Angus Beaty

Transportation Planner, Vancouverite.

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

Spotted today - top notch protected bike facilities and GI in Chemainus, BC. We love to see it!

[Jam 🏒🫍 @hoglandsko]

Happy R2 Metrotown extension day to all who celebrate 🥹

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

@jescra73 @liftblog @revelstokemtn Revy's turn indeed!

[CA High-Speed Rail 🚄 @CaHSRA]

JUST RELEASED: Supplemental Project Update Report 🚅⚡

This report provides a clear path forward to connect the high-speed rail system to Northern and Southern California via the Central Valley by 2039.

Learn more here: https://t.co/GZ6xAPY1oK

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

@westsidebackyd This is genius

[Arpit Gupta @arpitrage]

Huge reductions in congestion today within the congestion pricing zone; while unaffected areas don't see as much of a change.

Huge win for this policy, and I hope this program's success drives new initiatives in other cities

[Chris 🦝 (READ BIO!!) @TrashPanda08x]

Pacific Northwest high speed rail has been awarded a $50mil grant for the final phases of the Corridor ID program. https://t.co/9eS21wLxCx

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

https://t.co/txrokdqCdP
Loved hearing @RM_Transit discuss the possibilities and challenges of high speed rail in Canada on @FrontBurnerCBC today! Go Reece go!

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

@RayTrainToTrop @RM_Transit This is far from tower-in-the-park. It's very urban!

[How-Sen @HowSenChong]

Tapping the sign

[Craig Cameron @CraigCameronWV]

1/. There’s been a lot of talk about transit
& @TransLink lately & this will only get louder as the provincial election approaches. Unfortunately, there’s lot more noise than substance in the discourse at this point.

And so it seems a good time to offer some thoughts.

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

@Phillasaurus @_ChanFace Best part 😭

[Sean Fraser @SeanFraserMP]

New album just dropped.

CANADA'S HOUSING PLAN is out now: https://t.co/BLacM8KWFf

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

@blurr_65 This is wild

[Khelsilem @Khelsilem]

“What chafes critics, even those who might consider themselves progressive, is that they expect reconciliation to instead look like a kind of reversal, rewinding the tape of history to some museum-diorama past.” https://t.co/xIcRKFH3ni

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

@iver @j_mcelroy 😅😅 This is so dumb 😅😅

[Kenneth Chan @iamkennethchan]

City of Vancouver will perform a study looking into removing road space on Granville Street and Cambie Street to create new north-south bike lane connections to #SkyTrain's future South Granville and Broadway-City Hall stations. #vanpoli #vanre
https://t.co/gR5VwAuxgq

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

@MTA @TransLink let's gooo

[Angus Beaty @AngusBeaty]

West Van being West Van. Better bus service on Marine Dr? Nope. A sidewalk adjacent to an elementary school? Don't even think about it.

[Nick Laba @nick_laba]

a plan to build a sidewalk near an elementary school in #westvan was ditched after nearby residents raised a ruckus and argued the existing gravel shoulder was safe enough
https://t.co/NuPDUn3ZUD

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

An informed public is the foundation of a functioning democracy.

My tweets have gotten longer as the #Greenbelt scandal has come to light, mostly because there is so much to talk about.

But also because I have always seen this platform, even in its changing form, as a mechanism to provide a window into good urbanism, municipal policy and governance, and the foundations of a liveable future (yes all of that usually leads to a lot of tweeting about bikes and affordable housing).

I’ve spent over 25 years advocating for the greenbelt, involved in research and policy development, and touting it on the world stage as foundational to our sustainable future. As Chief Planner I played a role in expanding it significantly through the inclusion of Urban River Valleys. The Greenbelt has made us the envy of the world. It’s something we’ve gotten right. We’ve linked it to policies focused on building housing in existing built up areas, intensification, transit expansion, access to nature, a safe and sustainable food and water supply, and creating complete communities.

The idea that a reckless, self-interested government can destroy it in a term or two is beyond comprehension to me. That they have done this using “deception” - the Integrity Commissioners words, is beyond the pale. That they have hid behind our truly devastating housing crisis, despite the Auditor General making it clear that “a shortage of land is not driving the housing crisis” is also beyond the pale.

But this is happening. And we need to get real about the fact that it is happening. Because the damage to our farmland, our regional centres, the impact on our commutes as a result of another layer of regional sprawl, and the distraction from building housing that we desperately need - it might just take us to our breaking point.