Nicholas Rae
@nickrae.bsky.social
Community Planning Masters Student
Vancouver + Vancouver Island
❤ housing policy
Is it a public transit trip if it doesn't include a BC Ferry?
Vancouver + Vancouver Island
❤ housing policy
Is it a public transit trip if it doesn't include a BC Ferry?
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That's an average of more than 20 km per day, per bike.
People want and use bikeshare systems. Cities should invest appropriately (more capital and operational funding)
People want and use bikeshare systems. Cities should invest appropriately (more capital and operational funding)
All told, the nearly 2,700 Mobi share bikes in Vancouver clocked 21.4 m kilometres from Jan 2017 - Sept 2025.
"Meet Vancouver’s most-travelled shared bicycle in the Mobi network" as told by @njgriffiths.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
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"Meet Vancouver’s most-travelled shared bicycle in the Mobi network" as told by @njgriffiths.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
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Meet Vancouver’s most-travelled shared bicycle in the Mobi network
Vancouver’s Mobi shared bikes have been ridden more than 21.4 million kilometres since 2017. Find out more.
vancouversun.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
That's an average of more than 20 km per day, per bike.
People want and use bikeshare systems. Cities should invest appropriately (more capital and operational funding)
People want and use bikeshare systems. Cities should invest appropriately (more capital and operational funding)
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My simple test for city housing policy:
1) Do you support turning a parking lot and grocery store next to skytrain into lots of homes, and
2) do you support making it easier to build more non-market housing throughout the city?
Votes are in and only One City of Vancouver party supports both 1 & 2.
1) Do you support turning a parking lot and grocery store next to skytrain into lots of homes, and
2) do you support making it easier to build more non-market housing throughout the city?
Votes are in and only One City of Vancouver party supports both 1 & 2.
Mike Klassen just went full NIMBY in council just now, citing "principles of liveability" (a deeply NIMBY coded phrase) to apparently set the stage to justify his vote against legalizing more affordable social housing.
And sure enough, ABC voted against the Social Housing Initiative. Rank NIMBYism.
And sure enough, ABC voted against the Social Housing Initiative. Rank NIMBYism.
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My simple test for city housing policy:
1) Do you support turning a parking lot and grocery store next to skytrain into lots of homes, and
2) do you support making it easier to build more non-market housing throughout the city?
Votes are in and only One City of Vancouver party supports both 1 & 2.
1) Do you support turning a parking lot and grocery store next to skytrain into lots of homes, and
2) do you support making it easier to build more non-market housing throughout the city?
Votes are in and only One City of Vancouver party supports both 1 & 2.
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5 people have been killed on the roads in Metro Vancouver in the last week, including a driver, a cyclist, and 3 pedestrians, one of whom was a young child. Each of them had lives, families and friends, aspirations and potential that will not be realized. Each of them could have been me, or you.
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
5 people have been killed on the roads in Metro Vancouver in the last week, including a driver, a cyclist, and 3 pedestrians, one of whom was a young child. Each of them had lives, families and friends, aspirations and potential that will not be realized. Each of them could have been me, or you.
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For some general ideals:
Westshore -> Downtown in 20 min or less with 5 min frequency
Uptown -> UVic in 15 min or less with 5 min frequency
Swartz Bay -> Downtown in 30 min with 10 min frequency
Rather than saying "let's build light rail", we need to ask "what gets us better service than driving"
Westshore -> Downtown in 20 min or less with 5 min frequency
Uptown -> UVic in 15 min or less with 5 min frequency
Swartz Bay -> Downtown in 30 min with 10 min frequency
Rather than saying "let's build light rail", we need to ask "what gets us better service than driving"
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
For some general ideals:
Westshore -> Downtown in 20 min or less with 5 min frequency
Uptown -> UVic in 15 min or less with 5 min frequency
Swartz Bay -> Downtown in 30 min with 10 min frequency
Rather than saying "let's build light rail", we need to ask "what gets us better service than driving"
Westshore -> Downtown in 20 min or less with 5 min frequency
Uptown -> UVic in 15 min or less with 5 min frequency
Swartz Bay -> Downtown in 30 min with 10 min frequency
Rather than saying "let's build light rail", we need to ask "what gets us better service than driving"
It sure seems to me like DRIPA is working exactly as intended. If a law doesn't align with UNDRIP, it should be updated to align.
Eby being upset that it's working as intended is definitely a choice, one that I'm not sure is good for anyone
Eby being upset that it's working as intended is definitely a choice, one that I'm not sure is good for anyone
The ink is hardly dry on this court decision, and yet the folks who unanimously passed the Declaration Act are already threatening to repeal or amend it. How is that good government?
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Eby says B.C. may revise DRIPA legislation, worries court is 'in driver's seat' | CBC News
B.C. Premier David Eby says he is open to revising the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). His comments come after B.C.'s Court of Appeal found that the legislation...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It sure seems to me like DRIPA is working exactly as intended. If a law doesn't align with UNDRIP, it should be updated to align.
Eby being upset that it's working as intended is definitely a choice, one that I'm not sure is good for anyone
Eby being upset that it's working as intended is definitely a choice, one that I'm not sure is good for anyone
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Paris does it! Helsinki does it! Florence does it! So many places figured out how to run fast and reliable light rail lines - Toronto can too by giving transit riders the green light.
Transit signal priority is such an obvious, cost-free way of increasing speed (hence capacity) of LRTs & streetcars. I took the circum-Peripherique LRT in Paris & never encountered a red light. Just took a Florence tram from centre to airport: only one red light, which immediately changed to green.
Toronto's will have a new transit line starting tomorrow! Exciting!
While this is a long-overdue & much needed replacement for the overcrowded 36 bus, this community deserves to see a Line 6 that is meaningfully faster & more frequent than the bus. We're calling for transit signal priority.
While this is a long-overdue & much needed replacement for the overcrowded 36 bus, this community deserves to see a Line 6 that is meaningfully faster & more frequent than the bus. We're calling for transit signal priority.
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Paris does it! Helsinki does it! Florence does it! So many places figured out how to run fast and reliable light rail lines - Toronto can too by giving transit riders the green light.
Mark Carney Megaproject: Hastings Sports Stadium/North Vancouver Skytrain/Hastings Skytrain
Please
Thanks
This is what canada needs
Please
Thanks
This is what canada needs
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Mark Carney Megaproject: Hastings Sports Stadium/North Vancouver Skytrain/Hastings Skytrain
Please
Thanks
This is what canada needs
Please
Thanks
This is what canada needs
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I'm thinking today of the dozens of CoV team members that Ken Sim has fired, right before the holidays, thanks to his election-year budget stunt.
Workers keep us moving. We need to invest in our city and its services, and we need great people working for our city to do that.
Workers keep us moving. We need to invest in our city and its services, and we need great people working for our city to do that.
NEW: The City of Vancouver has notified 30 non-unionized staff members that their roles will be ending, according to an email from the city manager.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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City of Vancouver lays off 30 staff following property tax freeze
The City of Vancouver has notified 30 non-unionized staff members that their roles will be ending, according to an email from the city manager.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm thinking today of the dozens of CoV team members that Ken Sim has fired, right before the holidays, thanks to his election-year budget stunt.
Workers keep us moving. We need to invest in our city and its services, and we need great people working for our city to do that.
Workers keep us moving. We need to invest in our city and its services, and we need great people working for our city to do that.
I think they should have gone for "professionally dead" instead. Same vibe, much funnier
From the BC Conservative Party constitution:
“11.02 The Leader can only be removed from office by resignation, death, incapacitation…”
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“11.02 The Leader can only be removed from office by resignation, death, incapacitation…”
conservativebc.ca/official-doc...
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I think they should have gone for "professionally dead" instead. Same vibe, much funnier
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tfw you're professionally incapacitated
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
tfw you're professionally incapacitated
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As Chantal Hébert said, folks are missing the climate forest for the pipeline trees.
Carney rolled back major climate policies for Alberta, now! In exchange for a lil industrial carbon price increase and the BS that is carbon capture!
Forgetting the pipeline, this is BAD for the climate crisis!
Carney rolled back major climate policies for Alberta, now! In exchange for a lil industrial carbon price increase and the BS that is carbon capture!
Forgetting the pipeline, this is BAD for the climate crisis!
I'm not convinced that wasn't Carney's plan all along. It isn't Ottawa that said no to Alberta. "Now you run along, Danielle, and make friends and get it done." Oh wait, you can't? Oh well then, at least you tried.
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As Chantal Hébert said, folks are missing the climate forest for the pipeline trees.
Carney rolled back major climate policies for Alberta, now! In exchange for a lil industrial carbon price increase and the BS that is carbon capture!
Forgetting the pipeline, this is BAD for the climate crisis!
Carney rolled back major climate policies for Alberta, now! In exchange for a lil industrial carbon price increase and the BS that is carbon capture!
Forgetting the pipeline, this is BAD for the climate crisis!
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December 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
zoning perpetuates classism and racism, and it's continued use is a stain on society
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
zoning perpetuates classism and racism, and it's continued use is a stain on society
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Look out BC! China’s LNG demand drops for 13th month running. Last week, Pakistan cancelled a huge contract to purchase LNG from Qatar (even choosing to pay a penalty) because they no longer need/want it -- the solar revolution is quickly displacing demand for LNG.
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
China's LNG Imports Set to Drop for 13th Month, Kpler Data Show
Seaborne shipments of liquefied natural gas to China in November are set to drop for a 13th straight month on an annual basis, extending a slump in purchases as dom…
financialpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Look out BC! China’s LNG demand drops for 13th month running. Last week, Pakistan cancelled a huge contract to purchase LNG from Qatar (even choosing to pay a penalty) because they no longer need/want it -- the solar revolution is quickly displacing demand for LNG.
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
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this dude is part of a government that just committed to ramming a pipeline through bc's north coast over the objections of basically everyone.
yeah, i don't think laurel's work is continuing.
yeah, i don't think laurel's work is continuing.
I also wish to thank the other candidates who ran in Victoria, especially Laurel Collins. As MP, @laurelcollins.bsky.social championed important initiatives on climate change and intimate partner violence. We share many values and I commit to continuing that work in Parliament. 6/
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
this dude is part of a government that just committed to ramming a pipeline through bc's north coast over the objections of basically everyone.
yeah, i don't think laurel's work is continuing.
yeah, i don't think laurel's work is continuing.
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Big news in British Columbia! The all party Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform after months of hearings. 1/10
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Big news in British Columbia! The all party Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform after months of hearings. 1/10
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Have you considered ensuring that regulated drugs are accessible to everyone since this is a public health emergency
Please be aware, drug poisonings are increasing in Cowichan. Friends, family and community members using unregulated substances face increased risk.
See information below:
See information below:
PLEASE SHARE: #Cowichan Overdose Advisory has been extended.
There are options for safer use: Find information on supervised consumption sites, drug-checking services & more: ow.ly/FgyS50PLkLF
There are options for safer use: Find information on supervised consumption sites, drug-checking services & more: ow.ly/FgyS50PLkLF
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Have you considered ensuring that regulated drugs are accessible to everyone since this is a public health emergency
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I had a fun time carrying Patrick around in my cargo bike and giving him a little tour of my and Urban Thrive's first car free townhouse in #yyj.
Quoting myself here: "I changed the way I build because the city changed the way it built" by investing in safe and convenient cycling infrastructure.
Quoting myself here: "I changed the way I build because the city changed the way it built" by investing in safe and convenient cycling infrastructure.
The Best Cycling City No One Talks About
with (among many others) @burgundavia.bsky.social and @ryanjabs.bsky.social
with (among many others) @burgundavia.bsky.social and @ryanjabs.bsky.social
The Best Cycling City No One Talks About
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I had a fun time carrying Patrick around in my cargo bike and giving him a little tour of my and Urban Thrive's first car free townhouse in #yyj.
Quoting myself here: "I changed the way I build because the city changed the way it built" by investing in safe and convenient cycling infrastructure.
Quoting myself here: "I changed the way I build because the city changed the way it built" by investing in safe and convenient cycling infrastructure.
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Adjusting the property tax increase for inflation, we can see that the zero-percent budget represents a 2% tax cut in real terms, the largest in the last 16 years.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Adjusting the property tax increase for inflation, we can see that the zero-percent budget represents a 2% tax cut in real terms, the largest in the last 16 years.
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Public Transit has a marketing problem in Canada. Not to customers (who love it) but to senior governments (who are apparently not even aware it exists). May I propose:
"Transit. It's like a pipeline, but for people!"
"Transit. It's like a pipeline, but for people!"
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Public Transit has a marketing problem in Canada. Not to customers (who love it) but to senior governments (who are apparently not even aware it exists). May I propose:
"Transit. It's like a pipeline, but for people!"
"Transit. It's like a pipeline, but for people!"
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City-owned golf courses overlayed on neighbourhoods housing about 60,000 people.
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
City-owned golf courses overlayed on neighbourhoods housing about 60,000 people.
This is a great start - I would also add Right of First Refusal for the city/gov/non-profits as well so it is also possible for it to be turned into non-profit housing!
NEW: Vancouver city councillor @seanorr.bsky.social proposes giving renters the first chance to buy their buildings
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#vanpoli #HomesForAll
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#vanpoli #HomesForAll
Vancouver city councillor wants renters to get first bid on their buildings | Urbanized
COPE Vancouver city councillor Sean Orr wants to give renters a legal chance to buy their own buildings before investors can swoop in.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is a great start - I would also add Right of First Refusal for the city/gov/non-profits as well so it is also possible for it to be turned into non-profit housing!
I love this, it's the way to go!
So I've been giving this some thought and cooked up a wacky idea that would calm the intersection, add more public space and expand the cycling network, while sidestepping issues with Kingsway regional movement.
I think the key is to make Main St a complete street and reject its arterial status.
I think the key is to make Main St a complete street and reject its arterial status.
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I love this, it's the way to go!