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More bus lanes! Or even better, bus only zones

Patrick, Nina Krieger the Minister of Public Safety and MLA Jennifer Whiteside stand for one of those political Photos.

And, in meeting with the Minister last week, we talked through these challenges, and I also reiterated #NewWest support for speed and intersection cameras, and offered McBride Avenue as a location where automated enforcement could save lives in the short term!

Pete Fry just tried to call into a public hearing as a speaker before he was cut off by legal and they went into recess?? I've never heard of this happening before, that doesn't seem appropriate at all.

I’m feeling very sorry for myself today. It doesn’t feel fair that I’m sitting at home in a great deal of pain with a shattered wrist, waiting another week for surgery, while the guy who did this to me is out there just living his life, probably barely giving me a second thought. 1/

When London Drugs Gastown closed, ABC professed alarm about the loss of this important retail anchor for workers, neighbours, and residents. "One of the most affordable stores in the DTES."

Today they voted to replace it with a VPD training centre, which will be a retail location for... nobody.

Safe street advocate hit by car on way home from advocacy meeting Rhiannon Fox, a vocal advocate for safer streets, was left with a broken wrist last week after a driver tried to overtake her on the left while she turned left on an e-scooter in Vancouver.

Rhiannon Fox was on her way home from meeting with city officials about how to reduce danger from cars on Friday when she was hit by a car.

Woah! What route?

Thanks to the City of Vancouver for inviting us as stakeholders for the Vision Zero plan refresh.

A lot of very positive items that will absolutely make a difference! The question remains whether there's the political capital and budget to get it done. (Probably not with this council)

5. Goodbye property tax deferral

You know how seniors were allowed to delay paying property taxes on their home with super cheap interest rates?

The province has changed it so interest rates are prime plus two per cent and compound monthly, eliminating it as a de facto investment fund

For the record, Big Orange Bridge, affectionately called “Bob” by the locals, is in Nelson.

You have created a… different acronym.

When BC's consumer carbon tax was first introduced, it was accompanied by tax cuts to both personal and corporate taxes to make it revenue-neutral. But when it was eliminated last spring, these tax cuts were not reversed. The result is a $2 billion hole in BC's finances. #BCBudget

The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:

So the Arbutus Greenway closure at 41st kinda sucks

Turn restrictions are now in place at Broadway and Ontario St, preventing rat running onto this bikeway 🎉

Still work to do especially on 10th but this is a great move from the city!

Slower speeds coming to a school near you In May, the City of New Westminster Council approved extending 30km/h school zone hours from 8am-5pm to 7am-10pm. This was awesome; schools are vital community hubs for parents and kids, and are ac…

Five years after being approved, 24/7 school zones are coming to Vancouver - all it took was asking the right questions! Read more: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/01/26/s...

Victoria mayor pushes back on Victoria police chief's claim of 'chronic underfunding' | CBC News Victoria Police Chief Fiona Wilson called for a significant budget increase on Tuesday, saying there's been a decade of “chronic underfunding.” However, the city's mayor later pushed back on the asser...

Get yourself a mayor that pushes back. PS Victoria has the highest per capita policing cost in BC
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We tried to invite Ontario Premier Doug Ford to our live show in Toronto on Thursday, February 5th, hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social, so we brought two comically large tickets to Queen's Park. Here's how it went.

Get normal sized tickets here:

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Vancouver Council Majority Rejects Snow Removal Priority for Transit

“We are disappointed. This motion was simple, it aimed to ensure that everyone, not just frequent transit riders but also snow-day transit users (like drivers who want to keep their car parked during a storm) have reliable transit access during harsh winters“ - Aman Chandi movementyvr.ca/vanco...

us: 2 people have been hit since this detour started, can we get some communication, signage, and infrastructure upgrades?

city: best we can do is politely ask drivers who visit our webpage about the detour to not use the bike routes

we assume this is phase 1 and the modal filter is coming next??

If Madison, Wisconsin can do it, why the hold up in Vancouver?

This partnership between Bart and Uber seems designed to undermine what limited bus service already exists to these stations.

man even when I'm playing a video game someone is parked in the bike lane

Screenshot of the article on CBC front page

Yes, I'm quoted in this article... But extremely observant people will notice I'm also in the thumbnail... But it's me from 7 years ago

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Justin we love you but as a chart enthusiast you're too smart to post charts with arbitrary start points and linear trendlines. Here's a couple we made, with the same data, that shows traffic fatalities are on the rise!

But onto a more serious analysis of this 🧵

New speed camera replacement just dropped in Ford’s Ontario

Cold and wet out there folks but so glad for @translink.ca @movementyvr.bsky.social and all the great folks making it easy to get around. #postthegood

And then remove the caps seemingly out of nowhere and pat themselves in the back for doing a great job

5 people have been killed on the roads in Metro Vancouver in the last week, including a driver, a cyclist, and 3 pedestrians, one of whom was a young child. Each of them had lives, families and friends, aspirations and potential that will not be realized. Each of them could have been me, or you.

July 2024 after a string of fatal crashes: "It's the summer weather."

December 2025 after a string of fatal crashes: "It's the winter weather."

I don't know maybe our road design just isn't safe?