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Also, consultation started in 2023. It’s insane how long it takes to go from that to implementation.

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Ruofan 🚎 王若凡 @ruofan.ca · 09/09/2026

Traffic calming was asked by so many in the neighbourhood that the city created an entire program so it could be replicated in other areas of the city. The fact is that traffic calming is massively popular, the problem is that Google Maps routes people down inappropriate routes.

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Don't worry, we can just put all the bike routes on side streets. No wait, not like that.

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related: its insane how few aftermarket head units have a dial for volume control/mute. #caraudio

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 08/09/2026

I spent most of my free time working on switching out the headunit on my van. Now it's in english!

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The R2 from Metrotown to park royal is up and running and it’s taken my estimated commute time by bus down by….. 10 minutes.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 04/09/2026

This is the best day of my life.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 04/09/2026

The new grand tour hosts are pretty great.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 03/09/2026

At the risk of betraying my cycling credentials, I got a van last week after months of importing it from Japan. It’s a 2008 Toyota regius ace.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 01/09/2026

Bicycle helmets are not designed for impacts with vehicles. Also if you get hit by a driver, you’re likely going to die from ten other things because you you just got hit by two tons.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 01/09/2026

It still blows my mind that city staff thought putting a bike lane on SW marine drive first before connecting an entire corner of the city(that is historically underserved by amenities) to the network (which it still hasn't done) was a good idea. #vanpoli

mark burge @markburge.ca · 26/08/2026

City centre mall is a hidden gem. Discuss.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 20/08/2026

It’s actually ridiculous that VGH in Vancouver isn’t more supportive of the bike lane on 10th avenue.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Random wish of the day: more ER doctors and nurses would join us to fight for life saving bike infrastructure.

op has never posted about protected bike lanes

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 20/08/2026

Hot take: the feedback from the Granville strip will be used to create more pedestrian space along Granville at the expense of projects in the south of city. Which is always what happens- proponents are already pushing to jump the line. See also Bute street upgrades and Beach avenue. #vanpoli

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026

Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 12/08/2026

I think there might be a fire on the north shore mountains somewhere- this isn’t normal flight paths for helicopters here and I don’t think these are SAR.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 08/08/2026

Livejournal just told me I have an blog that's 22 years old. Which also means I've had that email for longer.

mark burge @markburge.ca · 08/08/2026

Dave Foley in Star Trek wasn't on my bingo card, but I'm here for it.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 04/08/2026

But also, it really illustrates how poorly the Park Board has handled the regrowth of Everett Crowley over the years.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 03/08/2026

Pacific spirit park is better than Stanley park.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 31/07/2026

Classic Vancouver bc day long weekend weather! Love it!

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 31/07/2026

Back in my old neighbourhood! Love a game at the Nat!

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 29/07/2026

I am begging people to leave the downtown and see how shitty the rest of the city is for bike infrastructure.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 28/07/2026

I didn’t have @99pi.org mentioning Pierre Berton on my bingo card for today, but here we are.

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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People get hella mad when you suggest adult drivers should be more responsible than children walking/biking

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5 million could have been spent on more permanent shovel ready projects across the city, especially in areas of the city with little active mobility or other place making infrastructure. This is pretending that we don't already shovel money into the downtown core hoping investors do their thing.

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Weirdly, there’s no plan for filtering at knight or Fraser as part of the neighbourhood traffic calming plan either.

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Okay, where is the mode filtering from knight, Fraser and main streets onto the Masumi Mitsui greenway @cityofvancouver.bsky.social ? The easiest thing you could do to make this route safer for active mobility, and yet you decided to pave the street instead and make it faster for drivers.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 24/07/2026

I may not have many american friends who I've met with in person, but when there is a major shooting in their town, I sure as hell check in on them.

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I swear people don’t even do any basic google searches anymore. c.org/jd2YDW6mb7 There is already a mount terry fox in mount terry fox provincial park, in the BC Rockies.

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Sign the Petition

No More Mount Washington. Rename It Mount Terry Fox.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 23/07/2026

There is a ten degree difference between my bedroom and my basement.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 19/07/2026

It's almost as if they know that 1 time out of 100 they'll get ticketed and just built that cost into their cost of doing business.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 11/07/2026

My van is here! It’s not ready to drive yet, but it’s here!

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 08/07/2026

Look,I’m generally for painted bike lanes(they designate a space, so when you go to put in a permanent separated one there’s far less pushback, but you have to build the culture to support them if you’re not going to have a physical barrier. if that means ticketing folks like this, then so be it.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 07/07/2026

But also, parents are the ones buying these machines for their children. And, I’ve never need more bike gangs out and about than in the past six months. It’s clear they’re popular.

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mark burge @markburge.ca · 07/07/2026

Hot take: emotos wouldn’t be nearly as much of an issue(it’s barely one now) if cities had invested in separated micromobility routes over the past 20 years. Teenagers aren’t buying them- their parents are because they’re more reliable than public transit.