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A so-called "sustainability bon"d issued today by the City of Vancouver will help cover new infrastructure construction projects.

The City of Vancouver has developed a $1-billion concept for a 12-km-long streetcar network in downtown Vancouver and False Creek.

City of Vancouver staff are looking for a consultant contractor to perform preliminary feasibility analysis on road tolls into downtown.

Share this: The graph compares population growth in large metro counties to small metros and nonmetro counties. Large metro counties include the core and suburban counties of metros of 1 million or more and the central counties of metros with 250,000 to 1 million. (Robert Cushing using Census population estimates) The overwhelming population growth story of the past 50 years has been the increasing concentration of people in central cities and their suburbs. At the same time, growth has slowed ...

City staff state they have not determined the new rates at this point of time, but the base permit cost for the new zones would likely be lower than $45.45 annually — the current rate in the cheapest existing permit zones. For new gas and diesel vehicles after the regulations come into effect, a carbon surcharge would be added to the base permit cost, which is intended to encourage residents to purchase new electric-battery vehicle models. “The intent of the surcharge is to encourage people...