Honestly, the fear of that happening in BC is what held me back taking the plunge with financing a solar panel install. They can change the rules and suddenly it doesn't make as much financial sense.
It's unfortunate that BC Hydro are switching to net billing in July, which really hurts this benefit from what I understand.
Not where we originally intended to set it up, but you can read more about it here:
strongtownslangley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Our Telraam, the first set up in British Columbia, is up and running and counting cars, pedestrians and cyclists on 208 Street in Langley!
telraam.net/en/location/...
It’s funny how timing always undermines Pierre Poilievre. Shortly after shilling for O&G by calling to cancel Canada’s High Speed Rail project we now face an oil crisis which highlighted the need for alternatives like passenger rail more than ever. His position is now even more stupid and tone deaf.
This is important — London Mayor calls out “The Outrage Economy!”
@sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social is calling for “significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread disinformation after a study showed a surge in hostile accounts posting falsehoods about London’s crime rates…”
to imagine back on that beautiful blue orb that makes all of this unique life possible we can’t stop bombing and killing one another, it’s terribly sad
it’s frustrating when electric equipment is available that so many landscaping companies stick with these harmful machines. externalities not priced in
Yep the little two-stroke engines burn a blend of oil and gas - why is smells so bad and incredibly polluting.
“This would lock the world into a new and hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach. The climate would also be very different to the benign conditions of the past 11,000 years, during which the whole of human civilisation developed.”
My hot take is that surface LRT doesn’t work very well in grid planned cities post-automobile. Skytrain is the best solution.
This is fanta disguised as orange juice
Q: What is the film about? A: The fight to make Rainbow Road less car-centric and more pedestrian-friendly.
What To Know About ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ theonion.com/what-to-know-about-the-s...
Stronger institutions too.
Do highways pay for themselves? Even Danielle Smith agreed that expanding highway infrastructure would be far more costly and less efficient than passenger rail in Alberta.
In my work with cities around the world, I find that a BIG difference between cities doing remarkable things, and cities that are floundering and failing, is having a culture of energy or a culture of excuse.
Either of those cultures are chosen, and built. Either can be deliberately changed.
An underrated addendum to the Bowling Alone story is that North America's largest bowling operator (Bowlero) is a publicly traded company whose business model involves buying mom and pop alleys, shutting down the leagues, and trying to attract casual, higher paying, one-off players.
Junxions is the answer to that, hopefully out soon!
youtu.be/rv9FujXb9AU
The idea of attending the hockey game as a lifestyle product is much more valuable to some people compared to the intrinsic value of the game and even the real culture behind it.
A reminder that top-down planning is the *only* reason this built form exists. When cities form organically they become human scale, not car scale. Strict regulations force this on everyone.
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18 days ago we launched our website, introduced ourselves and our mission, and explained what we’re going to do.
Today we passed 5000 followers here on Bluesky. And counting.
Thank you all for your interest and support, and for your OWN efforts to change cities for the better. #UrbanTruth
I talk to people outside.
Last night I went to the B.C. Housing led meeting on the “Tiny Home Village” proposed on 20th Street in New West. The meeting was filled with coordinated attendees who came to spread misinformation drilled into them by the bigoted chaos agents known as NWP in #newwest. Some of the misinfo incl: 1/
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WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.
I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.
More than 80% of people consistently cited their preference for permanent daylight savings in polls, there’s a realm of data that says it supports better outcomes, and it’s very fun when a government can say “we control how time works”.
About a slam dunk win as you can get these days.
I’ve heard about this - there’s a chain thats like Norwegian Mexican Food, right?
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
Jesus Christ return before 2027 Odds >5% February 17, 12-1 AM? 29% chance
On Polymarket you can now bet on how many people in a different market on Polymarket think Jesus Christ will return in this calendar year.
29% of bets say that more than 5% of bets in the Jesus Christ return market will be a "yes" 9 days from now.
Anyway everyone involved in this needs jailtime.
