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Cyclists' Gain Is Pedestrians' Loss in Burrard Bridge Decision

Submitted by RA on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 16:40

Vision Vancouver, the party in power at City Hall, managed to keep its election promise today by voting to introduce a lane reallocation trial on the Burrard Bridge.

However, the party that has claimed that it wants to make Vancouver "the greenest city in the world," chose a one-lane reallocaton option that will ban pedestrians from crossing the Burrard bridge on the east side.

UBC Researcher "Shocked" By Number of Accidents on Burrard Bridge

Submitted by RA on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 14:26

The latest installment in the Burrard Bridge saga took place today at City Hall (watch the City Hall video stream). The decision has been put back to Thursday, so that speakers who were not able to speak today can present to Council.

Mayor Robertson Wants Car-Free Bike Routes in Vancouver

Submitted by RA on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 00:26

During his campaign to get nominated as Vision leader, Gregor Robertson spoke to cyclists before April Critical Mass about what he'd like to see for cyclists. Here's a video of what he said.

V is for... Vision. Vancouver. Victory.

Submitted by RA on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 00:44

And a pretty resounding victory too. Gregor Robertson is new mayor of Vancouver notching up almost 40% more votes than NPA mayoral hopeful Peter Ladner. Vision Vancouver's slate of candidates were all elected bar Kashmir Dhaliwal. Suzanne Anton was the only NPA candidate for council to get elected.

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