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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 7h

In 2022, Ken Sim said line item budget comparisons were the cornerstone of his budget policy if he got elected mayor.

In 2025, he voted against it happening for a budget presentation with potentially $100 million in cuts because his newly appointed city manager told him no.

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 1d

If you're 40+ and you don't ride your bike around town what even is your plan for healthy aging?

I just don't understand older people who hate bike lanes.

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cyclesixmile @cyclesixmile.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, you drive a car? Make sure you don't drive drunk or use your phone while you drive!

Saying this every time someone mentions driving would make more sense than bringing up helmets whenever someone mentions biking.

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Dave Daniels @davedaniels.bsky.social · 2d

Outdoor, open air court, of course

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Dave Daniels @davedaniels.bsky.social · 3d

🔥😍🔥😍🔥😍

Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful morning for a cargo bike party!

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Dave Daniels @davedaniels.bsky.social · 3d

Kits beach looking pretty nice in October

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Dave Daniels @davedaniels.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have good clearance with your heels? I've had issues with some larger bags with hitting my feet

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 4d

people protesting an extra floor at the OV school because of congestion when I will quite literally buy a car to drive up to Ontario & 16th for his current catchment if he can’t get into the OV school

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 6d

One of the surprise hits with our group of American healthcare workers considering moving to #VancouverIsland are these informal "Ask Your Questions" sessions we do 2-3x/week now.

We've had a US doctor who now lives in Victoria, a #Nanaimo immigration consultant, and tonight a Vancouver nurse.

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Kerry is Now Just Crabby (and Inclusive) 🚲 @airbornegeek.com · 7d

Wheel of Fortune, welcome to the War on Cars

Wheel puzzle solved, showing "riding my bike everywhere"

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 8d

New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 8d

To the people who lent their credibility to this panel: are you having fun yet?

It might be time to resign while you can still salvage some of it.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 9d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Aryn Toombs @aryn.bsky.social · 9d

I have to say in all my years as a journalist, I've never heard a government employee say that a youth should be assaulted for speaking their mind.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 9d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Dave Daniels @davedaniels.bsky.social · 8d

REV 6 on its way. This'll make Revelstoke the largest gen station in the fleet. www.revelstokereview.com/local-news/b...

BC Hydro to unleash 500 megawatts at Revelstoke Dam with new generating unit

Electric utility hosts open house Oct. 1, virtual event Oct. 6 to discuss seven-year project to add capacity to power the equivalent of 200,000 more homes

www.revelstokereview.com

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Stephen @stephen.int42.org · 8d

People act like getting kids places without a car is Herculean. I biked three (one not mine) to the Kingfield Farmers Market, 95% on bikeways. No car seats, no stress, just laughs. The challenge isn’t moving kids, it’s redesigning cities to work for people instead of cars. #StreetsForPeople

View from the front of a cargo bike riding on a new two-way protected bikeway. Ahead, three children, all wearing helmets, ride bikes — one in a yellow sweatshirt, one in black, and one in a patterned dress. A pedestrian walks on the sidewalk to the left. Apartment buildings line one side of the street, and parked cars line the other. Trees and bright morning sunlight frame the neighborhood scene.

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Dave Daniels @davedaniels.bsky.social · 8d

"Dad, look at my legs!" 3 yr old after some muddy laps. Kid is a beast.

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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 9d

Transformers, so hot right now… www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fe4f74c...

Hitachi plans $270-million expansion of Quebec power transformer factory

Investment from company’s power grid equipment unit follows a separate $140-million upgrade and modernization announced last year

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dave Daniels @davedaniels.bsky.social · 10d

Back home from soccer. Kiddo opted to ride with mum on HSD, just for fun.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d

My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.

Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath

Venn diagram with stable services, low density, and low taxes. The area in the centre said “Does Not Exist.” And it’s correct.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10d

More evidence that biking is really good for you:

After reviewing 23 studies, researchers concluded that there a "positive association between cycling and cognition" in adults 45+.

doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 11d

America shuts down, Canada moves on. Who’s got the better system? 🤔

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 12d

The proper minimum density for cities is:

"Whatever can guarantee that you can walk back from the bike shop"

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 14d

I think a lot of people's anger and anxieties could be calmed by more face to face time with nature, away from the rat race and sterilized grind.

Imagine if we made that easier to do.

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Dave Daniels @davedaniels.bsky.social · 15d

Solid bike! Here is ours ❤️👍🚲

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Sean Myers @seansmyers.bsky.social · 15d

"Montréal is often hailed as the most “biking-friendly” city in North America. But our research has found that only 2.3 per cent of the city’s roadways are allocated to bike infrastructure, with car infrastructure occupying the remaining 97.7 per cent of road space." #yycbike

Montréal’s bike infrastructure hardly takes up any space from cars on city roads

Bike infrastructure in Montréal takes up less than three per cent of the roadway, while car infrastructure has more than 90 per cent of roads across the city.

theconversation.com

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