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Oct 26, 2025

Move Better, Live Better: Why Micromobility Is a Public-Health Strategy (Not Just a Transport…

A plain-language guide to how walkable design, and short trips by foot, bike, or e-bike, make cities healthier for everyone.

Move Better, Live Better: Why Micromobility Is a Public-Health Strategy (Not Just a Transport…

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Oct 17, 2025

Metro Vancouver Housing: What’s Really Happening (October 2025)

Members-only deep dive, plain-English edition. If you’re trying to time a buy, decide whether to sell, or just make sense of the noise…

Metro Vancouver Housing: What’s Really Happening (October 2025)

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Oct 10, 2025

Congestion Pricing for Toronto: From Gridlock to a City That Moves

If roads are a “free” good, why does every trip through downtown feel so expensive, in time, fuel, and frayed nerves?

Congestion Pricing for Toronto: From Gridlock to a City That Moves

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Oct 7, 2025

Who Gets to Paint the City?

Public art, graffiti, and the politics of place

Who Gets to Paint the City?

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Oct 5, 2025

Immigrant-Friendly Cities Don’t Happen by Accident: What Planning Has to Do With It

If you’ve ever heard a mayor boast about diversity while the zoning map still keeps newcomers far from jobs, transit, and services, welcome…

Immigrant-Friendly Cities Don’t Happen by Accident: What Planning Has to Do With It

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Oct 4, 2025

Squatting as Social Housing Activism: What 2002’s “Woodsquat” Still Teaches Vancouver

When people hear “squatting,” many picture chaos: broken locks, confrontation, and a line of police cruisers, but there’s another lens…

Squatting as Social Housing Activism: What 2002’s “Woodsquat” Still Teaches Vancouver

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Oct 2, 2025

Zoning in 10 Minutes (Vancouver Edition)

Why it matters, who it’s for, and a $3 shortcut

Zoning in 10 Minutes (Vancouver Edition)

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Nooshin Firoozbakhsh

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Sep 30, 2025

Why Some Public Places Feel Unsafe (And How We Fix Them With Design)

Have you ever stepped off an escalator into a subway station and felt your shoulders tense for no obvious reason?

Why Some Public Places Feel Unsafe (And How We Fix Them With Design)

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Sep 27, 2025

How North American Cities Became Car-Centric; And How We Pivot to Micromobility

Have you ever tried biking to the grocery store and felt like you were threading a needle between speeding cars?

Protected bike lane on a busy city street with people cycling, and traffic calmed to safe speeds.

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Sep 27, 2025

How Our Cities Can Cool, Store, and Buffer

A Practical Guide to Climate-Resilient Planning for BC (with Dutch Lessons)

How Our Cities Can Cool, Store, and Buffer

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Public servant, cycling advocate and creative professional: Nooshin takes urban planning and advocacy out of the black box.

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