Proposed new signs for @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social. Given their glacial pace at providing a safe, protected and connected network, this signage at least establishes realistic expectations for anyone who chooses to ride a bike for transportation.

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Seriously thinking of moving to Victoria. @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social has failed miserably on early promises of prioritizing active transportation. Our “progressive” council has decided that they’d rather not alienate drivers by forcing a network of protected bike lanes upon them. Status quo it is.

When are police going to start doing this with drivers?

So grateful to be allowed to occupy a small portion of his couch.

I heard that Cross Country Checkup on CBC will be asking people what they think about e-bikes on our roads. I hope they are going to actually properly differentiate legal e-bikes from illegal e-motos and e-mopeds. I fully expect nothing but rage bait.

@cityofnorthvan.bsky.social continues to promote biking as transportation but won’t provide us with the safe, connected network that would make this possible for more people. We have a couple of recreational MUPs and a few lengths of protected bike lanes only. Nothing that goes where we need to go!

Ever wanted to know what good journalism looks like? This isn’t it.

@cityofnorthvan.bsky.social continues to promote bikes as a transportation mode while failing to provide us with a safe, connected network to make riding for utility safe and convenient. We only hear from them during these special events. The rest of the year all I hear is, “it’s complicated”.

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Turns out my bed linens are versatile…😘

First blooms of the season from my climbers.

@cityofnorthvan.bsky.social this is how it's done. Why are you STILL not engaging with your community on Bluesky?

Reminded again, that despite this sign, Chesterfield is not bike friendly. @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social when are we going to have a complete network that gives us safe access to the places we need to go? The MUPs in this city don’t work for transportation cycling.

@tomflood.bsky.social your invaluable Sound of Music input is urgently needed!

@northshorenews.bsky.social why are you still allowing shares to the toxic site X but not providing the option for Bluesky? How about replacing the direct link to X with Bluesky?

It's great to see engagement with the public from @dnv.org on this platform. Shame my own city @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social can't be bothered.

When “progressives” reveal that they aren’t.

This driver felt he wasn’t blocking anyone. Didn’t want to pull into the car dealership parking lot because that might inconvenience them. @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social are you ever going get serious about making riding a bike safe, rather than challenging and dangerous?

"...cities today charge for parking at beaches. But most beaches don’t have commercial districts with free street parking just a block away." The obvious solution seems to be charge for parking everywhere, price it fairly, and don't exempt local residents. www.nsnews.com/opinion/edit...

Riding along the Spirit Trail this morning and another driver decided stopping for the red light at Capilano and Welch was optional while I had right of way. Of course it was a Ram pickup and the driver only stopped because her heard me yelling at him. Rolled down his window and told me to relax.

It's funny when car drivers that assume making it more convenient for the automobile somehow makes it more accessible; of course it's an argument made in bad faith, they just want to drive

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Kind of disappointed that I only got the short form census.

And now this is one of my favourite Star Wars memes.

Sounds a lot like @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social council. They were elected on the promise of making streets safer but have succumbed to pressure of a few loud drivers who feel inconvenienced.

The @dnv.org continually blocks the development of housing and wonders why they have people living in RV’s. Then look for creative ways to further marginalize them. www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...

If only we had safe streets to allow them to get to these parks independently on foot or their bikes.

All in my neighbourhood within the span of a day. I wonder if the @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social & our RCMP will ever recognize that these MVA violations create a serious danger to other road users & take action to put a stop to it? This behaviour is so common that enforcement would be a full time job.

Met a woman at the grocery store doing her shop by bike. Weird, because people on social media keep telling me this isn’t possible.

This!

I can say with absolute certainty that this tragedy will do nothing to make local law enforcement or @theicbc.bsky.social do anything to get illegally modified vehicles off the road. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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I love showing pre-car maps, with fully developed and recognizable road networks, of my city to people like this.

Sure wish the Vancouver Park Board would stop their grounds crews from using the Beach Avenue bike lane as a road for driving their rider mowers from one park to another. They drive too slowly and block the width of the lane, making passing difficult.

Who knew the joyful act of walking my dog through my neighbourhood would put us in harms way on a daily basis?

A swing and a miss by @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social. They spent a lot of time replacing the corner sidewalk at Jones + 17th to reorient the curb cut, for wheeled users to better access the crosswalks. They failed to extend the curb to align with the edge of parking and reduce the crossing distance.

Yesterday morning on my ride to work, there was a dead duck on Stanley Park Dr., just past Prospect Point Cafe. This morning there were two ducks sitting on the road near where the deceased duck was (since removed). If drivers paid attention to the speed limit, this likely wouldn't have happened.

Note to drivers: That cute little dismissive wave you give every time you endanger my life with your behaviour expends exactly the same amount of energy as stepping on the brake pedal. Your indifference to other human beings is a choice.

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@cityofnorthvan.bsky.social, by failing to provide a network of safe, protected bike lanes you are preventing a segment of the population from commuting by bike or riding for utility. A segment that would like to but won’t because of the perceived danger imposed by drivers. No, scratch “perceived”.

When @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social council says they prioritize active transportation & safe streets, don’t believe them. What they really prioritize is the speed and convenience of drivers, & preserving homeowner landscaping that has crept onto the public right of way. www.nsnews.com/local-news/c...

@cityofnorthvan.bsky.social continues to promote riding to work and school by bike without providing us with the infrastructure to make doing so safe. The lack of action by this council has left me deflated. I’ve had so many close calls, I’m thinking of going back to commuting by car.

I have a solution to drivers complaining that they don't get to park their private property on public land for free anymore: simply remove all of the parking (except accessibility spots) and use that freed-up space to make the beach bigger.

While heading to the park this afternoon, I watched a kid driving with mum in the passenger seat, red “L” on the rear o the car, pull an illegal mid-block u-turn with no regard for the fact that I was approaching in my car. The mum should lose her license and the kid be forced to wait a year or two.

@cityofnorthvan.bsky.social what’s stopping you, now that you’ve been shown where you can find the space?

I can't repeat this enough!

Let’s do this for Canada.

Bought a bottle opener with a BBQ attached. Spent all afternoon assembling the damned thing. Thinking the $75 assembly and delivery charge might have been a worthwhile option.

For those of you who constantly whine about people on bikes riding on the road instead of the "perfectly good bike lane" right next to it, here's example #2,895 why that is! This is the stuff you can't see from your mobile isolation chamber!