Dave Thompson 🇨🇦
@davethompsonvic.bsky.social
Housing, climate, urbanism, transportation, communities consulting. Also Victoria BC City Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse and good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Punkthäuser fan. My own views only. ☄️⏳yyj 🇨🇦
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My next community coffee-chat will be Tuesday November 25, 2025, 5:30pm to 6:30pm at Spinnaker's Gastro Brewpub, 308 Catherine St.
Feel free to drop by and share what you’d like City Council and the CRD to do in the coming months and years. I'll be there to listen and learn. :-)
#yyj
Feel free to drop by and share what you’d like City Council and the CRD to do in the coming months and years. I'll be there to listen and learn. :-)
#yyj
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My next community coffee-chat will be Tuesday November 25, 2025, 5:30pm to 6:30pm at Spinnaker's Gastro Brewpub, 308 Catherine St.
Feel free to drop by and share what you’d like City Council and the CRD to do in the coming months and years. I'll be there to listen and learn. :-)
#yyj
Feel free to drop by and share what you’d like City Council and the CRD to do in the coming months and years. I'll be there to listen and learn. :-)
#yyj
When I drive, I AM traffic. And so are the others around me.
I'm grateful to the people on the bus, on foot, and on bike who take up far less space.
#urbanism
I'm grateful to the people on the bus, on foot, and on bike who take up far less space.
#urbanism
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When I drive, I AM traffic. And so are the others around me.
I'm grateful to the people on the bus, on foot, and on bike who take up far less space.
#urbanism
I'm grateful to the people on the bus, on foot, and on bike who take up far less space.
#urbanism
My next community coffee-chat will be Tuesday November 25, 2025, 5:30pm to 6:30pm at Spinnaker's Gastro Brewpub, 308 Catherine St.
Feel free to drop by and share what you’d like City Council and the CRD to do in the coming months and years. I'll be there to listen and learn. :-)
#yyj
Feel free to drop by and share what you’d like City Council and the CRD to do in the coming months and years. I'll be there to listen and learn. :-)
#yyj
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My next community coffee-chat will be Tuesday November 25, 2025, 5:30pm to 6:30pm at Spinnaker's Gastro Brewpub, 308 Catherine St.
Feel free to drop by and share what you’d like City Council and the CRD to do in the coming months and years. I'll be there to listen and learn. :-)
#yyj
Feel free to drop by and share what you’d like City Council and the CRD to do in the coming months and years. I'll be there to listen and learn. :-)
#yyj
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November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
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Great Britain has set a new record for its rooftop solar installations in 2025
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/13/r...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/13/r...
Record year for UK rooftop solar installations
Previous record from 2011 broken in early November as number of certified solar installations surpasses 203,125 in 2025. New-build properties driving growth with further gains expected when Future Hom...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Great Britain has set a new record for its rooftop solar installations in 2025
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/13/r...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/13/r...
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“This is how we avoid building more multi-hundred-million-dollar [highway] interchanges... More people will turn to cycling if it’s safe the whole way” @capitalbike.ca advocacy chair @robbernhardt.bsky.social www.timescolonist.com/local-news/p... #yyj #bcpoli #CleanBC
Project to widen busy Galloping Goose Trail section to start in spring
A four-kilometre section of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, from the Selkirk Trestle south, will be widened with separate areas for cyclists and pedestrians.
www.timescolonist.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“This is how we avoid building more multi-hundred-million-dollar [highway] interchanges... More people will turn to cycling if it’s safe the whole way” @capitalbike.ca advocacy chair @robbernhardt.bsky.social www.timescolonist.com/local-news/p... #yyj #bcpoli #CleanBC
The 10 Most Tourist-Friendly Cities in the World.
Which city do you think came in first?
Victoria, obvs.
www.cntraveler.com/gallery/2015...
#yyj #tourism
Which city do you think came in first?
Victoria, obvs.
www.cntraveler.com/gallery/2015...
#yyj #tourism
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The 10 Most Tourist-Friendly Cities in the World.
Which city do you think came in first?
Victoria, obvs.
www.cntraveler.com/gallery/2015...
#yyj #tourism
Which city do you think came in first?
Victoria, obvs.
www.cntraveler.com/gallery/2015...
#yyj #tourism
Co-housing proposal in Esquimalt. Co-housing is a great alternative for those wanting more non-profit housing, with lots of community.
victoria.citified.ca/news/33-unit...
#yyj #housing #urbanism
victoria.citified.ca/news/33-unit...
#yyj #housing #urbanism
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Co-housing proposal in Esquimalt. Co-housing is a great alternative for those wanting more non-profit housing, with lots of community.
victoria.citified.ca/news/33-unit...
#yyj #housing #urbanism
victoria.citified.ca/news/33-unit...
#yyj #housing #urbanism
New dry supportive housing, for people who've been sober for >60 days and have completed detox and treatment.
With peer-supported coaching, referrals to other services, and help with independent living skills to prepare for transitioning into long-term housing.
cheknews.ca/b-c-announce...
#yyj
With peer-supported coaching, referrals to other services, and help with independent living skills to prepare for transitioning into long-term housing.
cheknews.ca/b-c-announce...
#yyj
B.C. announces new ‘dry’ supportive housing facility in Victoria
A new “dry” supportive housing facility is coming to Victoria, meaning the building will be free of substance use.
cheknews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
New dry supportive housing, for people who've been sober for >60 days and have completed detox and treatment.
With peer-supported coaching, referrals to other services, and help with independent living skills to prepare for transitioning into long-term housing.
cheknews.ca/b-c-announce...
#yyj
With peer-supported coaching, referrals to other services, and help with independent living skills to prepare for transitioning into long-term housing.
cheknews.ca/b-c-announce...
#yyj
The number of people moving per width of asphalt in this video, incredible transportation cost efficiency.
#urbanism #climateaction
#urbanism #climateaction
🎉 According to the Copenhagenize Index 2025, Utrecht is the most bicycle-friendly city in the world 🎉
"Utrecht demonstrates what can happen when cycling is fully integrated into urban planning: a city built on flow, precision, and purpose with cycling at its core."
copenhagenizeindex.eu
"Utrecht demonstrates what can happen when cycling is fully integrated into urban planning: a city built on flow, precision, and purpose with cycling at its core."
copenhagenizeindex.eu
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The number of people moving per width of asphalt in this video, incredible transportation cost efficiency.
#urbanism #climateaction
#urbanism #climateaction
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European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
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So happy to see how many tickets are already gone for the panel discussion that I am co-hosting December 2nd. Make sure to get yours soon! A great panel, a great location and a great topic! Also we are adding another panel member tomorrow...
#yyj #victoriabc #urbanism
#yyj #victoriabc #urbanism
City Talks: Public Spaces
Join us for an engaging panel discussion on Victoria's public spaces: what we're doing well, what we're not, and what could/should be!
www.eventbrite.ca
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
So happy to see how many tickets are already gone for the panel discussion that I am co-hosting December 2nd. Make sure to get yours soon! A great panel, a great location and a great topic! Also we are adding another panel member tomorrow...
#yyj #victoriabc #urbanism
#yyj #victoriabc #urbanism
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The number of these new family vehicles in #VictoriaBC and Paris has soared in the last decade. So nice! #yyj
The new family vehicles of Paris. I think that if a Parisian cycling activist came out of ten years of hibernation and went into the street, what would seem most unbelievable to them would be seeing all these bikes with childrens on the back ;)
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The number of these new family vehicles in #VictoriaBC and Paris has soared in the last decade. So nice! #yyj
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Nerd thread alert. Woke up this morning and started skim reading the provincially commissioned independent review of E-Comm 911, the body that handles 911 phone calls and dispatches.
Let me relate this to the police budget in #yyj, and #bcpoli more broadly.
Let me relate this to the police budget in #yyj, and #bcpoli more broadly.
B.C. releases independent reports on E-Comm cost management
archive.news.gov.bc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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10. They circulate myths about “no-go zones” and subways in which you’re more likely to get your throat cut than arrive at your destination. They evince what might or might not be genuine terror at seeing black and brown faces.
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
10. They circulate myths about “no-go zones” and subways in which you’re more likely to get your throat cut than arrive at your destination. They evince what might or might not be genuine terror at seeing black and brown faces.
Worth a read.
#urbanism
#urbanism
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Worth a read.
#urbanism
#urbanism
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9. Now this idea is being resuscitated once again. The city is cast by the new wave of fascists as a degenerate, crime-ridden arena, dominated by Muslims, immigrants and “alien” ideas such as feminism, antifa, anti-racism, trans rights, asylum, public transport and intellectualism.
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
9. Now this idea is being resuscitated once again. The city is cast by the new wave of fascists as a degenerate, crime-ridden arena, dominated by Muslims, immigrants and “alien” ideas such as feminism, antifa, anti-racism, trans rights, asylum, public transport and intellectualism.
Peace is precious and fragile. I'm grateful to see so many fellow Victorians at today's #remembranceday ceremony. Proud of my grandfather, who fought the fascists of his day. #lestweforget #yyj
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Peace is precious and fragile. I'm grateful to see so many fellow Victorians at today's #remembranceday ceremony. Proud of my grandfather, who fought the fascists of his day. #lestweforget #yyj
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
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It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.