Mark Sakai π
Mark Sakai π
@marksakai.bsky.social
Housing government relations staffer, fan of good urban design, Lions STH, and committer of golfing atrocities. β³ Canadaπ is a proud sovereign nation, and always will be. More Housing Options, For More People, In More Places. Opinions are my own.
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BC Ferries is a lightning rod. But it can't be easy to run an operation with so many routes, ships, personnel, a lot of aging equipment and challenging weather. And when you read stories like this, it shows that this is an organization with a heart, as well. vancouversun.com/news/kindnes...
Hey, I made The Globe & Mail's Canada Day edition! www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
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If we want to really address our housing crisis, this is one of the many nuts we need to crack. Another great video by Uytae Lee.
Iβm excited to share my latest video with Urbanarium, "Why It's So Hard to Mass-Produce Housing." Factory-built housing is a promising idea in theory, but it turns out to be a very complicated endeavor in practiceβhereβs why: youtu.be/26iVJfiDgP0?...
I penned this op-ed in Real Estate Magazine, and reading the comments section, I don't know whether to get angry or laugh. realestatemagazine.ca/opinion-clim...
Turns out that when you invest billions in a transit system designed to get people to and from work in the downtown core, using it on off-peak hours and weekends for special events also works quite well. Who'da thought?
I noticed traffic wasn't actually that bad around the Taylor Swift concerts so I wrote a thing! dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
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