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Design
Vancouver's New Speed Bumps: Little Children
In an inventive (and slightly unnerving) move, the city of Vancouver will release a new brand of speed bump that uses an optical illusion to...
News
Vancouver Creates Continuous Network of Protected Bike Lanes
The forward-looking city just approved an important new addition to its network of separated bike lanes.
Culture
Idea: Fight HIV by Letting Addicts Get High
A Canadian clinic is defeating AIDS by letting drug addicts shoot up on the premises. It's gross, but you can't scoff at results.
Culture
Longboard Hockey: They Use a Beer Can as a Puck
Still on a bit of a buzz after writing about pato, Argentina’s indigenous hybrid of polo, basketball, and soccer, I found myself wondering: What...
Cities
Lanes, Citizens Still Divided in Vancouver
In the GOOD 100 we applauded the idea of not only creating more space for cyclists and pedestrians on our roads, but of appropriating car lanes to...
Design
Intermission: Fire with Fire
This awesome trompe l'oeil video installation in Vancouver is called "Fire with Fire." It's by the artist Isabelle Hayeur and is meant as a...
News
Not in Your Back Yard: Canada Fights About “Coach Houses”
We're going to have to get serious about urban infill if we're going to make our cities sustainable. Vancouver had a great idea along these lines....
Cities
Transparency: Biking to Work
nThe battle over which North American city is the best for biking is fierce and- most likely-unresolvable. Our latest Transparency will tell...
Cities
The GOOD 100: Fewer Streets
Blockade Parade How closing streets can actually reduce traffic As the city of Vancouver prepared to convert a car lane on the busy Burrard...
Culture
Bite-sized Gaming
A short-and-sweet game for those of us who can't stay up all night playing videogames anymore. "A Mayfly flies a single day / The daylight dies...
Environment
Vancouver 2010: The Most Enviromentally Friendly Olympics Yet?
Environmental friendliness has been a major concept at recent Olympic Games. Both Salt Lake City, in 2002, and Torino, in 2006, claimed that their...
The Community Board
Insider's Tour: Climate Innovation in Vancouver
Immersion––Vancouver, B.C. June 7-12, 2010 Delve into climate innovation in Vancouver, which has the lowest per capita greenhouse gas emissions...
