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I'm privileged to have been profiled by the National Observer! #yyjpoli #yyj #bcpoli

There are many obstacles facing the development of passenger rail in British Columbia. How could we start untangling them?, asks Will Dawson.

The BC NDP marked the 25th anniversary of 2001's devastating cuts to the transit networks by proposing a new round of transit funding cuts, observes Michael Hall.

The intention is good but can we stop obsessing with free transit and worry about fixing the existing issues first? A single ride costing $3 less isn't going to help someone get to a night shift job if their bus still doesn't exist after 9pm -- they will still have no choice but to pay for a car.

This morning, both the BC Conservatives and the BC NDP ruled out a vehicle levy to fund public transit in Metro Vancouver. This despite the vehicle levy being commonly used in other cities, including Montreal, Seattle, and the bustling metropolis of Gatineau, Quebec.

I have nothing to add that hasn't already been said but this is an act of abject cowardice. All the endless hand-wringing about towers and concentrating development on existing rental areas, and when the opportunity comes to do something about it everyone except Lucy votes for the status quo.

Really demoralizing day to be a Vancouver area housing nerd for precisely this reason. When there’s no imminent sky-is-falling crisis, the Vancouverite political establishment reverts to their preservationist (NIMBY, if you wanna be cynical) instincts.

one thing that I hate about ADHD is that I need to be hyper interested, extremely stressed, etc. to really get into something. no gears beyond locked in or kinda listless. this isn't a quirk chungus so wacky thing, it's a character flaw that makes my life worse.

Can someone who knows ball explain why that’s a pen and a yellow? Kane is clearly trying to play the ball and just misses?

“The lesson for me is that scarcity is the ultimate gift to the far right,” Galindo said. “When there isn’t enough housing or public transit or health-care services for everyone, it’s so much easier to point a finger at immigrants than to address the actual causes of that shortage.”

@movementyvr.bsky.social has never told anyone to take the bus. Instead, we tell politicians to make transit good. Because we know - through examples like this!* - that when it's good (frequent) people choose to take it! *and countless examples local to Metro Vancouver

American states are like "Unitary governance? That pales in effectiveness to my strategy, having each state be a lab of democracy" and then just be a carbon copy of the federal government

Building bike lanes at the same time as roadwork was supposed to save money, expand the network and reduce opposition. The reality is more complicated, argues Ruofan 🚎

I think Vancouver's become too reliant on using unrelated roadwork as an opportunity to build bike lanes. I argue that it doesn't save that much money, does little to quell local opposition, and often fails to create network effects.

Twin Peaks is supposed to be somewhere near the Idaho border. I call BS, this is a coastal PNW landscape not an Interior one. This is obviously Whatcom County. (it was actually filmed mostly in King County, fwiw)

Why hasn't transit kept up with growth? @bettertransityyj.ca Chair Sam Holland argues that the Province has never taken transit as seriously as highways. When deficits need fixing, transit is first on the chopping block.

“Increase transparency around project costs. “ Meanwhile average construction cost FOI in Canada be lookin like:

Is housing demand fake? Absolutely not, writes Will Dawson #bcpoli #housing #yyj #vanpoli

Treating passenger rail as an ineffectual jobs program instead of as a vital transportation connection is how we end up with a national railway that somehow manages to lose $55 per boarding moving people between Montreal and Toronto and insists on weighing your luggage

Come to BC we have The socialist party(panicking popularists) The conservative party(identity crisis between fascists and conservatives) The green party(socialists now I guess?)

Born by the Charles, raised by the St-Laurent, but now I race the roaring Fraser to the sea

this really should be framed as a policy choice, not as a naturally occurring phenomenon

Now that I'm done defending Quebec time to dunk on them again: I see they're once again doing the "facially religion-neutral law that basically only affects Muslims" bit again www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N: Gulfoss, Iceland S: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa E: Tokyo, Japan W: Pearl Harbour, Hawaii

@chittimarco.bsky.social I was writing something for a more general audience on transparency in infrastructure costs to emphasize how bad we are on it, but for the comparison to work I need some concrete examples of a better way. I already have the Italian benchmark prices, do you know of more?

It felt weird to do this post on my usual public transit beat. It felt like I was pretending that the world isn't going over a cliff. But there's a thematic connection to the moment: We'll need more transit capacity soon, as lots of people will no longer be able to afford cars.

This is a good initiative. My biggest question remains how to get municipalities to get on board. Right now many are actively legislating against scalable housing solutions, and it will likely take significant pressure to break through municipal resistance against dramatically increasing housing.

And that’s a wrap…for now! As we anxiously wait for the decision of our political leaders, we want to acknowledge all the folks who have put their whole hearts into this campaign!

One thing I don't miss about Preston Manning is him always saying "the west" when he obviously means "Alberta" or "the prairies." Stop dragging BC into your grievances, Preston. You're alienating us.

Come out, bring your friends!! Make a cool sign!

Really, really hoping Trump didn’t take my bus too. (BC govt please save Translink and don’t use tariffs as an excuse, we need more public transit in tight economic times not less!)

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It’s time for Canada to import Japanese zoning, Korean and Spanish transit construction practices, Dutch road design, and Swiss building codes.