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Michal Rieback

@micrie.bsky.social
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Urban planner, designer and just a passionate urbanist

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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Rapid transit improvements work best when it’s designed to serve an area of shops, restaurants and housing… We’re fighting to make sure transit improvements that serve the needs of our region don’t get shut down by people afraid of change.
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The Problem with Vancouver's Boundary Rd BRT (w/ @MovementYVR )
Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/rmtransit-the-problem-with-vancouvers-boundary-rd-brt-w-movement @MovementYVR is a great advocacy organization fighting for better transit in the Metro Vancouver area, and today they bring you a video all about the problems of the propos
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Burnaberians (?) and people from around Metro Vancouver, last chance to fill the survey about the North-Shore Burnaby BRT. Tell Translink you want it to go through Burnaby Heights! Watch @denisagar.bsky.social explains why: youtu.be/n2TuO_f38FM?...
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The Problem with Vancouver's Boundary Rd BRT (w/ @MovementYVR )
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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Would you rather have new convenient transit access to the wonderful restaurants and shops in Burnaby Heights, or to a station that's already served by SkyTrain? The choice is yours! 1/3
Metrotown–North Shore Bus Rapid Transit
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A graphic of the MNS BRT route with a question mark around the undecided portion of the route
Park royal - Lonsdale - Phibbs Exchange - Kootenay Loop - Maybe Burnaby Heights - Brentwood - BCIT - Metrotown

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit RidersAbove: An image of apartment-lined, coffee shop full Hastings Street in Burnaby Heights, from TransLink

Below: Car dealerships and wide streets and powerlines on Boundary Road, Image from Google

In the middle: Which street do you think has more transit riders? And what even is Bus Rapid Transit?An image of BRT in Utrecht, from Karl Fjellstrom, Far East Mobility

What is Bus Rapid Transit?

BRT is like SkyTrain for the road! 
It’s fast, frequent and reliable
- buses every five minutes
- dedicated lanes to zoom past traffic
- fancy stations

Seattle put in BRT and ridership doubled in less than a yearWhat is the Metrotown-North Shore BRT?

This new BRT route will go from Metrotown to Park Royal in only 60 minutes 

The exact route is still undecided

A map of the route from TransLink is displayed in the background
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Listen to @michaelhall.bsky.social about curbside use and tell Translink what you think about the proposed BRT (opt 1 if you would like to get to Burnaby Heights comfortably) translinklistens.ca/bus-rapid-tr...
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Metrotown-North Shore BRT: Public Engagement Survey | TransLink Listens
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Bill proposal: every council member (anywhere in the world) will have to go to the Netherlands for a week, stay in a suburb/not a city center and learn how convenient it is to use public transport and bicycles. Only than they could say something and vote about transit/urban development.
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I wrote an op-ed for the @dailyhivevancouver.bsky.social about my feelings about the 25 bus in Vancouver (spoiler: not so positive), transit planning and the changes needed for more people-oriented cities. Thanks @denisagar.bsky.social and @iamkennethchan.bsky.social dailyhive.com/vancouver/no...
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Opinion: This Metro Vancouver bus route is a masterclass in how to put transit last | Urbanized
TransLink's busy No. 25 UBC/Brentwood Town Centre Station bus route is a masterclass in how to put public transit considerations last.
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Today (like any other day) is a good day to remind everyone: Paint (alone) is not infrastructure!
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
One of the things that I love to do during the NBA playoffs is to compare who has the fewest parking lots outside the stadium. Go Knicks! (at least on the no parking part)
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HUB Cycling @wearehub.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Biking to Work, School, or to Shop? Log Your Rides—It’s Go By Bike Week from May 31–June 6! Ride your bike to 30+ celebration stations for free bike checks, snacks, prizes, and more! Join for free as a team or ride solo at bikehub.ca/gbbw #GoByBike #GoByBikeBC
A graphic with text that reads: "HUB Go by Bike Week from May 31-June 6. Join for free: bikehub.ca/gbbw" The graphic has an image of a woman standing with her bike. Her bike has blue rear panniers.
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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
They've been planning the Broadway & Commercial site for almost 20 years. This Thursday (May 15) it's FINALLY getting a public hearing. A thousand transit-oriented rental homes, zero displacement, and daycare! Please say YES to housing. Step-by-step instructions below!
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
It's Jane's Walk weekend in Metro Vancouver! I just love this event so much, it allows you to really learn about a city from the people who live and love it. I really recommend everyone to go on at least one walk (in Vancouver or wherever you are in the world) @janeswalkvan.bsky.social
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
If any of you are in Vancouver this Friday and wants some urbanism fun, come join us in the Urbanism Big Tent at Brewhall Vancouver 5:30🎪🎉 More details and rsvp here: www.instagram.com/strongtownsv... You can rsvp here as well: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #StrongTownVancouver #urbanism
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Strong Towns Vancouver on Instagram: "🌇 Join us for an exciting evening of urban planning, transportation and mobility discussions and networking at our Big Tent event! 🍻 Connect with urbanist organiz...
26 likes, 0 comments - strongtownsvancouver on March 25, 2025: "🌇 Join us for an exciting evening of urban planning, transportation and mobility discussions and networking at our Big Tent event! 🍻 Con...
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Paris is going to pedestrianize *500 MORE* street. Meanwhile Vancouver is slowly and painfuly suffocating the one great pilot it had in Gastown... Not to mention the rest on the metro area.
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🚍 Save the Bus! Despite the rain, so many people showed up at the #SaveTheBus rally today in Metrotown to demand no transit cuts, only more funding! We need more buses. Cutting transit funding is not an option. Thanks @movementyvr.bsky.social for organize the rally! Take action: SaveTheBus.ca
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
You all know I love the inspirational power of a great “before & after” street or place transformation. Here’s a before, middle and after transformation, showing the temporary and then permanent changes. The evolution of a school street in Bratislava, Slovakia, HT @holz-bau.bsky.social. Very smart.
3-part evolution of a school street in bratislava
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I wrote an entire article analyzing this. The key takeaway: “EVs are the future of cars, but cars are not the future of transportation”
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Are Electric Vehicles the Future of Transportation?
What does truly sustainable transportation policy look like?
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
You see Vancouver, this is how you do it (I'm looking at you Gastown debacle!) Montreal Adds Nine More Car-Free Streets after ‘Mind Blowing’ Success www.theenergymix.com/montreal-add...
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Montreal Adds Nine More Car-Free Streets after ‘Mind Blowing’ Success
Four years after Montreal decided to make a 2.5-kilometre stretch of a busy downtown artery car-free every summer, the transformation continues to receive rave reviews from users and local businesses.
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Perfect Sunday afternoon today at the Woodland bike bridge! With @StrongTownsVancouver & @VisionZeroVancouver we set up benches, planters, and games, turning it into a real community hangout. Public spaces are for people, not just cars. Hope it will continue and grow! #TacticalUrbanism #Placemaking
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Michal Rieback @micrie.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Had a crap day, so I need to rant and vent, Vancouver urbanism edition: Why do beg buttons still exist? Just let me cross! Why does the Millennium Line only have 2 cars? It’s packed! Why does it take so long to upgrade a SkyTrain station? It’s just an escalator!
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