After years of campaigning, the Youth Climate Corps was included in the federal budget. Mixed feelings: it's MUCH less than the $1 billion needed to create enough public jobs for young people all across the country to work toward a true just transition. www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/blog/budget2...

it’s funny seeing canadian media present zohran as a “democratic socialist” like it’s some shocking thing and not just the left flank of the ndp

Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service. They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees. Pretty gross!

Passport Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada -- many of us have spent time on the phone or in offices with hardworking federal employees. And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??

In many respects, this is the most harmful budget from a climate perspective since the Harper era, writes Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget did not deliver new investments on climate or clean tech. In fact, some experts say it takes a step backwards.

Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.

“His campaign promises included raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers and using the money to make city buses free and provide free, universal child care. He has also promised to freeze rent for people living in about one million rent-regulated apartments.” www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...

Zohran Mamdani: We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.

'We need to make sacrifices [to your health] in order to make investments [in tax cuts].' Nothing new on pharmacare or dental care. New tax deductions (and even 'super-deductions') for corporations. Tax breaks on planes and yachts over $250,000. Etc. #cdnpoli www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/pol...

vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/03/p... “…the incident happened at King George Boulevard and 40 Avenue at around 6:12 p.m. on Monday.” @visionzerovancouver.ca

The Worst Intersection in Vancouver winner (loser?) has been crowned 🏆👀

We asked you to nominate the worst intersection across the Lower Mainland and we put the top 32 against each other. 14,000 votes later, the Worst Intersection in Metro Vancouver has been chosen. Read more: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/02/m...

We're so excited to be hosting @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear for a conversation about their new book, Life After Cars! 6:30pm, Sat Nov 8th, Downtown Vancouver visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/life-after-cars/

“The city isn’t quite at Copenhagen or Amsterdam levels, but it’s closing in. Over 40 percent of locals commute by bike — about ten times the rate of a typical North American city — and you feel it immediately.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social Antwerp has come a long way since I worked there in 2019.

I'd also hypothesize (haven't seen it studied) that the crowd-sourced warnings about "speed traps" (e.g. Waze) demonstrate that info about potential enforcement slows drivers. Which is another support for automated speed enforcement, with signage. We know that works, at least close to the cameras.

Not very hot take (?): "Speed traps" are tacit acknowledgement by law enforcement and the public that road design encourages higher speeds. That's why these law enforcement actions are usually done at certain locations, not randomly.

👏👏👏"Amid the ongoing dismantling of US health agencies, Canada can and should support our own renowned institutions." #ElbowsUpForScience

bcmj.org/editorials/e... 'We may not be able to affect or anticipate the actions of international leaders, even when their decisions wreak havoc and harm on health outside their borders. But our own leaders in Canada can choose to move in another direction, one that continues to support our health.'

Health topics in rap, #4,080: "Low Sodium" - The Cool Kids www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9mI... "Nine outta ten doctors'll tell you / That too much salt'll really kill you" #healthinrap

Time for that general strike. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I love that this is literally just we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now

Struck IN A CROSSWALK. One more reminder of the need for safer (slower) speeds on most non-arterial streets (and plenty of arterials, as well).

This video is a chilling reminder of what one aspect of street-violence looks like, particularly with a deadly weapon. People and public spaces must be protected from this kind of deliberate lethal entitlement from drivers that have a disregard for pedestrian well-being and human life. #visionzero

It's a great interview, by @sgoodyear.bsky.social with Tim Gill about his book "Urban Playground: How child-friendly planning and design can save cities". #urbanism #doorstep_play rethinkingchildhood.com/2020/12/14/u...

“Staff inside the city's sustainability department — who spoke to BIV on condition their identities remain anonymous for fear of reprisals — said the removal of the fee recommendation effectively guts the plan’s regulatory teeth while undermining incentive for businesses to adhere to it.”

Book: arrived! Event: incoming! 😀 Welcome to Vancouver, @thewaroncars.bsky.social!

"Same story, different neighborhood. We’ve gone through this all the time in pretty much every borough and the real lesson is usually everything is fine in the end." @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org

It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable! www.lifeaftercars.com

"For a rational civilization, there would be clear incentives to be much bolder in countering this existential crisis." www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...

It's two weeks to COP30 the world's chief negotiations space to avert climate catastrophe. Reupping this piece from last year. Hoping for change. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...

Your quarterly reminder that bullying the government works and we need to do more of it www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

"Getting a vaccination is one of the simplest and most effective ways we can look out for each other." And now is a great time. Vaccines against influenza and COVID-19, free in BC. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

In times of crisis, our neighbours are often our closest source of support. We need to work together to foster these neighbourly connections so that we can build #community, #mutualsupport, and #resilience. A thread - 1/3

Doug Ford’s new omnibus bill hides a major gift to corporate lobbyists: a ban on turning car lanes into bike lanes. @desaima.bsky.social notes that the move mirrors demands from the Toronto Region Board of Trade. It won’t fix traffic—but it will keep oil companies and Uber happy.

We so badly need a Decongestion Zone in Toronto. It'd have to be combined with streetcar and bus only lanes to increase transit capacity. London & New York demonstrate that the sky won't fall, instead more people are moving more efficiently 1/2

In London & NYC (De)Congestion Zones, accidents are way down, the air is a lot cleaner, downtown is quieter, Emergency services get around much quicker, saving lives. 2/2

When you're running late for the Wednesday 2 pm public hearing to protest a new bike lane but the driver in front of you is going the speed limit through the school zone:

Oh my god. Cuomo's campaign released and deleted this horrifying ad. This is embarrassing levels of desperate flailing CW: insanely racist, also depicts abuse

Silicon Valley wants to make cities more efficient by taking away anything that makes them enjoyable. This week @jomc.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/299_...

In our latest, we speak with @lalouverouge.bsky.social about what it means to build solidarity with young people at a time when the right demands we "protect" children by denying their trans identities, censoring their educations, banning books, and more www.patreon.com/posts/141679...

Brilliant video from @ardenenglish.bsky.social explaining why right on red is so dangerous for pedestrians, and why BC should get rid of it. Please watch! youtu.be/AqDV13zzMao?...

If you're looking for a rundown of ways state and local leaders could be better preparing for extreme weather and other disasters, as well as how you can be less stressed when the Big One hits, check out my Dec 2024 story for @thestranger.com. Update your Go Bag! www.thestranger.com/news/2024/12...

One of the less understood beauties of a transition to a renewable economy is: you cannot invade a country and steal its sunshine and its wind, and you will not need to. The uneven distribution of fossil fuel, esp. oil, has corroded geopolitics for more than a century....

Do you know accounting, finance or business administration, and want to join the board of @cape-acme.bsky.social, one of the most effective environment and health charities in Canada? Apply to our treasurer posting: www.charityvillage.com/job/treasure... #healthyfuture @jvipondmd.bsky.social

This is an absolutely brilliant paper that I can only recommend to all those interested in transport poverty/equity but also in sustainable transport/climate, and on how to reconcile the two. I can only hope that it will have the impact it deserve doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

“Since the bicycle makes little demand on material or energy resources, contributes little to pollution, makes a positive contribution to health and causes little death or injury, it can be regarded as the most benevolent of machines.” Here’s the article by @carltonreid.com HT @sciam.bsky.social