Nicholas Rae

I have the translink key fob and I love it! Having different options is great

I can't stop watching this over and over

In light of this horrific incident, and years of residents demanding change with no action from the city, we're helping support a "stroll in" protest tomorrow.

Meet at 16th and Willow at 1pm (maybe with an umbrella ☔) and let's tell the city that it's time to make our streets safe.

search Craigslist for an apartment in Vancouver, for <$1750 and you get ~450 results. add "cats ok" and that drops to 60

how about that election promise to end pet bans

Thank God for the "character and livability" of driveways

They also added back parking minimums which is pretty funny

"to protect neighbourhood character and livability"

I'm pretty sure you could build a detached home of literally any size you want.

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Why tf does North America allow right turns on red? Was this ever a good idea? So proud of @ardenenglish.bsky.social for his first collaboration with the CBC!

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I spent the day in court, where DULF organizers heard the closing arguments for their trafficking charges.
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I'm convinced that most people over 50 doesn't understand that literally everyone under 35 has horrible experiences with finding housing. I don't think they understand HOW bad it is

"housing is a human right" falls under the we need more housing category, and zoning falls under the "that doesn't fit our vibe" category. They're totally unrelated!

Every time a municipality realizes their housing policy actually works they go "oh shit" and immediately try and reverse it

Vancouver's budget for VZ infrastructure is so sad. I think Victoria has built more bike lanes every year for the past 5+ years with like 1/6th of the population. Budget cuts will make this so much worse

I'm starting to think we actually aren't trying to build more housing

Is it really democracy when the people don't get what they voted for in any real, material sense?

And being completely unwilling to increase property taxes to fund those public amenities

But it would also credibly signal that we're prepared to deprioritize cars to the extent that's required to make the most out of a billion-dollar train, something I think any prudent provincial or federal government would want to see 3/3

What kind of cop is ok with a criminal mayor but will quit over a social democrat mayor?

Ya, I know the answer too.

I'm not familiar with this plan but I can bet that "within walking distance" actually just means directly on the arterial road

@nerd4cities.bsky.social I'm sure you've done an episode on something similar, but this seems up your alley!

this just happens to be the belief in every area, capitalist ideology that allows you to banish anyone from humanity if they can't pay the rent and you don't have to care

every town and city in Canada and the United States, people believe this

faith

What we say vs what we do

Say
🌎 Climate crisis: we need to rapidly decarbonize
🏘️ Housing crisis: we need more and cheaper housing

Do
🌎 Climate crisis: let’s put 154% tariff on cheap solar and 100% on cheap EVs
🏘️ Housing crisis: Let’s heavily restrict multifamily housing and tax it like it’s a sin

So if I understand this correctly - Because Vancouver has created zones that theoretically allow multiplexes, instead of having defaultish SFH zoning, this doesn't apply to them? It would only apply if they had original SFH zoning that had been updated to align with multiplexes?

I'm so ready for the Park Board x Bitcoin Election! (I'm not ready)

The pocket of low-rise at the top right of your image is also very silly.

You're probably looking at the Jericho Lands future development by the local first nations. It's development plan was approved this year, so it's been included. The UBC skytrain extension will pass through the development. When that eventually happens there will be a similar corridor of land use

Nanaimo has a huge primary healthcare deficit - This article states 20,000 without a family doctor. The south end has like one walk-in clinic. Council choosing not to support additional healthcare because they worry it will only be used by the unhoused is insane.

Eby repealed a carbon tax that had been working in BC for almost 2 decades in order to make gas a bit cheaper, and handed out $410 million to drivers for basically no reason. And now there's no money for active transport grants. 300 people a year are killed in BC in motor vehicle crashes.

“If Alberta gets a $50 billion publicly funded pipeline, then I want a $50 billion federal guarantee for projects in British Columbia as well. And I want $50 billion for every province across Canada and every territory, because their projects are just as damn important as Alberta’s pipeline is.”

Interesting presser today with Premier David Eby, who seems to be hitting his rhetorical stride in response to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's push for the feds to prioritize a new pipeline through BC to the north coast
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