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Fast and Free Buses for Vancouver COPE motion proposes a pilot project Vancouver needs

Expanding Fare-Free transit is win-win policy.

Reduces congestion Reduces commute times Save your family money Gives more people access

🚎 We're fighting to expand fare-free
transit in Vancouver!

On Council's agenda Dec 10th: Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social has a motion for a 1-year, fare-free pilot project on Vancouver bus routes.

It's a common sense step towards a more sustainable, equitable, and affordable city.

#vanpoli

Aftermath of a car collision.

Finally, @seanorr.bsky.social is asking the city to collect speed data from sites of serious/ fatal car crashes.

We often hear from council (*cough* Montague) & the VPD that we can't change our road design without evidence-based data. Well, here's a chance to collect some. No more excuses.

Gooped. gagged.

Following FIFA draw, Vancouver councillors @seanorr.bsky.social and @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social, along w/ Hastings and Gastown BIAs and community groups, calling for “community-centred readiness plan” ahead of tournament. Need to be proactive about potential risks big international events can bring

Vancouver city councillor calls for free rides on four TransLink bus routes | Urbanized COPE Vancouver city councillor Sean Orr wants TransLink to launch a pilot project of enabling select fare-free bus routes.

Daily Hive reports on motion from @seanorr.bsky.social calling on the City to explore a one-year, fare-free pilot project on Vancouver bus routes.

What routes would you like to see chosen for this free bus pilot project?

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#vanpoli

There will be many more opportunities

A picture of Donald Trump receiving the newly minted FIFA Peace prize. The trophy is gold and depicts (in a somewhat dystopian manner) many hands holding up a globe.

I was invited to Craft Beer Hall to watch this event live with the mayor and ABC councillors.

I declined.

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As we feared, we are hearing that transportation staff were hit hard by today's layoffs. The loss of expertise and capacity will reverberate for years.

In its last year in office, Vancouver council is using scorched earth tactics to derail progress on road safety and lock in the deadly status quo.

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Motion #7 from @seanorr.bsky.social on Dec 10th Council agenda calls of pilot program on priority routes.

Read more: council.vancouver.ca/20251210/doc...

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#vanpoli #Vancouver

City of Vancouver lays off dozens of staff following property tax freeze The City of Vancouver has notified approximately 30 non-unionized staff members that their roles will be ending, according to an email from the city manager.

NEW: Firing workers 3 weeks before Christmas!

This is who Ken Sim and ABC are.

We'll keep fighting against these cuts to jobs and public services.

Next year we're going to beat these bullies and make Vancouver a Solidarity City.

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@seanorr.bsky.social #vanpoli

I’m gutted

First Nations artists sought to design new permanent VANCOUVER sign | Urbanized The City of Vancouver is seeking First Nations artists to design the new permanent VANCOUVER sign in time for the FIFA World Cup.

Mayor KenSimCity & his ABC ilk - having committed to slashing tens of millions of dollars from "non-core" services - still plan to spend $1M on a #Vancouver selfie sign. They want a First Nations artist to design it. If that Indigenous artist has any integrity that sign will read "Unceded Land"!

Feds to reduce housing spending by half, build only 26,000 homes: Budget watchdog | CBC News Spending on housing programs will decline by more than half over the next four years with the federal government’s $13-billion signature housing initiative leading to the construction of just 26,000 n...

From the 1960s to early 1990s, Cdn federal govts built and funded affordable housing at scale.

Rather than cutting back spending now, the feds need to be making up for 30+ years of underinvestment in public, social, and co-op housing.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

@seanorr.bsky.social #cdnpoli

I would run out of space to store these photos daily.

Every. Single. Day.

More 2026 news! COPE officially announces they will also plan for a mayoral candidate

They believe their political moment is now, OneCity believes they have the organizing/fundraising ability, and Greens believe they have Pete Fry, so expect this left impasse for at least a few more months

I believe so

The bodies are piling up

For someone who hates socialism he sure loves being publicly owned

Correct

Turns out, austerity means we can’t have nice things

Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver’s ‘Zero Means Zero’ Budget Passes | The Tyee Mayor Ken Sim’s tax break for homeowners will come at an unknown cost, opposition councillors warn.

Despite promising line-by-line budgeting, "...ABC councillors defeated an amendment from COPE’s Orr that would've seen staff redo the public budget survey with a 0% tax increase as its basis and provide a new line-item breakdown of the proposed 2026 budget." thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

WHAT

It’s true. I did get pissy

The good news is that 2026 is an election year. Let's make vote out everyone in green here. Remember those names, & support those looking to unseat them. Thanks to @lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social and @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social for standing up for Vancouverites. 4/

A big #vanpoli thanks to @seanorr.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social and @lucymaloney.bsky.social for your efforts to fight back against the disgraceful Ken Sim/ABC budget.
Will be remembered next October, esp when people see the cuts that were hiding inside the "envelopes"

NOW: Budget debate is happening at City Hall.

Cllr @seanorr.bsky.social has just moved an amendment to exempt car-share companies from permit fee increases.

#vanpoli #StopTheCuts

Supplying social housing and preserving inexpensive rental units: a comparative case study of the municipal right of first refusal in Montreal and Berlin The municipal right of first refusal presents an emerging market intervention to study as it rethinks the forces that shape access to low-cost housing. This paper compares the right of first refusal i...

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I’ve long advocated for this