Mayor is a strange job. Surrounded by subject matter experts on every topic - planning, housing, engineering, finance, engagement, public safety, etc. - and at the same time you are asked by the public (some of who are also subject matter experts!) to opine on all of those topics… 🧵

We have a decades-long backlog of installing flashing beacons at intersections. It feels like we care more about overpasses than human beings.

Politically, this is incredibly stupid, but as a policy matter it’s also incredibly stupid. The Democrats!

K, people, if you really want me on council, it's not going to happen magically. I need - people to sign up as members before April 10 and vote for me early May - people to help me make calls and door knock - ha ha, money. Last election, ABC raised $2 m www.francesbulaforcouncil.ca?utm_source=i...

holy shit

If you’re interested in learning more about this project so that you don’t fall victim to the misinformation and disinfo being spread in our city please ensure to attend the next consultation led by BC Housing: Location: Anvil Center Date: Thursday, Mar 19 Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Register here:

You can find people like this for literally every form of progress ever. When will we stop giving the opponents of progress disproportional media coverage?

Last night I went to the B.C. Housing led meeting on the “Tiny Home Village” proposed on 20th Street in New West. The meeting was filled with coordinated attendees who came to spread misinformation drilled into them by the bigoted chaos agents known as NWP in #newwest. Some of the misinfo incl: 1/

This is a tale of THREE events, actually. Which is worse: comparing crowd sizes between #NWP's highly publicized campaign event and the mayor's unpublicized appearance elsewhere, or Councillor Fontaine skipping his #NewWest Heritage Commission meeting in favor of NWP's campaign event. #priorities!

Putting busways on existing streets are among most cost effective projects. 20% speed improvement = 20% ops savings or 20% frequency improvement at no ops cost. They're like printing cash

i spent all summer organizing for dedicated transit lanes against typical toronto nimbys who claimed that "emergency vehicles would get stuck in traffic and more people would die" anyways, here's real life:

Incredible summary of this whole Ken Sim story by @jenstden.bsky.social and @kehyslop.bsky.social HUGE Kudos They also dropped 💣about why Adrienne Carr resigned from council. Spoiler: an attack from Ken Sim (screenshot in next post)

Vancouver has taken years to produce a single metre of bus lane. And they're about to further postpone and delay some of this unfinished work next week. Yet they're about to prove that it can in fact be done quickly: new bus lanes coming for FIFA, in <100 days dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

There are a million transit riders in Metro Vancouver and we deserve better than to be stuck waiting in traffic and waiting for action. This article from our volunteer @michaelhall.bsky.social is as relevant as ever! dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

When a city budget is frozen, guess what ... things get cancelled! How many core city competencies (road safety) will be nixed by the time Ken Sim is gone? At least the Bitcoin idea was completely shot down ...

“Travelling five times a year, maxing out her TFSA, building an emergency fund, and having the freedom to see her friends when and how she wants: Those are just a few ways Deeksha Singh [of Calgary] said she can use the estimated $14,000 a year she saves by not owning a car.”

And City of New Westminster mayor @pjnewwest.bsky.social won the Arno Schortinghuis Cycling Award which is awarded to individuals who made "a huge and lasting impact" on cycling. Well-deserved, Patrick. #HUBBikeAwards

"Zero means zero" (car free days)

Seven years after passing legislation to make it possible, BC will make the shift to permanent Daylight Saving Time this year On March 8, clocks will spring ahead for the last time There will be no time change in November BC will be on Pacific Time (PT) #bcpoli

When a new grocer opens in your neighborhood 😇

I think Christine speaks for all of us when she

I ❤️ Moody Park

"A final *year* of debate and planning was required to raise the number of floors for the school for 3 to 4." This is in an elementary school next door to downtown Vancouver.

Community First knows that providing housing is crucial to helping solve homelessness. That's why we're taking action by approving the Heart & Hearth housing investment that the Province is making in New West. This is how we work together with senior government to find solutions, not point fingers.

A fish rots from the head. Yesterday Ken Sim thanked Lenny Zhou for "taking responsibility for sharing information that was not accurate." Now it appears Ken Sim himself was a source of the disinformation. #EvictKenSim #vanpoli

This is one of the most embarrassing things I've ever seen. Context: 400 year backlog of sidewalk maintenance. Ever-decreasing road quality.

Rhiannon Fox was on her way home from meeting with city officials about how to reduce danger from cars on Friday when she was hit by a car.

Councillor Daniel Fontaine is currently spending 10 minutes of council time digging deep into the cost of a very successful event that was called "Love New West". The overall cost? $6,000 Currently asking the CAO why the city doesn't charge itself for use of The Anvil Centre.

Oregon's state senate just voted to ban unfunded inclusionary zoning, recognizing that it makes housing *less* affordable, not more affordable.

Canada's official position at the UN General Assembly should be no more 3-on-3 hockey

Thankfully #Newwest staff, Mayor & 4 Councillors put in work: fast-tracked approvals & welcomed non-market housing. Now the province suspends a $3.3B fund. Non-profits are left with sunk costs, and the burden falls on poor & unhoused ppl while the wealthy are shielded. The province needs to step up!

Our longtime volunteer @rhifaux.bsky.social was hit by a driver yesterday on the way home from a road safety workshop at city hall. She is home from the hospital and recovering with a broken wrist. We're grateful it wasn't worse, and outraged it happened at all. More to say soon.

It’s utterly irresponsible of #NewWest councillor Paul Minhas to throw his support behind a “save the Pattullo” campaign. He knows the bridge is dangerously unsafe. He knows it can’t be made safe without spending billions of dollars. youtu.be/OK0y1pjhnpg

I've spent years fighting for homes and a more affordable, equitable Vancouver. Now I want to take that fight to City Hall as your councillor. Go to www.PeterForCouncil.ca and join OneCity so you can support Peter For Council and help me get on the ballot! youtu.be/-d7WFFoqb0c

BCT had requested a 15k hour expansion for Vic to *maintain* service levels due to increasing congestion. In denying expansion, and actually cutting, the province has made clear that Transit isn't a core service and that they are fine with seeing service quality degrade. So much for Climate goals.

“Pierre Poilievre has become the Justin Trudeau of the Conservative Party” is absolutely the single funniest possible quote that could have emerged from this whole situation. Pierre is screaming crying throwing up rn www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

I mean, the BCNDP bragged while releasing the budget about BC's low provincial taxes. So... can't really blame fiscal constraints. This would be a case of fiscal decisions.

Buses in Surrey are slow, indirect, overcrowded, and sometimes downright unpleasant to ride. We believe Surrey transit riders deserve better, so we’re proposing 3 big ideas which could improve your ride: youtube.com/shorts/BMZg9...

This is amazing work, at the headline level it’s grounded, practical, and seems effective without decades of money questing in Ottawa. The work Movement is doing blows me away which is why you should be like me in this way only and donate monthly.

When BC's consumer carbon tax was first introduced, it was accompanied by tax cuts to both personal and corporate taxes to make it revenue-neutral. But when it was eliminated last spring, these tax cuts were not reversed. The result is a $2 billion hole in BC's finances. #BCBudget

A big celebration for a big old orange bridge 🌁

“This event showed that transit improvements can be hot and popular. We are asking the City of Vancouver to Roll Out the Red Carpet for the most popular local bus route in our region.” — Nav Sharma, Director of Marketing & Communications, Movement. “Read more on our website:

Ages 40, 38, 1, 3 months.

22nd Street Stn area needs help so bad 😭 My proposal: make 7th Ave one-way with all traffic flowing to 20th St. Removal of the opposite direction would make room for a bus lane, allowing buses to skip Qboro bound traffic, as they could snake into their bus-only turn lane, or left turn onto 6th Ave

The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:

UPDATE: after four hours of hearing from the public last night, it got past midnight, and council decided to delay their vote until the end of February. because when you’ve been waiting 19 years to build a school, what’s another two weeks?

It's currently 11:30 PM on a Thursday night and there are people in Vancouver City Hall trying to NIMBY a highschool that's like 15 years overdue

Another day, another *whatever this is* at 22nd Street Stn

Just normal 22nd Street Stn shit

New West Council being interpreted through rice art 😍