Denis Agar (he/him)

Reading Michael Barclay's fantastic history of Canadian music from 2000-2005 (Hearts on Fire).

One thing that really jumps out is how often musicians of the era credited their success to cheap rent. Small grants and a few bucks from shows go a long way when you're paying three hundred a month!

A sunny blue sky day. An intersection in Downtown Vancouver where a person carrying a green bag had just crossed the crosswalk. Along the sidewalk is a plum blossom tree in full bloom. It's in front of a pink apartment tower.

West End scenes 🌸
#vancouver #canada

This is a great episode and everyone should listen. This opinion is naturally unbiased. 😅

Toronto’s corridor densification scheme is so visible from the air. And its freeways look to be Houston wide. It’s quite the ‘one hand/other hand’ in terms of planning.

Good morning and welcome to the month where Seattle opens the only light rail line across a floating bridge anywhere in the world.

Fascinating! This wasn't on my radar.

yay! so honoured to be on canada's number one transit-oriented podcast.

take a listen - we talk about the eglinton crosstown, transit in latin america, halifax, subway construction costs, and so much more

Cities in Australia and New Zealand get the little things right. Why can’t ours? Usable public toilets. Attractive trash bins. Traffic lights that make sense. They all add up to a better urban experience

This is a pretty common sentiment in the transit world too. The answer mostly comes down to different levels of funding for pubic amenities, does it not? Here in Vancouver we fund sidewalks repair at a rate that will ensure they're fully up to standard in 400 years.

Excellent!

It was pretty similar to Puerto Vallarta. Lots of confusing routes leaving the stop at the airport but I eventually figured it out. A lot of what I read online encouraged me to take the new electric bus to the northern bus station but that would have been a bad idea.

BART proves that more policing =\= safer transit (or the perception of safety)

it's more overpoliced than TTC, but means nothing because the underlying issue is the bay has a more dystopian housing crisis, there is little shelter space, & public services (esp health) in the US is abysmally funded.

Good afternoon from the parking lot of a former Jiffy Lube in Kenmore where we're breaking ground on the Stride S3 BRT line.

It's been a great show! Just chiming in to say I really prefer the old theme song!

Dwell Time, a transit podcast Episode 3 - Talking Mexico, Halifax, and Eglinton Crosstown (with August) February 27, 2026 While a Canadian did not make it on a round trip from Earth to the Moon just yet, the Eglinton Crosstown or simply "Line 5" did in fact finally open! Joined by August from TTC Riders, we discuss our first impressions and how monumental this is for the Greater Toronto Area. Denis talks about his time travelling across warm and sunny Mexico while Rodney speaks about his simultaneous visit to Halifax, which admittedly was nowhere near as warm. • 0:00 / 1:06:48

Our newest episode with @auguststreet.ca from @ttcriders.bsky.social is out!

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You can also listen directly on our website here that also has all links: dwelltime.ca

Building supportive housing for those who would otherwise be homeless is the right moral thing to do. It’s also the right financial thing to do, since it actually saves public money. It’s a no brainer, so don’t let wrong-headed ideology get in the way.

Tell your leaders to build supportive housing.

@julian.city is awesome!

PURPOSE Transportation policy represents an avenue for improving the systems moving people, goods, and services. The Infrastructure team is seeking proposals evaluating the effectiveness and/or benefits of existing transportation or transportation-adjacent policies on outcomes for communities in the United States. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS • U.S.-based organization • Must have an EIN

Someone should apply for this request for proposals and just propose adding a ton of bus service like they did in Brampton. You just have to be an American org to apply. I will help if you want!

@englishrail.bsky.social @humantransit.bsky.social

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I raise you BC's property tax rates

Dozens of Montreal school staff already fired or resigned over expanded religious symbols ban | CBC News Dozens of Montreal school staff have either been fired, suspended or decided to resign following Quebec’s new law expanding the ban on religious symbols in schools. According to the Montreal Associati...

The Government of Quebec is racist. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Looked at this from the BC perspective, I note that this analysis suggests BC has the 2nd lowest tax burden of all the provinces.

4 storey apartment building on a corner site with white brick and grey cladding, with a cafe on the ground level. Vancouver style homes and trees adjacent.

Single stair accessible flats, and a corner cafe.
Replacing a single home on a 50x122 lot.

Nova Scotia confident it can meet 2030 coal exit strategy as wind projects pick up Nova Scotia says it’s on track to meet its 2030 deadline to get off coal-fired electricity, with onshore wind power expected to supply the bulk of the province’s green energy needs in the coming years...

Today I learned Nova Scotia's conservatives are going all in on wind power!

How do they stop you from magically becoming an in-province student after the first year?

YouTube video by Nic Laporte How Did This Become Vancouver’s Busiest Shortcut?

This video rules because the problem was partially solved mid-production so you get to see a before and after

first phase of arguably los angeles' most important rail extension in a long time - one that will connect actually dense areas and supplement one of the most congested bus corridors.

LA is the only city in the continental US still expanding their subway system - overdue, but very cool

Speed - not just including time on transit itself, but for the user's overall trip - is one of, if not the most important characteristic to the competitiveness of a transit service.

It unfortunately is also too often the first thing to get value engineered out of a major project.

All-door boarding!

*only at metro stations

**only between 5 am - 7 pm

***only if you have a weekly or monthly pass

We should all move to PEI to increase our democratic power 4x