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angela
@angelahjkim.bsky.social
Urbanist • Community Advocate • Organizer @movementyvr.bsky.social / opinions are my own

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📍New Westminster, BC
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1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Increasingly getting annoyed with the electeds who call themselves “pro-transit” when they don’t show up for transit nor vote for transit. I really don’t care that you take bus or skytrain when you only cater to voters who drive. Everyone seems to be “pro-transit” til they are worried about votes.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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With respect, if cities want scooter riders to ride in designated cycle lanes, they need to build them everywhere. Shaming users for choosing the option that keeps them safer, when the alternative is sharing unsafe streets with speeding multi-ton vehicles, is unhelpful at best & harmful at worst.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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It’s so nice to see Google Maps recommend people try public transit! An excellent detail of this is mentioning that no transfers are needed, which can be a significant mental hurdle for those unfamiliar with transit.
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
the way we are getting media coverage on stupid ostriches but barely any coverage on COP30 🤡🫩
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.

Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Want more and better transit‽ Join us Dec 4th at 6:30pm to shape the future of Better Transit YYJ.
meet the team
help with strategic planning
learn how to get involved
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Ahahahaha 🤣 Elizabeth May explaining the tanker ban “especially to the attention of slow learners; Andrew Sheer, Danielle Smith, take note.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I always felt a little bit self-conscious about being a transit advocate who is not foamer (don’t ask me what those acronyms mean) but I am starting to feel like it kind of works as an advantage when it comes to knowledge translation 😌
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Toxic rhetoric online isn't new, but when political leaders indulge violent language directed at local elected colleagues, it's a failure at most basic level of democracy. Politicians have a moral obligation to call our (not hug out) their supporters when they cross that line. Do better.
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In New West, the political rhetoric has gotten completely out of control, stoked by the New West Progressives. At our Monday council meeting, the two NWP members voted against me attending a conference about countering online harm and misinformation. Meanwhile, on their social media page, there is
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Watching friends riding the new REM and going to new Eglinton station be like …
squidward from spongebob squarepants looks out a window
ALT: squidward from spongebob squarepants looks out a window
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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There's two more days to speak up against cuts to federal transit funding.

No such thing as "Canada Strong" without transit linking our communities.

Tell the Carney government to protect and expand the Canada Public Transit Fund and fund transit operations for more affordable & frequent service ⬇️
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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The 2026 Vancouver budget risks imposing cuts to road safety initiatives that we simply can't afford. With so few details being released, we call upon council to amend the budget to direct that essential transportation programs and staff be protected.

👉 More: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/12/2...
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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JUST IN: Katie Wilson significantly extends her lead in the Seattle mayoral race.

She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.

That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).

Not much left at this point.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Awesome event tonight!! More photos to come. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported!
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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The Budget Announcement giveth,
The small print taketh away.
😐🚌🚊🚎😐
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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"It is well documented that public transit significantly benefits economic productivity [...]. For a 500-page productivity-focused budget, it’s striking that the term “public transit” appears only three times." 🚍

Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social
Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget comes at an important moment for Canada as we face an increasingly hostile United States and the need to chart our own path. The choices this gover...
bcpolicy.ca
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.

A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan
Indigenous leaders in Alberta say unchecked oilsands development is devastating their land and could be linked to rising cancer rates in their communities.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Vancouver is just a police department at this point.
Vancouver's proposed 2026 budget has been released.

It proposes a property tax freeze, a 10% increase to the Police Services budget, a 6% increase to Fire/Rescue Services, and lots of other cuts, including Arts & Culture, Planning & Sustainability, and much more.

Full report here.
council.vancouver.ca
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I'm at the #CUTA2025 conference in Montreal this week. Great presentation by @jedwinmok.com and @chittimarco.bsky.social about escalating transit costs in Canada. What do the countries with highest costs have in common? English is their primary language.
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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I wish there was a way to convey how much of a big deal this is to me, I wish you could feel it.

Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:

carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...

(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Opening Doors | Publications | Carrefour Vivre en Ville
Consultez notre publication « Opening Doors ». Carrefour Vivre en Ville
carrefour.vivreenville.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Arrived to Valerie Plante’s Montreal,
Leaving Brian Montague of Montreal’s Montreal
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM