I cannot believe this is real. Vote for Nithya!

@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

our neighbors are an elderly couple who traded in gas/hybrid for a lightly used EV but they also picked up matching step-through e-bikes during pandemic they use those way more than their car. even at 70 the e-bike is preferred. it's fun. flattens hills. and it's often faster than driving

@septaphilly.bsky.social you guys gotta start sharing this content over here

"Yes, that’s lit!” in your language? 📣 Punjabi, Chinese, Korean and Spanish speakers 📣 did we get it right? 👀 Help us advocate for a low-income transit (LIT) pass. win.newmode.net/move...

"They see their peers being targeted by Transit Police, and there’s this perception that they’re being singled out." – Aman Chandi, Movement

It would cost the province zero dollars to require landlords to accept pets. Existing housing law already gives landlords recourse if there's damage due to pets. The BC government promised in 2024 that they would do this. It would be an easy good news story. What is the hold up?

This graph shows two things, 1) obviously that the cameras reduced speeding, but 2) that the improvement kept getting better over time. Speeders tend to get one or two tickets and then learn and change their behaviour. This isn't a cash grab, it's an extremely useful intervention.

Superb report from @sightline.org: "Apartments Are the Climate Solution Hiding in Plain Sight" Yes. Don't overcomplicate things, just build a bunch of f'ing apartments.

Took the D-Line extension this morning from Wilshire/Fairfax. I cannot believe how quickly I got downtown. I remember passing out leaflets for Measures R and M. I want to weep snd leap with joy! Let's fund and speed up the K-Line, Sepulveda, Vermont, Gateway, and C-Line extensions too. #transit

Roses are red Bus lanes are too Now, so is Denny Way West of 2nd Avenue Thank you @seattledot.bsky.social for this Mother's Day gift!

I ❤️ Rapid Ride G, moar east-west Rapid Rides please.

Visited senakw today - omg. It’s pretty epic, and cheap for the location.

rare in north america do you get a rapid transit project does all of this: -replaces one of the busiest existing bus routes in a city (wilshire is the 2nd busiest) -is 2-3x faster than the bus (7 min vs 22-30 min) -and way faster than driving (18 min+) los angeles did it. grade-separated rail wins

I automatically judge a transit agency poorly if it does not include a PDF system map on its website (interactive maps do not count, especially since they tend to be particularly bad on mobile devices)

…,,And some guy in 2026 would make 1000 excuses for why we can’t build this today.

The lights are on

I have no words

Very cool to see my neighbourhood zombiefied for the next season of The Last Of Us

The new #PublicTransit Alliance of BC is calling on the government “to honour its promises and create a public intercity transit network, connecting communities... Do you think the government is doing enough to connect the province via transit?" dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc... #bcpoli #ruralbc

Los Angeles has a lot of problems but it's actually pretty cool just how many generational transit projects are underway there.

Vancouver’s West End is one of the nicest neighbourhoods in the country. I’d love for everyone who thinks tall buildings ruin neighbourhoods to visit there. Tall buildings sound scary when they’re proposed. But when they already exist, they usually just feel like a normal part of the housing mix.

vancouver's west end healed me as an entire district of medium + high density housing on a network of low-car streets (with some car-free treatments!) pleasant, quiet, but convenient to walk, bike and take transit. perfect. and illegal to recreate across most canadian cities 💔

Los Angeles is opening the 1st phase of its D Line extension today, with 3 new subway stations along Wilshire at La Brea, Fairfax, & La Cienega. The line will extend further west in 2027 & 28. thesource.metro.net/how-to-ride-...

How many jobs per dollar of subsidy are we getting? Can someone compare that to the jobs per dollar of spending that money on transit instead?

One way to increase the number of people with easy access to transit from their home and to their job… is to focus on building homes and places of work at existing stations.🤷‍♂️ Unleash TOD! #Calgary #CalgaryTransit

As I've said before, Mejia is by far the most interesting thing to spin out of Los Angeles local politics in the last few years. Amongst other traits: he seems to be the only political figure I've seen in LA County who is actually enjoying his job.

The amount of opportunity we could create by opening up mansion zoning to apartments is hard for most of us to grasp. Most of us have no experience of such an expansion of opportunity in our lifetimes. We deserve to know what it feels like.

Can’t believe @denisagar.bsky.social called me out directly by name to give him more money and then sold the printer he named after me. @movementyvr.bsky.social has the best fundraising emails though - learn from them.

I want to see Sound Transit putting shovels in the ground on West Seattle this year, I want us to get clarity on the timeline for building to Ballard, and I want us to stop the delay and construct Graham Street – and I’ll be pushing to see that happen.

Now is the time. Transit users in Metro Vancouver need a low-income transit pass before a five per cent fare hike takes effect in July. 🚏🚍 Advocates Aman Chandi and Sacia Burton write. #vanpoli

Today I learned that STM only has 9 all-day high frequency bus routes (soon to be 10), with a good few more that are "rush-hour" high frequency routes (frequent only in the peak direction, during peak). How are they getting lapped by SEPTA on this?

Arthur C Clarke said that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Apparently, e-mail newsletters are sufficiently advanced because I got a BUNCH of people with this joke today

JJ McCullough criticizing official bilingualism, focusing on the need to be bilingual to lead a political party in Canada. But that’s not a law! Parties are free to run with unilingual leaders. You just might find that people you can’t communicate with effectively… won’t vote for you.

At Calgary city council inf & planning committee mtg, after calling for more Calgary Transit service, @alexwilliamsyyc.bsky.social says "please bring back the old logo." New one is "sad, boring and corporate"—and doesn't make people want to take transit. Hear, hear! #yyccc

This whole save the caps thing seems like an op to bait Ryan Reynolds to buy the team

Our sidewalks are already narrow and often crowded. While technology could be useful, it should compete with cars for road space, not with pedestrians and wheelchair users. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Q1 2026 transit data is in today, & all major US rail networks are growing! SF is seeing a real boom, with ridership up 19% on Muni and 15% on BART SEPTA (Philly, 11%) and PATH (NY/NJ, +6.8%) are also seeing strong growth, while MTS (San Diego, +0.5%) is the slowest🧵

Okey dokey, better not invest big in LNG exports to that region!

Let's check in on the Vancouver Sun, see how they're doing. . .

Whether one agrees with the concept of universal free fares or not, establishing a much more robust system of social fares should be nothing short of a consensus among anyone that wants to see transit be better.

We needed a low-income transit pass yesterday, but it’s not too late to act. Before July’s fare hikes, BC must expand the Bus Pass Program to include ALL low-income people. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

This is one of those weird policy spaces where we have fallen behind Calgary, Edmonton, Kamloops, Toronto, every major American city, etc. I always come back to "why?", what with our reputation for leftyness? The situation is embarrassing and I hope that will make this campaign an easy win.

This seems like a policy with absolutely zero downsides

This is giving Tim Robinson energy! I died! (No shade to Mike Schreiner! I campaigned with him once upon a time)

A number of dismissive quote post spin-off discussions for the below (fair, this is the opinion site!), but Toronto clears Chicago, NYC, LA, and yes, even London on one measure: % of foreign born residents. In terms of integrating people from beyond its borders, it is remarkably successful.

In the past 5 years ICBC has spent $4.7 million in road safety improvements. Last year alone they spent $410 million giving every driver a one-time $110 rebate. We call on ICBC to spend an order of magnitude more money on road safety. It should be their number one concern.

Tales of a vacancy rate above 3%

In 2023 we did a quick rendering sketch for council motion by @christineboyle.bsky.social @onecityvan.bsky.social aiming to unlock new housing options in Shaughnessy... it didn't pass at the time, but here's the 2026 version to keep the dream alive.