Gordon Price
Gordon Price is the director of the city program at Simon Fraser University.
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Gordon Price is the director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University. He is also an adjunct professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, where he developed and teaches the course Vancouver and Its Times.
In 2002, he finished his sixth term as a City Councillor in Vancouver, BC.
In 2003, he received the Plan Canada Award for Article of the Year -- "Land Use and Transportation: The View from '56" -- from the Canadian Institute of Planners.
He writes a monthly column for Business in Vancouver on civic issues, and publishes an electronic magazine on urban issues, with a focus on Vancouver, called Price Tags.
He sits on the Boards of the Sightline Institute and the International Centre for Sustainable Cities.
No Freeways in Vancouver? Not Quite ...
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Let's begin by killing off one of the cherished half-truths about Vancouver.</span></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Vancouver, it is said, is the only major city in North America without freeways.</span></font></p>