such as Carfree UK to keep the Olympic Village a car-free zone after the games. With housing, shops, and other attractions ...

Beijing's Sustainable Olympic Village Provides Competition for ...

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:55:17 -0700

In Vancouver, two Olympic villages will be built in compliance with LEED gold (and according to planners, hopefully platinum) standards. Afterwards both sites will be developed as "model sustainable communities this time with the focus ...

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Roland Tanglao — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:21:00 -0700

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Car Free Choogle ~ a musical wandering - Choogle on #68

Roland Tanglao — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:03:44 -0700

Aside a rushing creek under evergreen canopy smoking OG Kush, Uncle Weed recounts BC camping trips, summer leisure plans, and describes the wonders of the Vancouver Car Free Festival including Portuguese salted sardines, Grateful Dead ...

Mayor announces Car-Free Rainier; 8/31

Roland Tanglao — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0700

Other cities enjoying car-free days include New York, Portland, Vancouver, BC, and Bogota, Colombia. While streets and park roads will be closed to non-motorized traffic during the car-free days, exceptions will be made for residents, ...

Three Years of being Car Free

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:02:00 -0700

And let's not be totally in the dark here, having an automobile allows me to do certain things like move guitar amps and musical equipment, for which I use the Vancouver Auto-Co-Op. I reckoned I spent about $2000 on the co-op last year, ...

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Roland Tanglao — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:25:53 -0700

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couch surfing

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protest sign

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climbing on furniture

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going for more water balloons

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watermelon vendors

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redheads

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action shot

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unremarkable crowd

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period piece

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bubbles

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sex sells

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happyfrog at Car Free Fests

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:53:10 -0700

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Ciclovia Hits North America

Roland Tanglao — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:47:00 -0700

I wrote that several US cities were in the planning stages for their own car-free parkdays activity. Well, the first of those cities has launched their Ciclovia. Of course Portland, OR was the first US city up and running. Vancouver ...

Comment on Streetfilms: Car-Free Vancouver Day by Ian D

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:40:53 -0700

Sunday was the first car-free day on 6 miles of roads in Portland, OR, which The Oregonian says found almost universal support, and, "[t]he only inconvenience seemed to stem from the event's popularity." ...

Car Free Day Vancouver.

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:17:52 -0700

A glimpse at what the future of our city could be,

Car-Free Vancouver. A little over the top. http://tinyurl.com/5ohchy

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:31:28 -0700

Car-Free Vancouver. A little over the top. http://tinyurl.com/5ohchy

Comment on Streetfilms: Car-Free Vancouver Day by Larry Littlefield

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:42:00 -0700

Just goes to show you, one can come up with an idea like this in a place like New York, but it can only actually be done in a less politically frozen, less feudal place elsewhere. This wasn't a bad thing, but we were the last place on ...

Streetfilms: Car-Free Vancouver Day

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:30:04 -0700

Streetfilms' guest correspondent Frank Lopez leads this tour of Vancouver's Car-Free Day, which opens up streets in four neighborhoods for community festivals. Dancing on the pavement, lunching on the street, and mid-block lucha libre ...

Streetfilm: Car-Free Vancouver Day

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:31:58 -0700

Now that's a car-free celebration. For those that loved and remembered Wilshire Boulevard's Car-Free party and loved it, the City of Vancouver shows how it's really done. This four minute Street Film takes us to four different street ...