Our volunteer @kelseylian.bsky.social says it best:
"There are many concerns previously debated, but none of them outweigh the safety of children walking to school."
"If we want less traffic in this area, we need to encourage families to walk to school."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQm...
I filled in the survey and so can you! tomorrow is the deadline, so get on that. headlight glare is bad for other drivers of course, but also for pedestrians and cyclists and other non-car travellers. tell them to regulate that shit!
Our council says they support active transportation and want to have safe streets for people outside cars but their (in)actions say otherwise. We elected a mayor and council based on this messaging but it appears we’ve been conned. They have said it themselves, they don’t want to alienate drivers.
The tough decision between doing what the loudest complaining adults want vs. what is best for children and society more broadly. Really tough decision!
"According to transportation studies, about half of the students are expected to be able to walk, bike or bus to the school, while the other half will probably be dropped off by parents."
What do staff think will happen if kids don't feel safe walking or biking? Their parents will drive them. /🧵
"Transportation staff have been grappling with how to provide the safest way for students on foot or on bikes to get to the school, while [...] minimizing the impact of increased traffic on the neighbourhood"
They didn't "grapple" with anything. They took the easy way out. (2/3)
North Van is choosing more parking over sidewalks for kids to walk to school safely. Shameful. And also completely counterproductive. (1/3) 🧵
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Vision Zero Vancouver representing at the Crescent 200!
It's an unsponsored chance for people to go to a very, very low traffic neighbourhood and ride their bikes. It's a 500m loop in a posh neighbourhood with a wonderful park in the middle. Families and all sorts show up. It's a bit of a quiet, fun protest about taking back our roads, neighbourhoods.
The Crescent 200 is tomorrow! Come do some fun laps around the park.
We felt similarly, but we have an in-person meeting with the city team about this next week and hope to have a productive conversation. While this detour might be over relatively soon, there's lots to be improved about cyclist protection during construction detours in general too.
Text message screenshot reads "Another cyclist hit at 10th in the Main. Driver ran the red. They're ok (thank god)"
Days since someone on a bike was last hit at 10th and Main: re-set to 0 again.
We have a meeting with the city about this in 6 days. Hopefully we can hold at 5 cyclist crashes (that we know of) between now and then.
The new Pine St bike lane connection between the Arbutus Greenway and Seaside looks pretty good. But it was pretty stunning to see that it was first passed by council in 2018, and construction *might* start next year, after 9 years of consultation.
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Background of VZV volunteers in front of their billboard designed with Tom Flood, set to semi-transparent with foreground text "Here's why you should give us your gas money" followed by snippets from a VZV member survey about what members feel makes VZV unique - comments about sassiness and attitude. Bottom text says "Not a lot of grants fund this. We fund this."
Background of VZV volunteers in front of their billboard designed with Tom Flood, set to semi-transparent with foreground text CBC headline "Carney temporarily suspending federal fuel excise tax on gas, diesel and aviation fuel." bottom text in a yellow bubble "If this will unexpectedly save you $10 or $20/month, why not put it forward for road safety? Here's what we could do with the money:"
Background of VZV volunteers in front of their billboard designed with Tom Flood, set to semi-transparent with foreground text "Here's what we could do if you give us your gas money" followed by icons and text: memorial flowers $10, another speed gun $200, support program for victims and survivors $1,000+, event registrations $150-$600 each, advertising you won't see anyone else run $500, finally having wordpress plug-ins $33/month, etc.
We rarely talk about fundraising, but we really do think you should pass that gas gift money over to us. We can't bail out driving forever, but we can organize together to make transportation systems that are safe and sustainable for all.
Help make it possible: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
CBC headline "Carney temporarily suspending federal fuel excise tax on gas, diesel and aviation fuel. 10 cents on a litre of gas, 4 cents on litre of diesel removed starting Monday"
An average driver will save about $5 per fill up from this, roughly $20/month. Why not become a monthly donor to VZV and put it forward for road safety? www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Steps from my house. Where is the urgency on the part of Vancouver's council majority or its police department to stop such terrible things happening? Perhaps if we called it a 'stranger attack'.
Here's what 1 minute of evening rush hour traffic looks like at this intersection (video sped up to 3X speed). This is a challenging crossing with no painted crosswalk and fast travel speeds as drivers face the gigantic hill up Oak
We are sorry to learn that the pedestrian hit at Oak & 6th last Wednesday has died. We went out yesterday evening to place some memorial flowers in the area. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
I thought Carney was a builder of infrastructure? With $2.4 billion, we could quickly get to incredible levels of intercity bus service.
Medical appointments, family visits, vacations, etc could all be done without a car.
Instead, the people who can afford a car will save ~$5 per tank.
Great turnout on a Monday night for our friends at @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social !
See a bike lane obstruction? Report it on their app. Many cases where the data has led to actual change in various cities across North America
www.bikelaneuprising.com
A few new #bikeYVR consultations:
- Adanac between Rupert/Boundary final design: survey.vancouver.ca/s3/Adanac-St... (long overdue)
- New Neighbourhood Traffic Management Plan for Moberly Park (Fraser->Argyle, E57th->SE Marine): www.shapeyourcity.ca/moberly-park...
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If they were really making trucks for mountain bikers to shuttle up washed out fire roads the body and hood would be as low as possible while maintaining ground clearance. They would be small and functional like a classic pickup truck. The same changes that would make a truck safer to drive in city.
What happens when a road safety advocate gets a media pass to the Vancouver Auto Show? Read to find out!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/04/13/a...
Awesome!
I live two blocks from the detour on Manitoba a block west of Ontario and I’ve biked by after two accidents at Broadway and Ontario. I just emailed them with this video clip showing 40 vehicles ignoring a no entry sign to rat run up to 10th during a 30 min period last month.
There are only 9 tickets left to our free event with @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social on Monday evening at R&B Brewing! If you want to come, get your ticket now!! Come chat with some like-minded people and maybe make some new friends.
visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/03/19/a...
6th there is a horrible road and we should be a) calming it b) looking at cutting access to it from some roads like Oak altogether. No point trying this under the current council of course.
Maps screenshot showing the intersection of Oak and 6th with an unmarked crosswalk
Stock image of a GMC Yukon, a very tall, blunt-nosed truck
Also today, the driver of a GMC Yukon has left a senior with life-altering injuries in a hit-and-run at Oak & 6th in Vancouver. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/10/s...
