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Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding that governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
Huge thanks to @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social who brought a motion to fund Car Free Day and prevent its cancellation! And kudos to all of council for passing this unanimously. We will see you there!
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Also quite disappointed in Dominato.
Sad to say that despite Councilors @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social tabling an amendment to save these important road safety motions (and a couple others), the ABC majority voted together to kill them. So much effort undone.
As a short adult (157 cm) most new trucks have hoods over my head.
They can’t see me, or most kids under 12.
This photo shows the danger so many mobility scooters face - hoods that are taller than they are. And this car isn't even that large compared to some of the cars on our roads.
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It feels like a really good time for BC to revive their e-bike rebate
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More safety rollbacks coming to council: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/03/06/r...
In 2023 Clr Boyle had a motion to reduce the speed on Cornwall to 30km/h. Clr Klassen amended it to 40km/h instead, under the guise of an umbrella of further safety improvements which he bragged about.
Now, the city is recommending no further action. All we got was a deadlier speed.
Mad about this? Write in too!
Ken.Sim@vancouver.ca,
CLRbligh@vancouver.ca,
CLRdominato@vancouver.ca,
CLRfry@vancouver.ca,
CLRkirby-yung@vancouver.ca,
CLRklassen@vancouver.ca,
CLRmaloney@vancouver.ca,
CLRmeiszner@vancouver.ca,
CLRmontague@vancouver.ca,
CLRorr@vancouver.ca,
CLRzhou@vancouver.ca
The "Rollback Report": ABC's austerity budget is pausing, terminating, or rolling back several of the road safety wins we (and so many of you) fought so hard to achieve. This is beyond disappointing.
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In case you haven't seen it, About Here's recent video provides an excellent look at why that is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfz6...
Let's all be like Chris. Send a quick email! It doesn't take long.
Based on Toronto and Montreal numbers adjusted for population, Vancouver bike share could easily double or triple its yearly ridership.
If speaking doesn't work for you but you love bike share and want this motion to pass, you can also write in! Send an email or use this form to share your comments - even something as simple as "I support Motion 3 for cheap, easy, expanded bike share and hope Council will vote in favour."
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Want to see this bike share improvement motion pass? Sign up to speak to Council! You'll have 3 minutes to share your thoughts, and you can go in person or call in by phone. Sign up at this link by 5pm this Tuesday, March 10th:
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Motion text: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED A. THAT Council direct staff to develop and report back, during Q1 of 2027, on a Vancouver Bike Share Growth Strategy which includes proposed targets and timelines and funding required for extending the capacity and geographic reach of bike share within the City to benefit all residents. B. THAT Council request the Mayor write to the BC Minister of Transportation and Transit, the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation, the Chair of the Metro Vancouver Regional District and TransLink, to strongly advocate for TransLink to lead and fund a coordinated regional bike-share system
In short, this motion includes both a report back on expanding bike share in Vancouver, and advocacy for a regional, coordinated approach to be lead by TransLink.
Better bike share = better mobility options, safer streets, reduced traffic congestion and better health outcomes.
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Screenshot from VZV co-founder Jade Buchanan doing one of our first media interviews. CityNews describes him on the screen as "Jade Buchanan, bike share enthusiast"
There's a great Motion from @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social coming to Council this Wednesday, March 11th to improve bike share in the region! (full text: council.vancouver.ca/20260311/doc...)
As card-carrying bike share enthusiasts, we are excited. Here's how to support:
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44 tickets in only two hours. Imagine the impact if they spent more than the occasional 2-hour “blitz” on traffic enforcement. Well, they don’t have the resources for that, which is why we need automated enforcement. Everywhere. www.northshoredailypost.com/44-ticketed-...
Big congratulations to the Vancouver Park Board! 🎉
The Kitsilano Beach Connection on the Seaside Greenway just won a 2026 HUB Cycling Infrastructure Improvement Award. Great news for people who bike in Vancouver. 🚲
CORRECTION - Sorry, we misattributed the motion for advancing rapid transit, which was actually from @sarahkirbyyung.bsky.social! We'll also note that @christineboyle.bsky.social was the co-sponsor of the Cornwall Ave. and truck side guards motions.
Full report link, which includes lots of important work in other areas recommended for delays as well - council.vancouver.ca/20260310/doc...
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Motion 'Prioritizing Commercial Drive as a Pedestrian-First High Street' recommendation 'Merge with other work/close. Interim bus bulbs have been installed along Commercial Drive and staff recommends not advancing the other recommendations in the motion at this time'
Motion 'Protecting people on Cornwall Ave' recommendation 'Carry on, scaled back - speed limit reduction has been implemented, staff recommends no further safety improvements specific to this area' Motion 'Advancing Bus Rapid Transit and Priority RapidBus Upgrade Projects in Vancouver to Support Complete Communities, Livability, and Growth' recommendation 'Carry on, scaled back'
Motion 'Safe Streets for Trick or Treats: Creating Safe Pedestrian Areas to Make Halloween a Little Less Scary' Recommendation 'Postpone'
Also impacted: Commercial Drive upgrades from @ptfry.bsky.social, Cornwall improvements also from Pete Fry, advancing BRT & RapidBus from @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social, and even the very watered down version of @lucymaloney.bsky.social's halloween safety improvements motion will be postponed.
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The motion 'advocating for the requirement of side guards on heavy trucks in urban areas' with recommendation 'merge with other work/close - staff have installed sideguards on some City fleet vehicles as a pilot project and does not recommend retrofitting the entire City fleet'
Original motion text - 'That Vancouver City Council require that side guards be installed on all City of Vancouver and City contracted trucks'
TRUCK SIDE GUARDS: This unanimously passed motion from @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social July 2022 after Agustín Beltrán was killed in a crash this could have prevented. Now the city has upgraded 'some' of the fleet (how many vehicles??) and continuing would require 'substantial funding'
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Row from a spreadsheet that lists the motion 'Taking Urgent Action to Boost Street Capacity and Speed Up Transit Service for Vancouverites' with the recommendation 'Postpone - staff recommends that work be completed on the first five bus corridors, before initiating signifiant work on next four.' The final column lists rational 'Reprioritisation of staff resources, advisability of evaluating outcomes of the first five corridors before investing in work on the next four corridors'
Motion text which outlines the 9 approved bus lane routes. The first five are Granville Street, Southeast Marine Drive, 49th Avenue, Hastings Street, and Main Street/Kingsway. The additional 4 are Broadway, King Edward, West 4th, and Downtown to the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge
BUS LANES: There were 9 bus lane corridors promised in this unanimously passed motion from @christineboyle.bsky.social back in summer 2024, with implementation at a rate of at least 2 corridors per year. New recommendation is to postpone 4 of these (which we'll note are already off schedule)
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Several previously passed road safety motions are recommended to be postponed or scaled back at the March 10th Vancouver Council mtg, "with the objective of freeing up staff capacity in order to better implement Council’s priorities"
This is what happens when you starve the city budget.
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I'm so sad--but also frustrated!--by this.
I LOVE Car Free Day. It was such a fun way to see what our streets COULD be: full of life, family, community, and local business...not just cars.
Something is very, very wrong in Vancouver when such a wildly popular event can't make it work.
"Zero means zero" (car free days)
“Because safe streets don’t happen by accident, if we want less traffic, healthier neighborhoods, and streets that welcome people instead of speeding vehicles, we have to stop treating safety as optional and start treating it as essential infrastructure.”
30 km/h speed limits for minor residential streets are coming to 6 Vancouver areas this year through new signs.
This is down from the provincial default of 50 km/h.
It'll be introduced to a total of 25 areas over the coming years. #vanpoli #vanre
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Thank you Sean!