This transportation planner understands that the assumption of more driving is merely a self-fulfilling prophecy. Nevertheless it's good to see data helping us debunk it.

Nice to see our single stair concept in the @vancouversun.bsky.social this morning. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

This has been considered “best practice” by far too many planners over the last 50 years

Once again talked to business owners yesterday (taxi drivers) and asked the same question: “Was the World Cup good for business?” The answer is a resounding “It was very bad for business!” Hotels, restaurants, cruises, taxis all experiencing major drop in business during the WC. #WorldCup #FIFA

Gros match aujourd’hui pour le canada 🇨🇦!! Go go go ⚽️

Good afternoon, friends and enemies:

The goal post is receiving a lot of anger.

Pierre Poilievre is a bigot. 100,001 example.

Sad to see Netherlands vs Morocco go to shootouts. This was such a great game. Only one can go on.

It's hard to perfectly compare French- and English-language media, but I remember when the budget came out, the Montreal Gazette reported: "Montreal budget keeps Plante’s promises for the city’s bike paths" While Le Devoir reported: "A Setback in the Development of Montreal's Bicycle Network"

What a day of soccer this has been

There is almost nothing better in North America than Montreal’s Open Streets!! youtu.be/oi5wmsK-3Zk

Who benefits from an elevated freeway? I mean aside from the car companies. Who does… @villedemontreal.montreal.ca ?

To Seoul ... The Cheonggyecheon is the grand-daddy of urban rapid-river-renewals. Showing how to get @#$% done. bsky.app/profile/bren...

Stage 3 water restrictions are in effect. Lawn watering is banned and watering trees, shrubs, and flowers can be done by hand or drip irrigation only — no sprinklers or soaker hoses. For full water restriction details, visit metrovancouver.org/lawns #metrovancouver #waterrestrictions

Quand je dis que les feux de circulations sont stupides au Canada, je fais référence à ca! www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/chr... On mets une fortune en $$ pour des feux de circulations qui ne font pas; de gestion intelligente du traffic, gestion de la vitesse, gestion des intersections. Rien!

Successful cities only have one way forward and that's to design them to enable autonomous children. Once you make the environment nurturing to them, you passively take care of everyone else, no matter the age or ability.

If you are in vancouver, you want to check this out. visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/05/26/s...

I’m inspired by the work being done in New York, Mayor Mamdani and his team are delivering: • More homes for more neighbours • An easier way to build & get to yes • Reforming a Peoples’ Builder for more affordable homes In October, we’ll do the same right here in Vancouver.

One line could not have been more true. Federal politics in one line.

Remember, don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

And that's the thing about Vancouver and their police service, the VPD. Vancouver is the most unequal city in Canada. The VPD is the muscle of this system, city hall writes the "by" laws to justify it. Life goes on.

It’s a little weird how the urbanyvr guy ended up one of the bigger NIMBYs in council

This dailyhive.com/vancouver/ma... Along with all the other cultural events cancelled in the lower mainland these last year is a bi-product of the low low low income taxes paid in BC. We are a group of individuals building no community and no culture. Floating aimlessly in a beautiful landscape.

Strange how so many will shame people on bikes for not wearing helmets yet don’t have much to say about bike lanes without protection. Via @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

NEW: Alberta separatist group’s controversial voter ID app has links to US Ambassador, MAGA influencers and wealthy Michigan Republicans US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told @pressprogress.ca he was ‘not aware’ an American-made app he previously promoted was used to help an Alberta separatist group

ICYMI ‼️ Is it Groundhog Day? 😵‍💫 More than a year after trying to dismantle Vancouver’s flagship climate policies and getting voted down after a tidal wave of opposition, Mayor Ken Sim is at it again... 🧵 #GreenSky #Vancouver

Facts: Cdn taxpayers bought pipeline boosting price for AB crude! Oilsands are among world’s most expensive & carbon-intensive barrels. If sector can’t compete after massive public subsidies, problem isn’t climate policy. Global capital is moving to clean energy because that’s where growth is!

I cannot find the words to express my admiration and gratitude for these three friends who founded @urbantruth.bsky.social They are tireless and do an extraordinary job of debunking misinformation and manipulation. Well done to them, and thank you. @brenttoderian.bsky.social 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

And it’s very frustrating to see this unfair policy continue even though it is known. Vancouver continues to allow neighborhoods like shaughnessy to skip paying their fair share of city tax at the expense of more dense neighborhoods. The wealthy are subsidized by the middle class.

This whale wasn't even wearing a helmet, and you know they never obey the rules of Canada Shipping Act.

Whale could have worn something that didn't blend into the water. Jet Ski safety is a shared responsibility.

Develop the west like they develop the east and vice versa. We’d love some safe active transportation infrastructure in the east thank you.

MEDIA RELEASE: “The 1-Hour City Conspiracy.” If you are traditional or new media and would like to write, talk, or post about the REAL conspiracy in cities, read our media release, and send us a DM for more information. It’s already making BIG waves! And allies, please help share this. #UrbanTruth

The beginning of fair cities.

Anything in the world when you’re born is a natural part of the way the world works. Anything invented between when you’re 15 and 35 is new and exciting and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things. -Douglas Adams

Étant a Vancouver, je suis très d'accord avec l'analyse de Patrick Lagacé @lapresse.ca . La FIFA est le OG boss de la corruption. Ca pue au nez de leur donner de l'argent qui irait à bâtir ou maintenir des services publiques. Qui en ont gravement besoin à Vancouver en passant.

I've learned a lot from Danny not only about housing, but about how to be a better advocate. Thanks Danny. I'm looking forward to taking the lessons I've learned to City Hall!

DENMARK AND FRANCE 🇩🇰🇫🇷 bans all Microsoft products from all public offices. The phaseout is expected to be completed before autumn 2026. Their products are being replaced with customer versions of Linux and LibreOffice. This is digital sovereignty being taken back

For years I thought voting for progressive politicians would improve my quality of life. I realize cotton is not enough. You need to organize, lobby and get the word out. Democracy is not something you do passively. If you want it you need to get up and do something about it. I want bike lanes!

Close call at memorial where boy, 12, died renews calls for road-safety measures “Somebody intentionally came on the road, waited for police to leave, pointed their vehicle at a crowd of people on the road, and accelerated into it,” she said. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/c... #xavierslaw #yyj

C’est super de voir Radio-Canada reprendre le livre life after cars de @sgoodyear.bsky.social et @brooklynspoke.bsky.social ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...

This here needs to stop. Why subsidize SFH? Just make them pay the proper price and remove the pressure on apartment dwellers. This is wealth transfer in the wrong direction. This exacerbates inequalities and amplifies social crisis.

There will never be enough victim-blaming to make up for poor infrastructure and missing leadership. But it sure makes a nice distraction for decision-makers hiding from responsibility, right? Classic ad by our own @tomflood.bsky.social for @visionzerovancouver.ca. #UrbanTruth

What is the deal with drivers who keep rolling towards you when you're crossing the street?? Drivers, if you're planning on *not* hitting someone with your car, don't drive your car at them!

Many drivers found streetcars annoying, in part because drivers had to stop for passengers boarding and alighting from them. Their annoyance fed accusations that streetcars interfere with “traffic” (i.e. with driving). ...

We vote for the same people on and on, driving a Land Rover “ defender”, living in some nice quiet neighborhood. No wonder they don’t see the rest of us.