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It's interesting to compare Aberdeen station in Richmond which has no mezzanine and a single elevator ride up to the platforms with some of the new SLS stations which do have mezzanines and require two separate elevator rides. Probably quite cumbersome if you have a mobility device/stroller

Very happy to have collaborated with CSA Group on this report examining successes and challenges in transit project construction in Canada and the lessons we can learn for future projects.

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So it’s broadly recognized that Vancouver needs more hotel rooms, that high room rates driven by high occupancy are a drag on the local economy, that the city needs to facilitate the construction of more hotels. All of this is true

I want speak to the human importance of hotels

Opinion: What's red and takes 1,000 days to create? Vancouver bus lanes, apparently | Urbanized Why is the City of Vancouver taking so long to implement long-promised bus lanes that only requiring paint and signage?

It's been almost 1,000 days since @sarahkirby.bsky.social brought forward an excellent motion the bring in some bus lanes where they're needed most.

TransLink even agreed to fund it all.

So where are they? 🧐🤷

@movementyvr.bsky.social
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Fascinating read, thanks for sharing!

Are you starting off the year right at Peaked Pies?

@jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social do you know?

With some stops on Douglas serving well over 20 different bus routes, even a full conversion to a busway may face similar transit congestion as seen in the downtown Transitway in Ottawa prior to their O-Train (whose downtown rail tunnel was built relatively cheaply)

New Study Makes Strong Case for Getting Westshore Rail on Track - Better Columbia The province quietly updated the 2011 Westshore Rapid Transit Study. They determined that we need transit investment, now more than ever.

Without fanfare, the BC Ministry of Transportation released a report that makes a strong case for a Westshore to Victoria rail line, writes Sam Holland

The Kingsway transit priority proposals are good, but we can do better - Better Columbia TransLink and the City of Vancouver are proposing transit priority measures and bus stop balancing along Kingsway, focusing on Route 19. And it’s a great place to start! The 19 is the 9th most used bu...

The City of Vancouver is proposing transit priority improvements for the Kingsway corridor, but there's so much more they can do. My thoughts: bettercolumbia.ca/2025/11/11/t...

I strongly believe in platform screen doors in Metros, but nearly all literature around it is WHY it should be installed. but it is the HOW that realizes the dream, and I stuffed this post with as much history and details as I can to help visualize how such a thing can be realized

From Seung's Substack post: Seoul Metro policeman Yoon Byung-so holds his wife’s photo and cries as he stands where she last stood before her fatal push at Hoehyeon Station (source: https://www.fmkorea.com/best/1155895790)

When Seoul's courts sided with Yoon Byung-so, a widower who had lost his wife due to a platform incident, they set a precedent:

If someone falls off a platform and loses their life due to a train, whether intentionally or not, the railway operator does bear some responsibility for their death.

How Seoul Metro Installed Platform Screen Doors Everywhere The political history of a safety equipment

Platform screen doors (PSDs) in Seoul were fundamentally a political issue. Once political support was secured, financial and engineering barriers quickly gave way.

Loved this piece by @seung.bsky.social explaining how 200+ stations received PSDs in <10 years.

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Guys have we mentioned there is total cash prize of $2000 👀🤪🤭

$1000 - Judge’s Choice
$500 - People’s Choice
$500 - Most equitable

Meanwhile for Douglas St in Downtown Victoria, with over 60 buses per direction per hour during peaks, it's taken a decade for planning work to actually start, a year for a lackluster 10%-conceptual design to show up, and likely will take years longer for anything to happen. We can do better.

Interesting, can you add the rapidbus and 99 b-line as an overlay please?

A brightly coloured graphic with a snippet from the Vancouver Sun Article about the Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study Update. A link to the article in the caption or in our bio. Vancouver Sun Graph of Average Annual Cost of Housing and Transportation in Metro Vancouver by Municipality Metro Vancouver can't solve cost-of-living crisis without addressing the cost of getting around While the multi-billion-dollar SkyTrain projects draw the most public attention — and money — there’s another, often overlooked mode of transportation that Metro’s leaders view as a big part of the near-term solution: the humble bus. Movement

It's no surprise that housing in Metro Vancouver is expensive. But it might surprise you that for some parts of our region, transportation costs even more than housing.
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Opinion: Why this TransLink bus exchange in Surrey needs to be relocated | Urbanized TransLink's Scottsdale bus exchange at Strawberry Hill Shopping Centre in Surrey needs to be relocated to a more accessible, central site.

In 2023, Scottsdale bus exchange 🚌 outperformed 30 SkyTrain stations 🚇 in weekday boardings. By relocating it to the heart of the community and building transit-oriented housing, Surrey can unlock even greater potential for both transit and the people it serves.

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Biked through North Delta again today and I'm still baffled at the number of maze gates they put everywhere on bike routes. Does someone's cousin own a company that makes maze gates or something? Even the railways don't use so many.

Opinion: Here are six North Shore traffic fixes we can implement now While the idea of creating a third crossing is getting a lot of buzz, here are some other options that could be implemented quickly to improve transit and help with congestion

"If a third crossing were to connect to the North Shore, where would the 19,000 vehicles per lane each day go? Will Marine Drive be widened for them? East Keith Road? Grand Blvd? What should be demolished to widen those corridors?"

Thanks @michaelhall.bsky.social!
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North Shore-Metrotown SkyTrain would see 120,000 riders daily: study | Urbanized The ridership of a North Shore SkyTrain line from Park Royal to Metrotown would exceed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT).

Unfortunately DailyHive did not link to the original study:
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22) “the Canada Line is Under-built”

The Canada Line is not even half full to design capacity. Given recent outcomes the spirit of economy guiding Canada Line engineering is quite underrated

Photo of a Nanboku Line 乗り換え 出口案内 (transfer and exit guide) on a station platform.

The other day, I was telling friends and family how a housewife originated these Tokyo Metro transfer and exit guides, and they thought I was kidding. It used to be a well-known story. If you don't know it, here's a quick summary.

Someone tag McElroy to expedite this 😭

For average boardings per revenue hour, the 3, 20, and 5/6 trolleys are in the top 25. No trolleys appear in the top 25 for capacity utilization, while the 3, 20, and 8 trolleys are in the top 25 for (lowest) cost per boarded passenger.

Some Vancouver bus routes are notably missing from the podium, partially due to services being reallocated elsewhere to address overcrowding. In turn, reduced frequency plays a role in making transit less desirable for riders.

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In 2012, @translink.ca released some analysis showing what characteristics are common to the most successful bus routes in Metro Vancouver. I applied that methodology for 2024, and many of the attributes still hold true.

Surrey's South Westminster has "Westminster" in the name 😉

Most North American cities: we should allow cars to overtake buses at stops at any cost. Traffic MUST FLOW!

Great transit cities: we should systematically prevent cars from overtaking stopped buses with median curbs because it's a hazard for alighting passengers and it delays buses.