Ruofan 🚎
@bollardfan.bsky.social
Transit planner in Vancouver, originally from Montreal. Posts mostly about road safety, bike stuff, housing and indie music.
Opinions my own - he/him
Opinions my own - he/him
We need to stop the Danes from naming bodies of water
December 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We need to stop the Danes from naming bodies of water
If Bell and Telus are going to create an anti-competitive cartel together, can they at least throw up a cell tower at Edmonds
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If Bell and Telus are going to create an anti-competitive cartel together, can they at least throw up a cell tower at Edmonds
"We're going to get away with this cultural centre" -Mike Klassen, while comparing opponents of the project to poison darts and the boulder trying to crush Indiana Jones
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"We're going to get away with this cultural centre" -Mike Klassen, while comparing opponents of the project to poison darts and the boulder trying to crush Indiana Jones
Inclusionary zoning is deeply flawed but Sarah Kirby-Yung directing staff to consider getting rid of it *to pay for keeping DCCs high* is just really weird stuff. Like come on, what are we even doing here?
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Inclusionary zoning is deeply flawed but Sarah Kirby-Yung directing staff to consider getting rid of it *to pay for keeping DCCs high* is just really weird stuff. Like come on, what are we even doing here?
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Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver just killed the Social Housing Initiative. A program that could have actually gotten people off the streets and into homes? Dead.
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver just killed the Social Housing Initiative. A program that could have actually gotten people off the streets and into homes? Dead.
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Staff recommended that Council zone for social housing outright. ABC just voted to use federal HAF (Housing Affordability Fund) money not to enable more social housing, but to pay for staff time to develop a slower, more expensive alternative. @gregorrobertson.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Staff recommended that Council zone for social housing outright. ABC just voted to use federal HAF (Housing Affordability Fund) money not to enable more social housing, but to pay for staff time to develop a slower, more expensive alternative. @gregorrobertson.bsky.social
I think this line from the 'Vancouver Liberals' platform is really gross. Triangulating against the municipal public service is exactly what Ken Sim and ABC did in this austerity budget, and we shouldn't normalize this. I hope this won't be a theme of the campaign.
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I think this line from the 'Vancouver Liberals' platform is really gross. Triangulating against the municipal public service is exactly what Ken Sim and ABC did in this austerity budget, and we shouldn't normalize this. I hope this won't be a theme of the campaign.
A bunch of zombie hands bursting out of the ground to snatch the Earth seems like a good encapsulation of 2025
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A bunch of zombie hands bursting out of the ground to snatch the Earth seems like a good encapsulation of 2025
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We worked with @lucymaloney.bsky.social on a motion coming to council on December 10 to ban right turns on red at high-risk intersections. This is a low-cost, common-sense measure that will save lives. We need your help to tell council this matters!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/d...
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/d...
Take Action: Restrict Right Turn on Red at High-Risk Intersections
On Wednesday, Vancouver Council will vote on a motion brought by Lucy Maloney to restrict right turn on red at the highest risk intersections for people who walk, bike and roll.
visionzerovancouver.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We worked with @lucymaloney.bsky.social on a motion coming to council on December 10 to ban right turns on red at high-risk intersections. This is a low-cost, common-sense measure that will save lives. We need your help to tell council this matters!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/d...
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/d...
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As we feared, we are hearing that transportation staff were hit hard by today's layoffs. The loss of expertise and capacity will reverberate for years.
In its last year in office, Vancouver council is using scorched earth tactics to derail progress on road safety and lock in the deadly status quo.
In its last year in office, Vancouver council is using scorched earth tactics to derail progress on road safety and lock in the deadly status quo.
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...
👉 More: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/12/2...
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
As we feared, we are hearing that transportation staff were hit hard by today's layoffs. The loss of expertise and capacity will reverberate for years.
In its last year in office, Vancouver council is using scorched earth tactics to derail progress on road safety and lock in the deadly status quo.
In its last year in office, Vancouver council is using scorched earth tactics to derail progress on road safety and lock in the deadly status quo.
Ahead of the French parliamentary election, the conservative party expelled its leader who barricaded himself inside the party HQ and refused to come out until an MP with spare keys showed up to unlock the door for the cops
Just a fun story I wanted to share that is unrelated to any ongoing events
Just a fun story I wanted to share that is unrelated to any ongoing events
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Ahead of the French parliamentary election, the conservative party expelled its leader who barricaded himself inside the party HQ and refused to come out until an MP with spare keys showed up to unlock the door for the cops
Just a fun story I wanted to share that is unrelated to any ongoing events
Just a fun story I wanted to share that is unrelated to any ongoing events
Genuine question: Is there any reason to think the reports of steep federal housing cuts aren't just a rehash of the 80% cut to WAGE thing? It kinda just looks like older budget authorities expiring and government finance reporting not being allowed to predict what future budgets may or may not fund
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Genuine question: Is there any reason to think the reports of steep federal housing cuts aren't just a rehash of the 80% cut to WAGE thing? It kinda just looks like older budget authorities expiring and government finance reporting not being allowed to predict what future budgets may or may not fund
By splitting the musical in two, the Wicked movie people really made the jarring transition at the intermission between high school teen drama parody to extremely unsubtle allegory for the Bush administration 1000x worse.
Anyways Michelle Yeoh as Dick Cheney is kinda funny
Anyways Michelle Yeoh as Dick Cheney is kinda funny
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
By splitting the musical in two, the Wicked movie people really made the jarring transition at the intermission between high school teen drama parody to extremely unsubtle allegory for the Bush administration 1000x worse.
Anyways Michelle Yeoh as Dick Cheney is kinda funny
Anyways Michelle Yeoh as Dick Cheney is kinda funny
Guy at public hearing right now opposes social housing because it might shadow solar panels and destroy our power grid.
Can't make this up
Can't make this up
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Guy at public hearing right now opposes social housing because it might shadow solar panels and destroy our power grid.
Can't make this up
Can't make this up
At public hearing, Sarah Kirby-Yung just compared making it easier to build social housing across the city to "boiling the ocean to get 10 glasses of desalinated water"
Interesting claim from the self-described 'only pro-housing party in Vancouver'
Interesting claim from the self-described 'only pro-housing party in Vancouver'
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
At public hearing, Sarah Kirby-Yung just compared making it easier to build social housing across the city to "boiling the ocean to get 10 glasses of desalinated water"
Interesting claim from the self-described 'only pro-housing party in Vancouver'
Interesting claim from the self-described 'only pro-housing party in Vancouver'
My report on what seems to be (for now) the last word on Sarah Kirby-Yung's plan to tear out the Beach Avenue bike lane
Buried deep inside the 2026 austerity budget, the City of Vancouver has seemingly dropped plans to remove part of the Beach Avenue bike lane, writes Ruofan Wang.
Vancouver quietly shelves Beach Ave bike lane removal - Better Columbia
Buried deep inside the 2026 austerity budget, the City of Vancouver has seemingly dropped plans to remove part of the Beach Avenue bike lane.
bettercolumbia.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My report on what seems to be (for now) the last word on Sarah Kirby-Yung's plan to tear out the Beach Avenue bike lane
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It's been an incredibly frustrating day with Vancouver passing an austerity budget that will cut funding for important public services and infrastructure and fire hundreds of staff, even after over 600 speakers, including myself, speaking out against the harm that this budget will do to our city.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
It's been an incredibly frustrating day with Vancouver passing an austerity budget that will cut funding for important public services and infrastructure and fire hundreds of staff, even after over 600 speakers, including myself, speaking out against the harm that this budget will do to our city.
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Adjusting the property tax increase for inflation, we can see that the zero-percent budget represents a 2% tax cut in real terms, the largest in the last 16 years.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Adjusting the property tax increase for inflation, we can see that the zero-percent budget represents a 2% tax cut in real terms, the largest in the last 16 years.
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As you may have heard, Vancouver’s proposed 2026 budget will mean over $120 million in service cuts, and our most vulnerable populations will bear the burden of these cuts, including women - one of the cuts that have been proposed is removing change tables and period product dispensers!
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
As you may have heard, Vancouver’s proposed 2026 budget will mean over $120 million in service cuts, and our most vulnerable populations will bear the burden of these cuts, including women - one of the cuts that have been proposed is removing change tables and period product dispensers!
Moving things around the capital plan when you're slashing and laying off the teams that would deliver them feels a bit like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Who will design sidewalk repairs when exempt engineering staff are actively being pushed out and union staff will be bumped off?
Budget amendment by ABC councillor Zhou would cut $8 million from capital budget for "Energy Retrofits for non-city buildings" and put it to filling potholes and other "core services".
Opposition councillors upset that it could cancel upgrades in buildings where people died in the 2021 heat dome.
Opposition councillors upset that it could cancel upgrades in buildings where people died in the 2021 heat dome.
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Moving things around the capital plan when you're slashing and laying off the teams that would deliver them feels a bit like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Who will design sidewalk repairs when exempt engineering staff are actively being pushed out and union staff will be bumped off?
Provincial guidelines: Dismount signs should only be used when the reason is immediately apparent to cyclists
City of Vancouver:
City of Vancouver:
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Provincial guidelines: Dismount signs should only be used when the reason is immediately apparent to cyclists
City of Vancouver:
City of Vancouver:
So I've been giving this some thought and cooked up a wacky idea that would calm the intersection, add more public space and expand the cycling network, while sidestepping issues with Kingsway regional movement.
I think the key is to make Main St a complete street and reject its arterial status.
I think the key is to make Main St a complete street and reject its arterial status.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
So I've been giving this some thought and cooked up a wacky idea that would calm the intersection, add more public space and expand the cycling network, while sidestepping issues with Kingsway regional movement.
I think the key is to make Main St a complete street and reject its arterial status.
I think the key is to make Main St a complete street and reject its arterial status.
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If your human rights can be stripped away by the "notwithstanding clause" then they weren't rights to begin with.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
If your human rights can be stripped away by the "notwithstanding clause" then they weren't rights to begin with.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
The notwithstanding clause should be dropped or modified so that it cannot be used to suppress human rights.
Electeds should not be able to decide you are less of a person.
Eastern Canada arguably has the worst combination restaurant concept ever: the Thai Express-Sushi Shop.
"I'm in the mood for sushi made by the guy at Thai Express," said no one ever
"I'm in the mood for sushi made by the guy at Thai Express," said no one ever
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Eastern Canada arguably has the worst combination restaurant concept ever: the Thai Express-Sushi Shop.
"I'm in the mood for sushi made by the guy at Thai Express," said no one ever
"I'm in the mood for sushi made by the guy at Thai Express," said no one ever
This was me! I think bumping is one of the most underrated threats that this budget poses to city operations, and mass layoffs will spread chaos across the public service:
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This was me! I think bumping is one of the most underrated threats that this budget poses to city operations, and mass layoffs will spread chaos across the public service: