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it's absolutely wild we've let VPD ban watching the sunset, something the city is literally known for and is a major tourism Top 10
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Photo is from a friend, and it's not a one off. Did VPD decide unilaterally that folks sitting on a beach was the biggest threat to public order on a Saturday night that it required a gaggle of officers to be pulled off other duties?
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4 comfortably housed baby boomers who prob made a killing at the expense of the next gen on housing blocking 8 homes that young folks might actually have a hope of affording. where is the coverage of those forced to leave the city by these selfish folks?
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@hexagraeme
there's a blanket "closure" of all parks in the city at 10 pm, but it's widely understood that these are only meant to be used in the event the police have other reasons to move someone and unenforceable, but this year they seem to have decided to criminalize anyone on the beach
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Was curious why BC has ASE (speed) cameras, but you don't hear many complaints from speeders, and I was curious why. Apparently
@TranBC
has set the threshold so absurdly high it won't ticket until 30 km/h over the Maximum speed. This is 10 km/h away from impounding (!) (1/4)
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Decided to take the
@GOtransit
special service to Niagara Falls, and it's always amazing the sheer volume of people a 12 car GO train can move with room to spare
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I'd love a small studio apartment as a single young professional, but politicians like Brad West keep blocking the supply of small affordable units we desperately need so instead I'm sharing a so-called single family home with 3 other people who also would rather 1 Bd appts too
This is an incredibly important point. Families need space. Kids need space. As the one & only
@Ayan604
once put it: “Even a chimpanzee has a minimum requirement of 500 square feet plus a pool and some sort of tire swing.”
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@koicows
these policies are only used for if there is an incident. they don't kick people out of parks in Vancovuer at 10 pm ever when they legally close and frankly the hours are these policies were mostly used for profiling and antihomeless action rather than sound laws.
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peak older millennial thinking copying a trend from 10 yrs ago thinking it's somehow going to make you seem cool when in reality following an out of date trend is desperate & sad. I love this city, and think it deserves more than the city equivalent of a "Live Laugh Love" poster.
Good morning Vancouver! ⛰️ ☀️ Today, I’ll be serving notice of motion at City Council to bring a permanent “Vancouver” sign to our city. You may have seen the temporary one down by Canada Place—which has been a huge hit with locals and tourists alike. Unfortunately, it will be
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Metro Vancouver's 5th busiest bus route is now (theoretically) joining the bendy bus club! now if only we could get it even a tiny bit of transit priority on it, as a treat? asking for me and 5,688,000 friends 🥰
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I CANNOT Believe there is a guy who doesn't even live in the city on city council who is saying vancouverites don't deserve cycle lanes and gaslighting the entire city there is no safety issue on 10th, statistically the most dangerous rd for bike Collisions, because "he was vpd"
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@BrianVMontague
@VisionZeroYVR
@christineeboyle
@Vote4ABC
Councillor, respectfully as someone whos had near misses on our streets, I ask why you think begging council to do something about this is "pathetic & disgusting"? These tragedies demands action to stop them. How many of your neighbours need to die before you'll act on the data?
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So I've been visiting folks in Ontario the past week, and have been using transit more than I ever have, but the most frustrating trip was one that should be very easy: Cambridge or Waterloo to Brantford. this 30-45 minute car trip takes 4+ hours (!!) on GO 🧵1/6
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if a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk is having to stop at any point after entering the roadway you have a serious issue with the design of that Crosswalk. back up the stop line, eliminate the second lane thru crossings with bump outs, slow traffic down, or install a trffic light
As a pedestrian, check that each lane of traffic sees you and has stopped when crossing the road. As a driver, when one lane of traffic has stopped, slow down and proceed with caution. Traffic may have stopped for a reason.
#ShareTheRoad
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The fact we have articulated buses stuck in traffic w/o a lane, and for 2 cycles w/o any signal priority is a policy failure. the fact that I didn't get on the 19&25 I watched stuck in the traffic bc of how much this intersection prioritizes cars over ppl is also a policy failure
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@KenSimCity
There already is a perfect AAA mobility lane, you wanted to push it onto park land so you could add more space for private vehicles, this was the right decision
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✅restored two-way traffic allowing for rat running by nonresident drivers. no plans for "future transit"
✅removing a AAA bike lane, for drivers 🚴
✅ displacing a pedestrian pathway on the south side and widening the road into parkland
👉A loss for every Vancouverite.
#vanpoli
Here's more detail on the council-approved plan to restore two-way traffic on Beach Ave. west of Denman. Includes:
✅restored two-way traffic allowing for future transit
✅new, separated AAA bike lane 🚴
✅new pedestrian pathway on the south side
👉A win for everyone.
#vanpoli
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this is one of the most insane things I've ever seen a public agency post but like even putting asside the victim blaming, what exactly could this pedestrian do that would catch the attention of a driver looking at their phone and not out the window in broad daylight?
Pedestrian safety is a two-way street. What pedestrians and drivers can do to make our roadways safer
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wild to use the tag "Livable. Affordable." on a video in which you call for Mississauga to continue to be a city which chains folks to paying $10k/year for a car, or become 2nd class citizens fearing death on their streets. Dangerous and Deadly stroads like Bloor must be fixed.
Today, I signed a petition to stop the removal of car lanes from Bloor St.
As Mayor, I’ll take a sensible and practical approach to congestion as Mississauga grows.
I’ll stop the $27 Million Bloor St project that removes 2 car lanes and replaces them with bike lanes.
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I too wonder this, pic of a provincially direct-controlled mansion district within 800 m of a bus exchange and public university's commons unrelated 👀
“Allow high density housing within 800m of post-secondary institutions”
The Annex is within 800m of UofT right? 👀👀😈
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my hot take of the day is we should not be detouring rapidbuses & tolleys just so a few cruise passengers can fetch a private car immediately in the downtown core. why does the port not queue on waterfront rd? and what measures are they taking to get tourists on transit?
#VancouverBC
Big line up of cabs and taxis on East Hastings between Seymour and Homer. Looks like there might be a cruise ship docking with passengers need of a ride. Expect delays. Take Pender or Dunsmuir instead.
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@sunlorrie
many ont. small towns are essentially "15-minute cities". if you live in. for example Port Rowan has its elementary school, grocery, ball parks, food, hardware store etc. all within 15 min of most of town. Paris, Ont is another good example. try visiting one & touch grass maybe.
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Video evidence of a violation of the MTA should be able to be used to charge drivers doing wild shit like this, but also it's clear the infrastructure needs to make it impossible to commit unlawful acts or drivers will do it
Heyo
@CityofVancouver
your modal filtering at Heather and 7th isn't working! It actually somehow makes the intersection more dangerous. Add a bollard or two? PS this is the intersection of two bike routes
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as someone who used to live at Macdonald and got priced out by the massive lack of supply in the n'hood, I would have loved this, ecstatic that my friends forced to drive from the 'burbs might get to leave the car and walk to thte pub or beach, or take the train or bus to work.
How would you feel if this was proposed on your duplex lined street? Precisely. Which is why I opposed aspects of the Broadway Plan. My friends on West 14th aren't NIMBYs but don't want this next door, so I am motivated to start the battle all over again.
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It's a really cool shot, but all I can think of is the sheer number of people we can fit in this massive intersection that was sacrificed to increase the speed of those in private cars, while the space for pedestrians is almost impossible to see. apparently downtown Winnipeg.
Happy
#CanadaDay
!
One of my most viral videos wasn't even in the contract!
For CD 2017 I was asked to get a super high res shot of the
#LivingMapleLeaf
but love
#TimeLapse
so much I set one up too. It got over 17 million views thx to
@BBCWorld
and ppl including
@BrianTDBowman
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Annual reminder that we actually do not need provincial roads the width of freeways to get to a uni campus with 55% sustainable modeshare despite no true rapid transit or protected bike infra. We shouldn't only protect cyclists for events like this one, we should do it every day.
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there are currently 6-7 (!) buses between Arbutus and Granville and not a single bus from Granville to commercial on the 99 B-Line. The
@CityofVancouver
road network is causing the regions bus overcrowding crisis to be turned up to 11 on routes thru the city more than any other
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these are the gatekeepers Ford is catering to. they absolutely are the minority and they unequivocally should be ignored & called out. this is a crisis, it's not just shadows at stake but the entire economy of the city and prov. if you don't like neighbours don't live in a city
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@MikeKlassen
@ParkBoard
it's important to note that you're not going to be installing a bike lane in summer 2024, there already is a bike lane now. you'll be paying millions of dollars for a second car lane when your own staff said it's not necessary, and inducing more demand for cars in Stanley Park
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@PeterMeiszner
you're being disingenuous and you know it. options A/B allowed for gradual replacement of the interim lane, C does not. ABC chose the one that cuts access and makes the park less safe. you demolished the bridge and said if you want to get to the other side so bad swim with sharks
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Seeing the 19 Kingsway trolley, a major FTN route, as well as the 25 King Edward bus, the 5th busiest bus in Metro Van in 2022, getting stuck in gridlock on Kingsway so empty cars can be stored on the street is absolutely a policy failure
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Took the ferry over to Granville Island and you get the pleasure of walking out to the middle of a parking lot, but let's be honest 70% of
@granville_isle
is devoted to car parking and it's cheaper to park for an hour (50% cheaper on weekdays!) than to take the ferries.
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imagine celebrating like you did something by banning REPORTS on congestion pricing, setting our city behind peers by decades. planning for future and exploring options to present to cncl is what staff are paid to do, and good governance requires thoughtful review of the options
🛑 🚘 💰A win for affordability for everyday Vancouverites. This would have been a disaster for an already suffering downtown as well as everyday working people who need to drive downtown for work, trades, etc. Wealthy ppl would just pay it; regular people would be penalized.
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Vancouver has the lowest property taxes of any major city in the entire country, but yeah we can't punish the millionaires so let's make poor people pay more for printing at the library or something instead
As Vancouver seeks to avoid years of punishing property tax increases, councillors are now looking at fee hikes for everything from parking permits to business licences to the cost of owning a pet.
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@PeterMeiszner
@Patmeister
@MLedgerLomas
I work at UBC now. myself and my coworkers were talking about how there isn't a safe route. I'm glad you & risk-tolerant cyclists feel safe taking a lane on b'way, the rest of us were BEGGING you to make it so we can too and you decided to gaslight us that we're safe instead
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anyone who has been on our transit system right now can tell you the best option for sustainability is density near where ppl want to work, go to school, and play, not forcing folks who can't afford a mansion to commute hours by forcing people to live in the deep burbs
Why is Andy Yan saying that excluding people from the City of Vancouver — the most walkable, bikeable and transit rich municipality with some of the highest property values — is good for sustainability and equity.
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@sarahkirby_yung
maybe the thing we need to question is why we have a governance model that puts supportive housing, and folks experiencing homelessness, on trial before you just so your supporters can come and assault public officials for wanting to give everyone the right to housing.
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get back to me when Loblaws sets its bread prices on a 5 yr rolling average of previous years bread prices and not current cost of production, or landlords set rents at 5 yr rolling averages of previous rents instead of current market values. so unbelievably out of touch.
Here's the truth about
@ChristineEBoyle
's proposal: It does nothing but provide instability for City employees.
ABC advocates for a 5-year rolling average approach, ensuring city employees receive a fair and stable wage, empowering them to confidently plan for the future.
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Hard to watch, but we need to have a discussion on drivers just fully not giving a fuck. how else does one make this more clear that it's a stop? we should not need full light cycles to control every intersection and crossing, drivers should be able to look out their windows
A pedestrian was struck by a car while crossing a street in downtown Hamilton on Sunday, and the entire incident was captured on video.
Click on the photo below to read more.
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@KenSimCity
in what world is removing an accessible bike& rolling lane a win for accessibility? you've put people at risk of getting maimed by car for no reason, when every expert is pointing out that that infra like sep active transport lanes increase access, and it throughput. just insane
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every historical Canadian city, from Toronto and Vancouver to Hamilton and Vic., should be building stuff like this. bus priority, mobility lanes, ped space, more homes and storefronts. change is possible in our lifetimes if we believe in our cities. it doesn't take a century.
One year after Paris had built 52km of “corona tracks”, 60% of users were new cyclists, and the proportion of women increased 14%.
With 62% public support, €250m will be invested by 2026 to make those popup lanes permanent, add 130km more, and build 130,000 bike parking spaces.
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love the irony of fossil fuel astroturf orgs choosing to advertise not only on public transit in general but on a trolleybus that's directly powered by a grid that's near 100% hydro/geothermal/wind powered
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the City of Vancouver needs a RapidTO level project for its routes. the regional system means CoV isn't running the buses BUT it does have the jurisdiction to add any bus priority on its roads. I wish media would question
@KenSimCity
on this like TO Mayors on slow TTC routes
"Why is the 84 never on time 🫨 ?"
Imagine the mode shift we could induce if one of these lanes was a priority bus lane.
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I am mad about the decision ABCers are making not b/c I didn't expect it but because they are legitimately doing so in the most spineless way, gaslighting and lying their way to it, and tossing fiscal responsibility out the window.
@KenSimCity
is truly killing this cities future
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Lenny is the biggest disappointment, I had heard lots of good things about him and his background, instead he's using it to weaponize stats to match his bias, pretending you can only have Walking OR biking, not both. listen to data and experts, that's what you had promised to do.
7 mth public engagement on Broadway in 2019: 10,000+ contacts & 40+ meetings
1. 62% ranks "Walkability" as THE most important (n=2016), bikeable ranks 5th
2. Street design: 26% thinks improved accessibility & walking experience as THE top priority (n=1782), AAA cycling 9%, 6th
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so glad VPD is here to remind us that these incidents are because “people are running for the bus”…Last I checked drivers are required to stop for peds at ALL crossings and I have the right to walk as quick as I fucking want. Car-violence is the fault of the motorist, full stop.
Red flags have appeared at a crosswalk in Vancouver's West End neighborhood in an attempt to make it safer for pedestrians.
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@VancouverPD
I'm glad you're going after evil criminals who... cross the road when safe?? perhaps VPD should look around at how dangerous drivers are. daily I almost get hit by dvrs turning without checking for peds, or running reds entirely, honestly the ped light is irrelevant at this point
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begging the city to recognise that the cost of having the density of a hamlet in the middle of our 3rd lgst city far outpaces any sewer upgrades they need. The ppl who will live in these homes aren't going to disappear; they'll be clogging streets on their commute from chilliwack
The city has published the proposed density charges for multiplex developments.
Prices go up with lot size, and as you head west.
33’ lots have minimal charges
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imagine being nostalgic for an era where we destroyed communities to build these monstrosities and everyone's childhood included a dose of lead poisoning. the only thing regressing is the pollution levels and lead levels in the blood of younger gens. Take the viaducts down next.
When there was a Granville Bridge (1964). We are regressing.
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the VPD's war on pedestrians with these videos as drivers violate and harm pedestrians all around them at an alarming rate is insane. sunday I walked from Ontario to main. crossing 3 white lights and I almost got hit by 4 cars (3 of which were taxi/Uber/parcel drivers) 1/3
Road safety is everyone’s responsibility. In our 3-part series on
#roadsafety
, we’ve touched on the roles of drivers, cyclists, and now pedestrians.
Did you know that when the flashing hand with a number countdown begins, it is no longer safe to begin crossing the street?
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ASE cams aren't perfect. Enforcement is an admin. control and a less effective intervention (see hierarchy). HOWEVER theyre an unbiased control which has been proven to change behaviour, and fines can go to fix roads to protect drivrs, peds & our communities from death (3/4)
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Toronto, w/ 75 ASE to CoVs 13, are said to be set to ticket at ~11+ ovr. This means that if you're going 61 in 50, you get a ticket, whereas in BC you're maybe free to go 79! I suppose
@DriveBC
decided if all struck vulnerable users are dead at 60 anyway who cares? (2/3)
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@MikeKlassen
@uytaelee
if only someone could both push for engineering solutions like bike lanes on arterials and modal filters to make cycling and walking safer across the city and also show that they support policies reducing needless car trips, too bad you don't know anyone with that power eh?
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so what I'm hearing is David Eby not only implemented a policy that will increase the supply of homes for folks in BC to live in, but ALSO increased the supply of Taylor Swift tickets for folks in the lower mainland (or with friends in the lower mainland) to attend as well!
💫🎶
#TaylorSwift
is gonna 'Shake It Off' in Vancouver!
But thanks to the BC NDP's Airbnb ban, finding a 'Blank Space' to stay just got trickier.
With 164,000 Swifties over three nights, and only 23,000 hotels rooms, we've got a 'Bad Blood' situation on our hands!
#bcpoli
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easy to see why the 25 has such reliability issues as a rider. 2 drivers parking here during rush for free, probably to run into a shop on Kingsway, delays us around 20-30 seconds (sometimes more). what does that equate to for the 6-8 full buses/hr? x20 of these small delays?
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@PeterMeiszner
@kteschke
@johnrstreit
@jillreports
@GlobalBC
@CKNW
@Lucyincanada
@WeAreHub
any reason you couldn't you wait until that's being built to remove the current bike lane, or is this just a ploy to ensure no one protests too hard when you actually permanently remove it? you promised you'd keep it multiple times this election so why should I trust you will?
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begging every one of these stupid posts to turn the camera the other way. Vancouver is the prime example of how density can be incredibly livable, but the preservation of a single family vibe (sure laneways and basement crumbs but no real changes) means skyrocketing prices.
Vancouver. 1980 vs now. A very amazing urban development. Succesful in every way except one. Its no longer affordable. Adding density did not lead to affordability. The reverse happened. NA's most expensive housing.
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My brothers rent went up 5% and I was saying its unlawful, but turns out the Ford gov. removed the rental increase protections specifically from basements & new builds which is the most egregious attack on working class folks I’ve ever seen.
@fordnation
how can you sleep at night
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a Green party that's: anti-affordable-housing, anti-bike lane, and not advocating for any meaningful climate policy. I'd rather they just be honest and stop trying to hide their wealthy west-side "progressive" conservative politics behind a green veneer.
Boyle’s motion was well intentioned but bad policy:
Big thread 🧵- we all need correct info to have a chance at solving our
#housing
crisis:
1/8- Boyle's motion was likely to lead to the displacement of renters, loss of affordable rental homes, and increase in land values
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more HOV and bus lanes please, I like full buses going zoom zoom to make them a logical choice to go between cities (and in this case to airports too)
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We should be calling on these cameras to be set at the same level as peers like Toronto, with a reasonable buffer to control for potential arguments similar to how manual traffic enforcement works (10+ above works well, this is still deadly but that's for another thread) (4/4)
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we're really going to do a region wide speedrun of every method NIMBY politicians use of making BRT useless aren't we
City of Burnaby is endorsing
#BRT
from Park Royal to Metrotown.
It wants
#TransLink
to use the route of Boundary Road and Halifax Street due to bus-only lane traffic impacts on Hastings Street. This skips Burnaby Heights and Capitol Hill.
#vanpoli
#vanre
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Vancouver's a world-class city, and we shouldn't be arbitrarily forcing people into far off suburbs to add to debilitating congestion & soul crushing sprawl. I'm glad to see Cllr Zhou speaking to this, and hope all of council comes together to recognise this as a turning point:
It's promising to have a clear goal & established a way to measure progress. 28900 units in 5 yrs, or less than 6000 units per yr, might be considered cautious given the actual demand in the city.
Should strive to not only meet the target but also exceed it by delivering more.
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lights are out and Van drivers forget how crosswalks work. crossed waving my arms around and still almost got hit, watched dvr not stop in the mid lane while the other lane stopped and almost hit the ped who crossed bext. walking to the train shouldn't feel like playing chicken.
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HUGE? experts say 6 flrs and 1.5 fsr was the min. for this to work, but ABC'll pass this so you ignore that they scrapped the renters office so that petit bourgeois landlords who'll maybe bless us with a tiny room or 2 can exploit renters without the pesky rent cops to ruin it!
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much of the 36% that own a car (myself inc) dont drive to spots like dwtn and soon bway that are on the skytrain or walkable. my VKT are almost all out of town and to the far west. Ofc, some short walk/rollable parking&drop off space should be maintained for folks w/ disabilities
It’s actually only 36% of
@CityofVancouver
population that owns a car now. Parking is not prerequisite to success of a commercial street in a high-density, transit-oriented district; it’s actually a negative. Other uses for that space would benefit businesses far more.
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want to open up "family sized" units? make it more affordable to rent an appt so that we don't continue to have shared houses as the only viable option for someone in a profession, let alone in uni or working in the service industry, can afford.
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make kerisdale the golden mile 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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@Sflecce
perhaps you should start negotiating in good faith rather than tweeting out a bunch of misleading statements? there also wouldn't have been a "second strike in two weeks" if you didn't trample on everyone's charter rights and the human rights code. you've left them with no choice
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taking bets that they'll remove the permanent bike infrastructure for the pilot, decide the pilot is over, never make it permenant, and never reinstall the permanent bike infra. Leave the island, scrape the paint, and add arrows to the surface alongside signage. this is not hard.
This week, we're removing the concrete island on York and Yew to help reinforce the new traffic patterns for drivers. 🚗
Next week, we’ll adjust the coloured blocks and also install some flexible bollards to support the traffic restrictions.
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I really like how you can show up at Aldershot
@GOtransit
and not really think too much about the schedule for LSW. If only I didn't have to sit in hwy 403 traffic on the way there this morning because the 15 Brantford bus drops to a frustrating 2 hours after 4:30 pm. (1/3)
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@LennyNanZhou
you had multiple planning, public hlth & community experts, citations of studies on near identicl cases in Mtl & To presented. I get that ABC is the Anti-Bike Coalition, but stop pretending you care about data and own your bias, I'd respect you much more for it evn if I disagree.
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such a simple and effective way to do enforcement, save police time, protect our communities and it requires zero physical change to do a step toward vision zero in our province and our city
@Dave_Eby
@adriandix
@KenSimCity
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@PeterMeiszner
@kteschke
@johnrstreit
@jillreports
@GlobalBC
@CKNW
@Lucyincanada
@WeAreHub
or better yet, temporarily remove the horses causing the problem, and you wouldn't need to rip out the trees to make a second car lane for horses which only operate seasonally and few taxpayers use.
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Was talking to a friend who's lived in Toronto and he reminded me that Tory was GRILLED by the media about traffic violence and safety, and Hamilton's Mayor Horwath has been too. meanwhile, I don't recall Mayor Sim (& Stewart before) or councillors being asked about it at all.
@VisionZeroYVR
@christineeboyle
@Vote4ABC
There is a camera at that location. You clearly have zero details about this incident and don’t know the facts. Pathetic and disgusting that you make the tragic death of this woman about your group’s political positioning.
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the sign detracts from the backdrop of the northshore mountains, Stanley park and waterway, that ppl travel the world to visit. This feels like something a town of 100k would be doing in 2018 not the centre of 1 of Canada's major metros in 2024. Frankly we deserve so much better.
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@MCHVancouver
there is no area of the park that we've lost access to in a car, whereas prior to the bike lane there was lots of hard to access spots on a bike (and even walking) I drive all the time, but understand a car shouldn't be prioritized in a democratic & just society, people should be
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Sustainable trips (Active travel and transit) make up over 50% of trips in the city, imagine how much better our transit and active mobility networks could be if we prioritized transit equal to the ridership, actual and potential, we have in this region
It’s always interesting to me the stark difference in transit ridership between comparable US and Canadian cities. Here’s a wild stat…
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we are in a housing crisis and NIMBYs have successfully learned how to filibuster the process of building housing.
The City of Vancouver has confirmed that they have rescheduled the public hearing for the rezoning of a Safeway next to the Commercial/Broadway SkyTrain station until after the election because council has run out of time
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its 2023 and the city of Vancouver is removing safe AAA bike infra from *A PARK* because commuters from another city want a rat-run, am archaic business wants to keep abusing horses, and a small group of boomers want to continue the trend of "I got mine f* you" in this city
Tonight's vote: Park Board directed staff to proceed with Option C in the Stanley Park Bike Lane Options Report with several amendments.
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before we start building sprawling hwys through greenfield, we should be exhausting all TDM measures possible. Transit is essential to this, with each GO bus reducing congestion by up to 80 vehicles, leaving room for folks who want to drive & commercial traffic 6/6
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@BillTieleman
huh, that's interesting because myself and everyone I know in the area (broadway residents) have said we want this site and those around it to be covered with 40-50+ storey buildings. it's the busiest transit hub in the region Bill, and we need more homes, especially near transit
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This is federal land, and it's a policy failure at all 3 levels of gov that there is no shuttle around the space and so much room devoted to the fraction of folks who drive. subsidize the ferry, run shuttles from SkyTrain, & reduce the car access and increase parking rates
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@MoreTransitSO
@GOtransit
it's not bad. standing room only but not crush load at all. it's the first train, so I imagine people just said we'll take the next one. Im very curious to see what transit is going to look like in Niagara itself when this train unloads though
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things the city could actually do:
- a set of new "Vancouver special" apartment and MM forms as of right, no 3d printing required, and with relaxed fsr and setbacks in every neighbourhood
- 6-10 flrs in every neighbourhood, if it's fine on Gladstone or Hamber why not next door?
Ken Sim floats the idea of:
- 3D printed homes (says he saw it done in Japan, could be built in a week would cut down on construction waste by 90%)
- Putting 10 storeys of housing on top of every school getting a seismic upgrade
"these are no-brainers"
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the incentive for empty rental units should be that the land value tax is too high to not rent it out. no one has to be a landlord & we shouldn't have to kiss the ring of so-called "mom-and-pop" landlords for allowing us the privilege of giving our labour to pay for their capital
Completely agree! Here is what I found:
I interviewed 8 STR operators (compliance status unknown) & 5 of them had negative experiences in the past in long-term rentals with non-paying tenants. Consequently, they opted to STR instead.
When asked whether they would consider
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@GRIDSVancouver
I get what you're saying, but w/ an already below needs budget and within it's mandate, what can the library do that doesn't involve charging for the basic services it already provides as a Public Good. we don't ask the fire dpt to use spare time to find revenue sources.
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wow I'm just so glad this group that's obviously representative of the demographics of our city and kits came together to oppose tenfold density increases for kits. these charts unrelated:
Even tho there's
@Canucks
hockey tonight there are a lot of people in Kits Neighbourhood House concerned about impacts of the Broadway Plan on Kits and surrounding neighbourhood. I'm here as a speaker b/c notwithstanding the hsg crisis, a tenfold increase in density is wrong! :(
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this will be huge for Vancouver and our region! I'm really happy to see unanimous support for this from Vancouver city council following and hope to see this implemented as fast as possible! 🚎
Bus Lane motion passes unanimously!!! 🎉🚌🥳
Thank you to Vancouver city council. A major win for the entire city. We are thrilled!!!
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I am so incredibly tired of drivers running stop signs and speeding down side streets in my neighbourhood. is
@CityofVancouver
going to do anything or are we just going to let it become impossible to walk east of Ontario St.
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won't anyone think of the fairness of the cities 3rd richest area having one (1) moderately sized apartment building with 20% affordable rental homes all subsidized by the renters in the other (prob still lower than neighbourhood average income) homes without subsidy?
Panelist Heidi Nesbitt is asking whether they can evaluate the "fairness" of this building in its impact to neighbours and WHAT THE FUCK.
ABOLISH
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It is so telling that the loudest voices against more neighbours and more affordable housing types near 1 of western canada's largest job centres and unis are the folks who designed the planning regime in such a way that this was illegal to build in most of the city for decades.
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The Canada line could look like this if
@Richmond_BC
and
@CityofVancouver
added in safe infra connected to an actual AAA network, rather than half-baked protection so as to not inconvenience the private car
Day 2 and there's no lack of demand for bike parking at REM stations! (Du Quartier)
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If you walk, bike or transit in this city it's beginning to feel like not if you're going to be hit, but when. but suppose we've got to keep the flow of traffic, no matter how many pedestrian deaths it costs, right VPD? excited to see your next sick victim blaming edit tape! 3/3
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