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City of Vancouver featured on Smart City .... we can learn from Canada
Mon, 2005-09-05 20:53 — joemoraca
Smart City -- one of my favorite podcasts -- has a great show "Lessons from Canada"
Sarasota citizens that think about how our city should grow would be "Smart" to listen to Larry Beasley co-director of planning, and director of current planning in Vancouver.
They have a United Nations Award winning "Neighbourhood" Department with a mission statement:
"To lead, to provide and to facilitate integrated community-based service delivery."
Lots of neighborhood level "community vision" work
They seem to have a very cool web site.... lots of updated information on projects going on in the city - with awesome maps. You can view video of commission meetings on the site also
....hint hint hint... Sarasota (city and county) needs a big upgrade of the website...
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From CoolTown Studios
CoolTown Studios on Vancouver...
Myth - Cities need freeways to bring people to and from the downtown. Have you ever tried driving into Vancouver? There are no freeways. See myth #2...
Myth - City downtowns are for offices and workers. 85,000 people live downtown, that's about ten times larger than city downtowns like Charlotte and St. Louis. This means less of a dependence on freeways for commuting - 10% of the city population walks to work.
Myth - Residents need cars. Over the last fifteen years, the downtown population more than doubled, yet there are now fewer cars coming into the city.
Myth - Density has negative impacts. The city encouraged well-designed 'density' to create a more walkable environment, infusing a greater amount of culture and diversity, and eliminating surface parking lots.
Seems not everyone is happy w
Seems not everyone is happy with what is going on..
in downtown Vancouver ... not enough business in the mix..