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Chris Usher @chrusher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you rule out a transit funding source (the vehicle levy), that money either has to come from somewhere else (some other form of tax), or you have to cut service. If you cut service, fewer people will take transit. Fewer people taking transit means more people driving

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I think the conspiracy is comforting to people -- "a few bad guys did this." The reality -- "electeds, planners, and most of the public believed that the car was the future and rail transit was outdated" is actually more unsettling since it raises the question of what we're getting wrong now.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think it's cool that all political parties like to go "I DON'T TRUST THE PUBLIC FACTS" when it's convenient to their narrative. We have reams of data from government and private sources, along with endless anecdotes of people negotiating down their rent over the last two years. but whatever man

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lexal828 @lexal888.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

R2 Marine-Willingdon Rapidbus 🟢 It’s not perfect, but a major improvement over the previous 130/222. Hopefully this route is successful enough to prove the case for rail transit!

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“There is no archetype that deserves to be tarred and feathered and dragged through the streets more than the YIMBY millennial.” “It wrapped neoliberal supply side deregulation in progressive language.” Gosh! I just think it should be easy to build housing in high-demand cities.

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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'm still excited that this will divert high end renters from affordable buildings, as will Oakridge. But we can't just let a few tower developments be the only housing we build. The Villages Plan would have ended the apartment ban in many transit friendly areas. We need to keep fighting for it.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

For as long as I’ve been a reporter in this city the complaint has been that we build too many giant luxury condos in a few places and not enough medium density housing across neighbourhoods. But this week reaffirmed why that approach is so baked into the DNA and political culture of Vancouver.

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The missing middle is good, but its sort of funny how it can't just be good and it often becomes this obsessive chasing of old European centres that even Europe isn't building anymore.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Fascinating that a major YouTube account (4 million subscribers) did a deep dive into the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain line and the only person they interviewed was the number one hater of SkyTrain expansion in the region www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqo_...

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Canada's $6BN Railway U-Turn

YouTube video by The B1M

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The transit cost problem feels so hard to advocate for. It’s easy to say “fund transit more”. Much harder: “so, Italy and Korea and others build transit more cheaply. Yes, that much cheaper. It’s because of consultants and risk management and standardization and overbuilt stations…”

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I have been in Vancouver <24h and I can't stop thinking about how much criticism the Canada Line has gotten over the years, when in reality, every new metro line should aspire to achieve Canada Line levels of efficiency. I am not saying it's beyond reproach, but it's a masterclass in pragmatism!

A northbound Canada Line train travels over the North Arm bridge spanning Vancouver, BC and Richmond, BC

Southbound, airport bound Canada Line skytrain pulling into Langara-49th Ave station.

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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Transit riders in Victoria, BC were asked what improvements they want. Here's what they said. Frequency, reliability, directness. h/t @toddlitman.bsky.social

More frequent buses – 19%

More direct/simplified routes – 14%

More reliable (buses come on time) – 13%

Shorter trip times – 8%

Better connections/transfers – 8%

Bus service to more places – 7%

Earlier and/or later transit service – 6%

More affordable – 5%

Safety – 4%

Better cycling/rolling amenities – 3%

Bus stops closer to home/destinations – 3%

Better accessibility – 2%

Better service change communication – 2%

Other – 3%

Increased service on holidays – 1%

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Jennifer Maiko Bradshaw @amoralorealis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

One reason I left Twitter was because of the nonstop (in-) fighting between the centre/centre left and the left in housing circles. In an effort to build a bridge early on here, I’m going to talk about my experience, both lived, and as an academic/activist. To kick things off: zoning is racist.

An image from an old newspaper, showing a “white workingman” living with his pretty daughter in a house, juxtaposed to a Chinese man smoking opium in a two-story apartment. The caption reads, “the unanswerable argument.”

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Yes. I'm totally in favour of seeing how we can enable more family-sized units: single-stair, low/mid-rises legalized on more land, etc. But the idea that small apartments are bad or don't help, or that we should just mandate larger apartments — I'm not comfortable with that.

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

22) “the Canada Line is Under-built” The Canada Line is not even half full to design capacity. Given recent outcomes the spirit of economy guiding Canada Line engineering is quite underrated

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Nothing makes me pessimistic about the future of housing affordability in Montreal like hearing almost universally negative reactions to the idea of building tall buildings near metro stations.

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