A reminder that building more homes at SkyTrain stations has the same benefit as building new SkyTrain lines (ie. Increasing # of people near SkyTrain). One earns the government money, the other costs the government money. We should aggressively be doing both. I'm looking at you Nanaimo Station.

After getting around #Morocco for 10 days on fast, comfortable, on-time trains, I have a new definition: “A developed country is one where you can easily, comfortably, and routinely travel between major cities more quickly by train than by car.” Morocco qualifies. Canada and the US? Not so much.

Jane Jacobs, author of the influential 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Her criticism of so-called "urban renewal" projects helped cancel the Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have levelled many NYC neighborhoods. #BicycleBirthday May 4 (1916-2006)

I am begging “environmentalists” to understand that building dense infill housing is one of the most environmentally friendly policies possible

The Township of Langley has a different financial and building philosophy than the rest of B.C., racking up $400 million in new debt since 2022. The mayor says it’s a smart and safe strategy to actually get stuff done — but will voters agree? Here’s my video and @lauvande.bsky.social’s article.

Our Telraam, the first set up in British Columbia, is up and running and counting cars, pedestrians and cyclists on 208 Street in Langley! telraam.net/en/location/...

It’s funny how timing always undermines Pierre Poilievre. Shortly after shilling for O&G by calling to cancel Canada’s High Speed Rail project we now face an oil crisis which highlighted the need for alternatives like passenger rail more than ever. His position is now even more stupid and tone deaf.

This is important — London Mayor calls out “The Outrage Economy!” @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social is calling for “significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread disinformation after a study showed a surge in hostile accounts posting falsehoods about London’s crime rates…”

to imagine back on that beautiful blue orb that makes all of this unique life possible we can’t stop bombing and killing one another, it’s terribly sad

“This would lock the world into a new and hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach. The climate would also be very different to the benign conditions of the past 11,000 years, during which the whole of human civilisation developed.”

This is fanta disguised as orange juice

What To Know About ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie/

Do highways pay for themselves? Even Danielle Smith agreed that expanding highway infrastructure would be far more costly and less efficient than passenger rail in Alberta.

In my work with cities around the world, I find that a BIG difference between cities doing remarkable things, and cities that are floundering and failing, is having a culture of energy or a culture of excuse. Either of those cultures are chosen, and built. Either can be deliberately changed.

An underrated addendum to the Bowling Alone story is that North America's largest bowling operator (Bowlero) is a publicly traded company whose business model involves buying mom and pop alleys, shutting down the leagues, and trying to attract casual, higher paying, one-off players.

A reminder that top-down planning is the *only* reason this built form exists. When cities form organically they become human scale, not car scale. Strict regulations force this on everyone.

18 days ago we launched our website, introduced ourselves and our mission, and explained what we’re going to do. Today we passed 5000 followers here on Bluesky. And counting. Thank you all for your interest and support, and for your OWN efforts to change cities for the better. #UrbanTruth

I talk to people outside.

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/

WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible. I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.

This is a travesty. dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

More than 80% of people consistently cited their preference for permanent daylight savings in polls, there’s a realm of data that says it supports better outcomes, and it’s very fun when a government can say “we control how time works”. About a slam dunk win as you can get these days.

Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.

On Polymarket you can now bet on how many people in a different market on Polymarket think Jesus Christ will return in this calendar year. 29% of bets say that more than 5% of bets in the Jesus Christ return market will be a "yes" 9 days from now. Anyway everyone involved in this needs jailtime.

Ontario and Canada needs to think about this.

Brexit, Trump, Alberta Separatism - it all follows the same pattern - foreign influence intended to destabilize western democratic nations. They pick and choose the easiest target and use social media bots and money to fuel the campaigns.

You need to understand that there are not lengthy standoffs between protesters and ICE in Minneapolis. Alex Pretti was not a “protester” in a conventional sense. ICE lurks around the city and occasionally takes aggressive actions, and bystanders and observers document it and raise the alarm

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

Stand with the people 💪💪

My column today: 2026 might be an inflection point. When complete, construction in downtown Winnipeg that is both underway and soon to begin will create new homes for more than 5,000 people, increasing the population of downtown by nearly 30 per cent. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

I’ve been working on this video with HUB Cycling since last summer and I’m incredibly excited to share it with you soon! It looks at the growing divide in how cities approach bikeshare and scootershare, and the messy history of how we got to this point.

It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

In none of the rural places where I grew up can I imagine a large share of adults choosing to go car-free. But can we make it safer for families to walk/bike to school or around their neighbourhood? Can we make the main streets nicer to walk along, even if you arrive by car?

The most under-reported story of the year, IMO, is about the national implications of the extreme and wildly popular success of congestion pricing in New York City. When you remove cars from cities, you not only make money for things the city needs; you make people in the city much, much happier.

Awkward moment when monopoly legalizes housing before your city.

Witnessed the aftermath of this terrible collision this morning. A car crossed the grass highway median into oncoming traffic. globalnews.ca/news/1158789... In most European countries this kind of incident wouldn't have ended in such tragedy, the entire stretch would have to have crash barriers.

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

Employment in oil and gas is in terminal decline and won’t be saved no matter what Carney and Smith cook up, according to new research from the Centre for Future Work provided exclusively to @nationalobserver.com. The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.

The letter from Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley to David Eby, co-signed by other Metro Vancouver mayors, asking for the province to repeal its housing legislation, means that housing unaffordability in BC is officially a wicked problem. We should all be on the same page about this, but clearly we’re not.

My wife happened across this fabulous new bicycle intersection and had to show me! Sherbrooke and E. Columbia, New Westminster. Keep up the great work @pjnewwest.bsky.social !

It’s a FREEDOM strategy! Just stopped to talk w a middle age-ish man at China Beach about his folding ebike. He & his wife both have e-bikes & like us 2 seniors, got rid of their car. He: So freeing not to worry about parking tickets, street cleaning days, etc. Healthier for people & planet #bike

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Canada has all these tech and biz groups who want to bring in more talent. The political barrier is a lack of housing. Yet, as far as I can tell, they're spending zero resources trying to fix the housing crisis. I really don't get it.

still not over getting the front skytrain seat with the sunrise this morning almost enough to make you forget how expensive it is to stay here

The latest Strong Towns Langley video doing the numbers on TikTok! (I filmed/edited)

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

It's voting time in Langley Township! Here is your complete candidate guide for the Township's Oct 25 byelection. Compare all seven candidates on housing, transit, debt, safety, and more. www.langleyunion.ca/the-omnibus-... #Langley #FraserValley #LangleyTownship #byelection #bcpoli

The standard for advocacy has to be higher than just saying "streets are dangerous". ​We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.