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In short, let’s slow down cars, build safe infrastructure, get more people out of cars, & yes, limit sales of uncapped scooters. Banning a form of transportation that has given people (especially teens) freedom & an affordable, accessible, fun way to get around outside of a car is not the answer.

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There’s a lot of moralizing around scooters on sidewalks these days, too. I understand that’s a problem, but even on sidewalks the far, far greater risk to pedestrians is still from cars. (And if we want scooters off sidewalks, let’s build more protected bike+ lanes!)

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Daniel @yvrdaniel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I’m so tired of this framing. Most of these injuries are riders being hit by drivers. I was injured while riding a scooter earlier this year - because I was hit by a law-breaking driver. The result would have been the same if I’d been on a bike. Let’s focus on the biggest problem first, please.

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Not sure if people know this - registered political parties in BC get an allowance per # of vote received. (e.g. My riding will surely elect a Cons BC for MLA... I'm still going to vote Green as it gives them some funding.) Let that be an incentive to go vote. elections.bc.ca/candidates-p...

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Annual Allowances | Elections BC

Under the Election Act, the Chief Electoral Officer must pay annual allowances to some registered political parties. Here are the criteria and allowances paid.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It’s my first time in Hamilton ON, and the most notable thing about the city so far is the number of loud cars and motorcycles racing around the downtown streets late at night.

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Important piece from @doctorvive.bsky.social "Perhaps the most underappreciated truth about climate politics is that, even if the liberals call for clean-energy development, both the authoritarian right and the center-left reject the phaseout of fossil fuels. " Some big green NGOs need to read.

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Liberals Can't Address the Climate Crisis Because It Means Confronting Capitalism

We have no choice but to take on the fossil fuel industry. Those who won't acknowledge this are peddling fake solutions to climate change.

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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

And here’s the thing: measures proven to save lives actually shouldn’t be subject to a vote anyway!

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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 14/10/2026

Construction trucks leaving Bloor and Islington area after being successfully deterred from starting work on removing bike lanes in Toronto by a large protest.

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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I feel I should clarify that this is the first time I have EVER interacted with his page, and I didn’t name-call or say anything other than that he doesn’t take public safety seriously. Talk about thin skin!

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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Mayor Sim posted on Instagram bragging about how his party wouldn’t lower speed limits on busy commercial high streets. I commented, highlighting his disregard for public safety, and now I’ve been blocked. By my own mayor. 🤣

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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Please sign - help keep my kids safe!

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The Hastings-Sunrise traffic calming has given my kids a safe route to school, soccer practice, & friends’ houses. It allows me to breathe easy when my son heads out on his bike in the morning. It has made the neighbourhood so much more peaceful. Don’t let a vocal minority endanger all of us. 3/

A teenager in a yellow helmet, blue shirt, and brown shorts stands in front of a blue road bike.

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I was hit and injured by a driver on a street with no traffic calming in February - just a couple blocks south of where this infrastructure is installed. Traffic calming could have prevented my injuries and months of pain and reduced function. I cannot understand why anyone would want it removed. 2/

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Keep the Calming: Safe streets in Hastings Sunrise

Hey Vancouver friends, PLEASE sign this petition to save the traffic calming that has made my neighbourhood much safer for my kids and everyone else walking and rolling through it. It’s under attack by a vocal minority with the ear of the media and 2 municipal parties (TEAM and ABC, fyi). 1/

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Better Columbia @bettercolumbia.ca · 08/10/2026

While the debate over traffic calming is grabbing the headlines, Ken Sim has also proposed a much more profound—and destructive—change to the way that we plan our streets, notes Ruofan Wang.

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Ken Sim's traffic plan is a death knell for safe streets - Better Columbia

Headlines about banana barriers obscure an insidious promise to permanently hobble progress on building safer streets

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 08/10/2026

Today's announcement from ABC that they plan to remove traffic calming in neighbourhoods that badly need it will have dire and long-reaching consequences - and it's actually about much more than banana barriers. Our statement: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/10/07/a...

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Latest ABC campaign promise on removing traffic calming will have grave, long-term consequences for road safety

This morning, ABC announced a slew of dangerous campaign promises that will move the city backwards on road safety.

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This is closer to what I actually said. 🤣

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Thanks! Luckily it’s an exceedingly rare occurrence these days.

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Here’s a photo of my and my “motorcycle” this morning preparing to deliver yard signs around East Van. I biked ~50km today: canvassing, delivering signs, going to multiple appointments, etc. 4/

A woman in a bright yellow jacket and a yellow bike helmet stands in front of a blue cargo bike. In the pannier of the cargo bike are a bunch of purple yard signs.

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“Would you say that to a driver? Because this is a car-replacer.” Or just the informative: “Thanks! It’s a pedal-assist, doesn’t have a throttle, tops out at 30kph, and has allowed me to live mostly car-free for two years!” Anyway, men, don’t do this. 3/

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“Do you say that to everyone on an e-bike, or just to people smaller than you?” “I have one, thanks, but I can’t carry two kids with it.” “I spent the morning canvassing for traffic safety with my e-bike. What did you do today?” 2/

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Got yelled at by a grouchy man cyclist while riding my cargo bike today: “Nice motorcycle! Why don’t you get a real bike?” A sampling of the come-backs I thought of too late: 1/

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The traffic calming installed in my neighbourhood has meant my kids have a safe route to school and soccer practice. Its made a huge difference for our comfort. Ken Sim & ABC would rather placate a handful of noisy drivers than protect children, seniors, & others who just want to get around safely.

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IMO that just means you need to add MORE traffic calming and diversions; adapt what’s installed, don’t remove it. Patience would help too: it takes some time for apps to update and for rat-runners to figure out new routes. It will get better!

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 07/10/2026

I just do not understand how so many of my neighbours in H-S value a slightly more convenient driving route to their front door over the lives of the kids in the neighbourhood.

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Getting out the vote for road safety! Today is the 2nd early voting day!

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 07/10/2026

The brave people at the "party of public safety" don't care if you die as long as it saves drivers 10 seconds

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 06/10/2026

Hey Vancouver, tomorrow is the next early voting day. Find a polling station near you and go vote! If you don’t know who to vote for & one of the things you care about is active transportation / safe streets, check out @visionzerovancouver.ca’s election guide here. visionzerovancouver.ca/vote/

Two stickers on a utility pole. The first reads “Ken Sim and ABC left a 400+ year backlog on sidewalk repairs. Vote for road safety: visionzerovancouver/ca/vote”
The second sticker bears an imagine of Ken Sim and reads “Ken $im hates poor people.”

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We've gone through all the platforms & past actions, and today we're releasing our final all-in-one-place Vancouver City Council voting guide! Read this if you think vision zero - and all adjacent issues (climate, safety, equity) - should be an election issue. visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/10/03/v...

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Vision Zero Vancouver 2026 Voting Guide

We’ve met with the parties running in the Vancouver municipal election and asked them to endorse our 10 first-year asks. We’ve graded the incumbents on 4 years of council votes. Now, we…

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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nothing like actively endangering children while campaigning for SCHOOL BOARD. This is unfortunately a trend for ABC; Clr Sarah Kirby-Yung has videoconferenced into city council meetings at least twice.

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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Especially people campaigning for SCHOOL BOARD while actively endangering children.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What?!?! That’s right up there with cutting your nails on transit.

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Elections have a way of clarifying who matters to political parties (car owners) and whose priorities can wait for another day (transit advocates). My dispatch from Day 1 on David Eby’s four day mid-election road trip. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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ANALYSIS | Eby puts needs of car owners ahead of transit advocates in ruling out Metro Vancouver vehicle levy | CBC News

For the last 18 months, a vehicle levy has been talked about by TransLink as a potential way to create a more sustainable funding model, as revenue from fuel taxes continues to decline. But all that w...

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There was one spot left on my council ballot, and I had a tough time deciding between Camil Dumont with the Vancouver Greens and Rebecca Hasdell with Vote Vancouver. I think they’d both be excellent!

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Here’s who I voted for and would vouch for if you’re undecided: Pete Fry for mayor and the full OneCity and COPE slates for everything else.

Fry, Pete… #51
Vote Green Party for Mayor

You can vote today
Advance vote Oct 3 8am-8pm
At any voting place in the city

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Early voting starts today in the Vancouver municipal election! The sooner you vote, the sooner you’ll stop getting calls and door-knocks from municipal parties. ;)

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VOTING IS ON! Today is the *first* day of Early Voting across the City! What if you voted today? Like right now? At any location from 8am-8pm. And take this handy-dandy voting card with you.

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1/ So it’s official. Faced with a choice between whales and oil, our Prime Minister chose oil. Faced with a choice between a safe climate and more fossil fuel expansion, he chose oil again. Today, Mark Carney announced yet another mammoth oilsands pipeline. #cdnpoli #bcpoli 🧵

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Let me clear: this week's announcements are very, very bad news for Alberta, BC, Canada, and the world. As always, those who be most impacted by the resulting pollution and global heating are future generations and those contributing the least to the problem. Our leaders are climate criminals. 4/

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The lifecycle emissions of the pipeline announced today would likely be 4-5x greater than those of LNG Canada. It will also substantially increase tar sands extraction & tailings pollution, which are causing health crises for downstream Indigenous communities where cancer rates are 25% higher. 3/

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LNG Canada’s massive expansion is a go. Here’s what it means

Of LNG Canada Phase 2 Eby said "It will change lives, here & around the world." Well, he's right about that. Its lifecycle emissions will be equivalent EVERY YEAR to 2x the emissions of all passenger cars in Canada. In BC, it'll dramatically increase fracking & its associated health risks. 2/

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A planned $33 billion investment in the second phase will double LNG Canada’s export capacity, bringing more gas, infrastructure and emissions to B.C.’s North Coast

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