Michael Hall
@michaelhall.bsky.social
New Westminster
Trying to get the humble bus the respect it deserves 🚍♥️
Trying to get the humble bus the respect it deserves 🚍♥️
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Slow-walking bus lanes? Although the City of Vancouver has promised to expand bus priority across the city, twice, these projects are getting scaled back and delayed. Promised back in 2023, deadlines are now being shifted into the unspecified future. Read the full article.
What's red and takes 1,000 days to create? Vancouver bus lanes with paint and signs, apparently | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
Excerpt submitted by Michael Hall, Government Relations Lead at Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders. Written for Daily Hive Urbanized. Read the full article by Michael Hall at the Daily Hive Urbanized In October 2023, Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in favour of a member motion by city councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung to add bus priority measures on major […]
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January 24, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Slow-walking bus lanes? Although the City of Vancouver has promised to expand bus priority across the city, twice, these projects are getting scaled back and delayed. Promised back in 2023, deadlines are now being shifted into the unspecified future. Read the full article.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
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Last decade, TransLink had a few "mid-tier" transit plans that ended up getting cancelled after political or public blowback.
Now, they're trying again with Bus Rapid Transit.
What will have to happen for it to succeed where other projects have failed?
Now, they're trying again with Bus Rapid Transit.
What will have to happen for it to succeed where other projects have failed?
ANALYSIS | Bus Rapid Transit could reshape transit in Metro Vancouver — if politicians get behind it | CBC News
Mayors who are on the front line of the first group of proposed BRT routes are cautiously optimistic.
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Last decade, TransLink had a few "mid-tier" transit plans that ended up getting cancelled after political or public blowback.
Now, they're trying again with Bus Rapid Transit.
What will have to happen for it to succeed where other projects have failed?
Now, they're trying again with Bus Rapid Transit.
What will have to happen for it to succeed where other projects have failed?
It's been almost 1,000 days since @sarahkirby.bsky.social brought forward an excellent motion the bring in some bus lanes where they're needed most.
TransLink even agreed to fund it all.
So where are they? 🧐🤷
@movementyvr.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
TransLink even agreed to fund it all.
So where are they? 🧐🤷
@movementyvr.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Opinion: What's red and takes 1,000 days to create? Vancouver bus lanes, apparently | Urbanized
Why is the City of Vancouver taking so long to implement long-promised bus lanes that only requiring paint and signage?
dailyhive.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It's been almost 1,000 days since @sarahkirby.bsky.social brought forward an excellent motion the bring in some bus lanes where they're needed most.
TransLink even agreed to fund it all.
So where are they? 🧐🤷
@movementyvr.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
TransLink even agreed to fund it all.
So where are they? 🧐🤷
@movementyvr.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
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the exact same arguments i heard against bus lanes in toronto repeat themselves in vancouver:
✅ "i want better transit, BUT..."
✅ "businesses die without street parking" (despite an abundance of off street parking)
✅ bus lane turns car sewer into an "unsafe highway"
✅ "accessibility worsens"
✅ "i want better transit, BUT..."
✅ "businesses die without street parking" (despite an abundance of off street parking)
✅ bus lane turns car sewer into an "unsafe highway"
✅ "accessibility worsens"
January 22, 2026 at 5:12 AM
the exact same arguments i heard against bus lanes in toronto repeat themselves in vancouver:
✅ "i want better transit, BUT..."
✅ "businesses die without street parking" (despite an abundance of off street parking)
✅ bus lane turns car sewer into an "unsafe highway"
✅ "accessibility worsens"
✅ "i want better transit, BUT..."
✅ "businesses die without street parking" (despite an abundance of off street parking)
✅ bus lane turns car sewer into an "unsafe highway"
✅ "accessibility worsens"
When you finally finish The Power Broker and there is no more Robert Moses in your life 😢
How did that last chapter make me feel so sorry for a man that did so many terrible, short-sighted things?
How did that last chapter make me feel so sorry for a man that did so many terrible, short-sighted things?
January 21, 2026 at 2:44 AM
When you finally finish The Power Broker and there is no more Robert Moses in your life 😢
How did that last chapter make me feel so sorry for a man that did so many terrible, short-sighted things?
How did that last chapter make me feel so sorry for a man that did so many terrible, short-sighted things?
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the four busiest bus routes in metro vancouver (99, R4, 49, 25) are all parallel crosstown routes to UBC
really makes the case for broadway subway, but i wonder why translink isn't pursuing BRT on their busiest rapid (R4) or the 49. will the subway really soak up that much citywide E-W demand?
really makes the case for broadway subway, but i wonder why translink isn't pursuing BRT on their busiest rapid (R4) or the 49. will the subway really soak up that much citywide E-W demand?
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 AM
the four busiest bus routes in metro vancouver (99, R4, 49, 25) are all parallel crosstown routes to UBC
really makes the case for broadway subway, but i wonder why translink isn't pursuing BRT on their busiest rapid (R4) or the 49. will the subway really soak up that much citywide E-W demand?
really makes the case for broadway subway, but i wonder why translink isn't pursuing BRT on their busiest rapid (R4) or the 49. will the subway really soak up that much citywide E-W demand?
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Development fees don't "come out of the land" if you're an existing family redeveloping your home into a multigenerational plex.
City and Metro fees just add straight into the cost.
City and Metro fees just add straight into the cost.
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Development fees don't "come out of the land" if you're an existing family redeveloping your home into a multigenerational plex.
City and Metro fees just add straight into the cost.
City and Metro fees just add straight into the cost.
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I narrated this timely new @communitytransit.bsky.social video about transit and equality. MLK Day and Rosa Parks Day are coming up!
The Transit Effect With Ken Jennings - Ep. 4: Transit & Opportunity
YouTube video by Community Transit
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January 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I narrated this timely new @communitytransit.bsky.social video about transit and equality. MLK Day and Rosa Parks Day are coming up!
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Community First was excited to hear the announcement made by BC Housing to make Purpose Society's shelter operate 24/7.
This is the kind of investment that's is made possible when you lead with compassion, bring others to the table, and meaningfully work with them.
This is the kind of investment that's is made possible when you lead with compassion, bring others to the table, and meaningfully work with them.
Expanded Access at the Purpose Society’s Army & Navy Shelter Is Good News for Dignity and Safety
www.communityfirstnw.ca
January 16, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Community First was excited to hear the announcement made by BC Housing to make Purpose Society's shelter operate 24/7.
This is the kind of investment that's is made possible when you lead with compassion, bring others to the table, and meaningfully work with them.
This is the kind of investment that's is made possible when you lead with compassion, bring others to the table, and meaningfully work with them.
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These neighborhood signal chats are absolutely crazy right now. You’ve got young activists in there with the most normie folks alive who all just absolutely fucking hate ICE so much. And they are all willing to put their bodies on the line for their communities.
January 15, 2026 at 3:16 AM
These neighborhood signal chats are absolutely crazy right now. You’ve got young activists in there with the most normie folks alive who all just absolutely fucking hate ICE so much. And they are all willing to put their bodies on the line for their communities.
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I am committing to Childcare By Right. We will make childcare a permitted use in every residential and commercial zone. If you pass your safety and provincial licensing checks, you open. No hearings and no neighbor vetoes. We are building a city where families actually belong.
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I am committing to Childcare By Right. We will make childcare a permitted use in every residential and commercial zone. If you pass your safety and provincial licensing checks, you open. No hearings and no neighbor vetoes. We are building a city where families actually belong.
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To be clear, he suggested that basketball courts attract the wrong "demographic" to our parks, and that pickleball would attract people *who look more like him*. And asked us to consider *who we want to attract* to our parks and public spaces.
That wasn't a dogwhistle, that was a foghorn.
That wasn't a dogwhistle, that was a foghorn.
Fontaine asks about covering the ditches that are around the park. Asks about relocating young trees that were just planted. Asks about putting something in instead of a basketball court.
He's ready to be there for "cutting ribbons or putting shovels in the ground or whatever it is that we do"
He's ready to be there for "cutting ribbons or putting shovels in the ground or whatever it is that we do"
January 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
To be clear, he suggested that basketball courts attract the wrong "demographic" to our parks, and that pickleball would attract people *who look more like him*. And asked us to consider *who we want to attract* to our parks and public spaces.
That wasn't a dogwhistle, that was a foghorn.
That wasn't a dogwhistle, that was a foghorn.
Maybe the Broadway Subway Project should have just been cut and cover from the very beginning!
>>> After the initial four-month closure, traffic will return to East Broadway with only one lane open in each direction for a further four months.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
>>> After the initial four-month closure, traffic will return to East Broadway with only one lane open in each direction for a further four months.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Concerns rise as Vancouver’s busy Broadway traffic set to detour to narrow side street | CBC News
One of Vancouver’s busiest bus corridors is about to be rerouted onto a much narrower side street. Transit advocates say the change could mean congestion and delays for tens of thousands of commuters.
www.cbc.ca
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Maybe the Broadway Subway Project should have just been cut and cover from the very beginning!
>>> After the initial four-month closure, traffic will return to East Broadway with only one lane open in each direction for a further four months.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
>>> After the initial four-month closure, traffic will return to East Broadway with only one lane open in each direction for a further four months.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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NEW VIDEO: North America’s Elevator’s Problem
Elevators are absolutely essential to modern cities..... and it turns out North America kind of sucks at them. We partnered with @sightline.org to look into the many issues plaguing our elevator industry, and what it might take to fix it.
Elevators are absolutely essential to modern cities..... and it turns out North America kind of sucks at them. We partnered with @sightline.org to look into the many issues plaguing our elevator industry, and what it might take to fix it.
The United States has the fewest elevators in the rich world, with Canada only a bit ahead. We teamed up with @uytaelee.bsky.social of About Here Videos to investigate why, exactly, North America sucks at elevators.
North America's Elevator Problem
YouTube video by About Here
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
NEW VIDEO: North America’s Elevator’s Problem
Elevators are absolutely essential to modern cities..... and it turns out North America kind of sucks at them. We partnered with @sightline.org to look into the many issues plaguing our elevator industry, and what it might take to fix it.
Elevators are absolutely essential to modern cities..... and it turns out North America kind of sucks at them. We partnered with @sightline.org to look into the many issues plaguing our elevator industry, and what it might take to fix it.
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The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 AM
The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
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Driver Perfectly Describes Pedestrian They Couldn't See.
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Driver Perfectly Describes Pedestrian They Couldn't See.
When I get to the utterly nightmarish sections of The Power Broker that talk about public transit, I accidentally stay up reading until 1 AM 😮💨
Ahhhhh, what could have been. It's also crazy to read a book from 1974, talk about a period in the 50s and 60s, and have it so scarily relevant to today.
Ahhhhh, what could have been. It's also crazy to read a book from 1974, talk about a period in the 50s and 60s, and have it so scarily relevant to today.
January 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM
When I get to the utterly nightmarish sections of The Power Broker that talk about public transit, I accidentally stay up reading until 1 AM 😮💨
Ahhhhh, what could have been. It's also crazy to read a book from 1974, talk about a period in the 50s and 60s, and have it so scarily relevant to today.
Ahhhhh, what could have been. It's also crazy to read a book from 1974, talk about a period in the 50s and 60s, and have it so scarily relevant to today.
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Spotify? Apple Podcasts?? Regardless of the podcast-conduit you use, you need to tune into @chanface.bsky.social & @denisagar.bsky.social's new podcast, Dwell Time!
Have these two in your ears on your next commute 🚌⏳https://zencastr.com/z/qhTvgQKp
open.spotify.com/show/7mgTQAy...
Have these two in your ears on your next commute 🚌⏳https://zencastr.com/z/qhTvgQKp
open.spotify.com/show/7mgTQAy...
January 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Spotify? Apple Podcasts?? Regardless of the podcast-conduit you use, you need to tune into @chanface.bsky.social & @denisagar.bsky.social's new podcast, Dwell Time!
Have these two in your ears on your next commute 🚌⏳https://zencastr.com/z/qhTvgQKp
open.spotify.com/show/7mgTQAy...
Have these two in your ears on your next commute 🚌⏳https://zencastr.com/z/qhTvgQKp
open.spotify.com/show/7mgTQAy...
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Transit riders!! It's time for our 2026 INs and OUTs! 🚌✨
We asked our volunteers on Movement's volunteer Discord server what their INs and OUTs are for 2026.
Did we miss any? 🤔
We asked our volunteers on Movement's volunteer Discord server what their INs and OUTs are for 2026.
Did we miss any? 🤔
January 7, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Transit riders!! It's time for our 2026 INs and OUTs! 🚌✨
We asked our volunteers on Movement's volunteer Discord server what their INs and OUTs are for 2026.
Did we miss any? 🤔
We asked our volunteers on Movement's volunteer Discord server what their INs and OUTs are for 2026.
Did we miss any? 🤔
Had a blast checking out the "new" Park Theatre after The Rio was able to take it over with helpful investments from Vancouverite and Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard, and others ♥️🎬
#goodnews
#goodnews
January 7, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Had a blast checking out the "new" Park Theatre after The Rio was able to take it over with helpful investments from Vancouverite and Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard, and others ♥️🎬
#goodnews
#goodnews
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Congestion pricing is an unqualified success in NYC. It would be great to see it expanded to every city with decent public transit options. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed.
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Congestion pricing is an unqualified success in NYC. It would be great to see it expanded to every city with decent public transit options. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...