Plan Vancouver

Interested in politics, planning, housing in Vancouver. Busy urban planner here in Vancouver, I see many things! Tough at City Hall these days tho.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@kevinolearytv Everyone in Canada considers you a greedy, lying, boat-murdering traitor. You might as well go to the States and stay there.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

People in the Vancouver store say they were protesting what they say is the Indigo Jewish owner’s financial support of Genocide in Gaza. You can debate the details of that, but it seems dishonest to claim they were protesting her just because she’s Jewish. Facts still matter.

[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

They're not just against a bookstore.

They're against a bookstore because it's owned by a Jew.

That's a crime. That's willfully promoting hatred against an identifiable group.

Charge them.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@kinsellawarren People in the Vancouver store say they were protesting what they say is the Indigo Jewish owner’s financial support of Genocide in Gaza. You can debate the details of that, but it seems dishonest to claim they were protesting her just because she’s Jewish. Facts still matter.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@UrbanCourtyard @humantransit @stevemouzon And seriously, do you think sharing those childish images gives you any credibility?That second image with three towers is such a dumb straw man argument. Who builds that? Vancouver builds thin separated towers on top of street fronting mid-rise buildings. With courtyards too.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@UrbanCourtyard @humantransit @stevemouzon Vancouver mandates two and three bedroom units, 35% in all major projects, including downtown. This plus downtown schools, daycares and playgrounds with walkable design is the key. See my other replies re: kid growth.

Tall buildings aren’t bad for kids. Shitty design is.

[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

Brother, if you think 90 per cent of the country don't deeply despise Trump by the end of 2025, you're dreaming in technicolor.

I'm not saying the Liberals will automatically be the beneficiary. But any political party which is seen as supporting him is going to regret it.

[Keith Baldrey @keithbaldrey]

I simply adore this wonderful building and love working in it, especially this time of year. The building staff do such an incredible and time consuming job making it so festive!

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@UrbanCourtyard @humantransit @stevemouzon As a matter of fact, there’s been so many kids that the pressure to build those new downtown schools has been immense. We probably would have even more kids downtown if the provincial govt hadn’t been too slow in funding those additional schools, causing some parents to give up.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@UrbanCourtyard @humantransit @stevemouzon You might read some. Kids declining across city in lower rise ‘hoods, putting schools under threat of closure, but NOT in the downtown (u know, where those towers are, on top of mid-rises with elevated courtyards and great streets retailing, transit etc).

Hence new DT schools.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@BradMBradford Well, she was gracious in giving you a posting you didn’t really deserve, and you crapped all over her constantly like an angry toddler. What did you expect, really? Any boss would have done the same thing. Now you’re STILL trying to score petty political points. Typical.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@stevebohus @jwhiteyvr Wow, you really suck at this. As usual your drawings look nothing like how Vancouver builds things. But those of us who’ve watched your tactics for years know your goal is to get attention and try everything you can to freak people out, not to actually inform. So, whatevs.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@PrabSarkaria 1. You have zero understanding of the difference between smart or “poorly installed” bike-lanes, and people who do, know it. You have zero credibility Mr “corporate lawyer.”

2. Bike lanes don’t cause gridlock, too many cars do, which you and Doug have helped create.

3. Liar.

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

Who’s going to tell him.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

Really relevant to Toronto’s bike lane crisis. But also relevant to a less extreme extent to Vancouver’s right wing Council bike-lane backsliding.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Years ago, while I was doing consulting work for the City of Sydney, Australia, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state minister of transportation was stuck in traffic, and saw bike riders zoom by his limousine in a safe, protected bike-lane.

He had a petty temper tantrum, and ordered that the bike-lane be ripped out.

Those were people safely riding who would otherwise have been inside cars, making traffic even worse on that street. They were saving public money, improving their health (and public health costs), reducing pollution and emissions, improving their happiness and quality of life, enhancing their affordability, reducing noise, supporting businesses, reducing traffic congestion, and making more space for better streets and cities for everyone.

That transportation minister didn’t understand urban transportation. He didn’t understand geometry. He sure didn’t understand the public interest.

Or he did understand, but didn’t care.

There were plenty of studies and evidence proving that bike-lanes in Sydney weren’t causing congestion.

The bike-lane hadn’t even replaced a lane of car traffic! It replaced street parking, which ironically can contribute to street congestion.

He wasted public money, put lives in danger, made the city less healthy, undermined the economic development success of the city, increased pollution, made congestion worse. and a lot more.

All because he was petty.

It was pretty much one of the dumbest, most damaging things I’ve ever seen a bad politician do. And that’s saying a lot.

And now we have what’s happening with the Ford Government in Ontario, with his war on evidence-based decision making, bike-lanes and better cities.

Sound familiar, Ontario?

The good news? That Australian politician actually didn’t last very long in government.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@Biedersam Not the mayor. The provincial premier who can override the mayor.

[Plan Vancouver @PlanVancouver]

@alexbozikovic Wait, what’s wrong with tower and podium buildings?