The Yukon is having a plebiscite tonight on electoral reform, and currently ranked ballots have 60% support with lots of votes left to come in electionsyukon.ca/en/plebiscit...

A scathing introduction by city staff allowed the Urban Design Panel to quickly tear apart this student housing building planned a block away from the new Broadway #SkyTrain station. They blasted it as a negative fit for Mount Pleasant, & the immediate area. #Vancouver #VanRe

Seeing this construction project was mind blowing: in Copenhagen, multiple apartment buildings are being built INDOORS and on-site, in a single “Site Cover” temporary shelter.

"Options—including... more public transit from one side of the Malahat to the other—should be explored before committing a large sum of money for a project that appears to do more harm than good." www.capitaldaily.ca/news/hundred... #yyj #bcpoli @bettertransityyj.ca @vtru.bsky.social

If you’re on Vancouver Island and care about road safety and community building, this is the event for you! #nanaimo #urbanism #waroncars

Coming to Nanaimo, the book tour of "Life After Cars" from the folks behind @thewaroncars.bsky.social. Register to attend, and get your hands on a copy of the book!

Not to mention that these are the very types of neighbourhoods that Canadian always go to visit. Florence & Mexico City as just a few examples.

**News** I’ve been waiting to share this news for a long time: BC Transit is finally introducing a credit and debit tap system. One will soon be able to tap or update the Umo card and pay via the app. This move reduces barriers and will drive ridership. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/b...

The Island Corridor and all of BC’s rail corridors serve as corridors of opportunity. Strengthening our corridors means opportunity for workers, businesses, and the next generation. youtu.be/cPypiiAlOx8?... #IslandRail #SupplyChains #BCJobs #Nanaimo #Lantzville #Bcpoli

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

Sandpoint, ID (pop. 10,444) has a big part of the answer to tourist towns' housing disasters: a new 4-story 88-home apartment building, replacing one house just outside downtown. Developer says rents should be well under $1,500. Legalize it bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/ap...

Have your say on TransLink's proposed Metrotown-North Shore BRT connecting the North Shore, Vancouver, and Burnaby! Provide your feedback until Sunday, September 21: www.translink.ca/plans-and-pr...

If prefab will solve Canada's housing problems, I'd add: Where *specifically* are the homes going to go? Where are the sites in Toronto and Vancouver regions to build 100,000s of homes? www.thestar.com/business/opi...

Big News for Nanaimo Housing! The Missing Middle has officially arrived! 🎉 BC’s new upzoning rules mean most lots can now have 3–4 homes instead of just one. Nanaimo stepped up by expanding the R-5 zone across much of the city… and surprise, surprise — more homes are being built! 🏘️🏗️

📍 Help shape Victoria’s e-bike share system by telling us where you want to go! Suggest parking zone locations (where shared e-bikes will be parked and available for use) by dropping pins on the map at engage.victoria.ca/bikeshare before Sept. 24! #yyjbike

Is there any Spokane real estate blog/account where I can see some photos of these things going up?

This might be the 1st single stair building in BC. A project by Waymark Arch in @esquimaltbc.bsky.social (Ignore the townhouse headline) www.timescolonist.com/local-news/w...

reposting... After building code and zoning updates, elevators are the '3rd leg' of advocacy needed for single stair urbanism via @stephenjacobsmith.com @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

After years of work, Nanaimo has successfully removed all parking minimums from its downtown urban centre(With hopefully more changes to come). We’re finally coming to the realization that Nanaimo has a housing crisis not a parking crisis. #parkingreform youtu.be/lzwP5FW7heI?...

This may just be the best transit ad I've ever seen.

If prioritized homes for people like we prioritize homes for cars we would be much further along in dealing with this housing crisis.

Provide your ideas! The City of Langford is updating its Parking Bylaw to better reflect current parking conditions and to align parking standards with Langford’s evolving transportation patterns, and we want to hear from you! Complete the survey at LetsChatLangford.ca/Parking

B.C.'s Special Committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform is accepting written submissions over the next 5 weeks They're looking for thoughts, feedback and suggestions for change regarding democratic engagement, voter participation and electoral models #bcpoli Submissions can be made 👇

MEDIA RELEASE: Huge shout-out to @tealepb.bsky.social, as Saanich council adopts a draft UBCM motion calling on @ravikahlon.bsky.social to legalize more affordable European-style elevators. See our statement below. 1/4

Oregon code officials have agreed on alternative safety measures to allow up to four stories starting Oct. 1; getting to six will take further legislation

AFTER | BEFORE 🧵 After 4 years, we managed to close the street in front of our kids’ school to cars. Here’s what it looks like today:

@holz-bau.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com Third and final reading, no amendments, so this was the very last vote. Headed to the Governor’s desk!

Under ABC leadership, the City of Vancouver has surrendered in the legal fight over the supportive housing development at 8th and Arbutus.

"If the solution we want is a less affordable city, one with expensive new single-family homes, narrow and vertical townhomes, large apartment buildings of small units, and nothing in between, then we currently have the state codes and city zoning plan to deliver that vision."☹️

NEW BLOG POST On June 3, I'm hearing some councillors will propose adding more restrictions to the RS zone introduced in the Zoning Bylaw Renewal. So, I went deeper into the data, even more than in my last post. Read my blog or highlights in the 🧵 #yeg #yegcc www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2025/re...

NEW STORY // The Deck is Stacked Against Stacked Flats in Seattle www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/09/t...

So, you want a standardized housing library, but we don’t have standardized zoning… Where to start? What should be the common baseline a state or province should mandate for all cities? Let’s start with 10 baseline rules for coach houses / lane houses: (Thread)

Facing a citywide budget deficit, Bellingham began the process in 2024 to incrementally change its spending and revenue-collecting habits to correct the mistakes of yesterday and put an eye on progress for tomorrow.

U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)? Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions. U.S. Applicant Week: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool

Last night, Spokane passed an emergency ordinance eliminating height limits and FAR for buildings of all uses across more than 200 blocks downtown.

Nanaimo reps support affordable public transit service from #VictoriaBC to #Nanaimo, every hour on the hour. Are #yyj (CRD) reps (e.g. ‪@tealepb.bsky.social @davethompsonvic.bsky.social @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social & @zacdevries.bsky.social) on board? www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/r...

Tomorrow morning! 10am at the Colliery Dam Off-Leash Dog Loop in #Nanaimo ! . We'll have a few pairs of gloves and pruning tools to borrow, but kindly bring your own if you have them. ❤️

Sam writing with @bettercolumbia.ca points out how regardless of public engagement… Victoria‘s new OCP still misses the mark. When given the chance to build more housing, the lesser option was taken. City council still has a chance to fix this. bettercolumbia.ca/2025/03/04/v...

the study on safety of single stair buildings by pew charitable trusts and the center for building in north america (@stephenjacobsmith.com) is now live www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...

If you live in the Vancouver region and care about livable, climate adaptive, and family sized housing. Write to the city of Vancouver in support of Single-Stair reform. The rest of BC isn’t making the change, it’s Vancouvers chance to be a leader for smart housing.

Just signed up to talk about #SingleStair at Vancouver council on wed. Some staff are trying to kill it. Please speak or write: council.vancouver.ca/20250226/psp... @seanjurs.bsky.social @conradspeckert.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social @thetransitguy.com @Lyle.cville.online.ap.brid.gy

Coming back from Mexico, I’m again stunned at the small lot single-stair infill possible there. These small developments add texture and incremental intensity and diversity as opposed to massive developments absorbing whole blocks. (These photos are from Puerto Vallarta).

Senate Bill 5156, approved by the Washington Senate this week, could open the door to more accessible small apartment buildings built around smaller European-style elevators, reducing overall housing costs at the same time. Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...

We are proposing eliminating building height restrictions in downtown #Spokane my.spokanecity.org/news/release...

I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style Here’s the details 🧵

story here on #Canucks anthem singer rising to occasion while performing under difficult circumstances last night 🇨🇦 www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

This should be a national scandal: Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution asking the state to suspend various legal protections for property owners in burned areas—of their right to build a duplex or ADU, to reasonable permit timelines, and more.

Austin single-stair update: we have a clean five-story legalization, all the poison pills have been taken out! services.austintexas.gov/edims/docume... We will be working hard to get this to six stories, but take a look at this from the public engagement summary. That's you! That's us! We did that!