Denis Agar (he/him)
@denisagar.bsky.social
Transit polls well. We use that popularity to push for more reliable and abundant transit. Let's make it better than driving.
I'm in Vancouver - unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
Executive Director of @movementyvr.bsky.social
I'm in Vancouver - unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
Executive Director of @movementyvr.bsky.social
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Here's a starter pack of all the transit rider groups that have popped up so far on BlueSky. Reply if I've missed a group!
go.bsky.app/6Pw2jpk
go.bsky.app/6Pw2jpk
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It's finally happening! We can't wait for the red paint to reach Bloor. And we'll keep fighting until it gets to Wilson.
Special thanks to the thousands of transit riders who wrote in, spoke up, or knocked doors with us this summer to make bus lanes on Dufferin happen!
No more sufferin'!
Special thanks to the thousands of transit riders who wrote in, spoke up, or knocked doors with us this summer to make bus lanes on Dufferin happen!
No more sufferin'!
Blasting past rush hour traffic on the completed portion of Dufferin RapidTO (up to Dundas)
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
It's finally happening! We can't wait for the red paint to reach Bloor. And we'll keep fighting until it gets to Wilson.
Special thanks to the thousands of transit riders who wrote in, spoke up, or knocked doors with us this summer to make bus lanes on Dufferin happen!
No more sufferin'!
Special thanks to the thousands of transit riders who wrote in, spoke up, or knocked doors with us this summer to make bus lanes on Dufferin happen!
No more sufferin'!
In the 2030s, "Alberta's [oil and gas] revenues will be down 85 per cent; BC’s revenues down 72 per cent; Saskatchewan revenues down 78 per cent; Newfoundland’s are almost wiped out."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/n...
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
In the 2030s, "Alberta's [oil and gas] revenues will be down 85 per cent; BC’s revenues down 72 per cent; Saskatchewan revenues down 78 per cent; Newfoundland’s are almost wiped out."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/n...
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www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC...
Per StatsCan, of Canadian metro areas, Victoria #yyj is among the highest for transit mode share, and is the highest on the list without some form of higher order transit.
Yet we have minimal expansion plans for the next decade due to infrastructure & funding.
Per StatsCan, of Canadian metro areas, Victoria #yyj is among the highest for transit mode share, and is the highest on the list without some form of higher order transit.
Yet we have minimal expansion plans for the next decade due to infrastructure & funding.
Victoria has one of the highest shares of transit commuters among the 140 largest metro areas in Canada and the U.S.
www.reddit.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC...
Per StatsCan, of Canadian metro areas, Victoria #yyj is among the highest for transit mode share, and is the highest on the list without some form of higher order transit.
Yet we have minimal expansion plans for the next decade due to infrastructure & funding.
Per StatsCan, of Canadian metro areas, Victoria #yyj is among the highest for transit mode share, and is the highest on the list without some form of higher order transit.
Yet we have minimal expansion plans for the next decade due to infrastructure & funding.
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RapidTO is already having big effects on Dufferin
Blasting past rush hour traffic on the completed portion of Dufferin RapidTO (up to Dundas)
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
RapidTO is already having big effects on Dufferin
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the 510 gotta be a poster child example that slapping dedicated transit lanes don't necessarily allow transit vehicles to glide smoothly past traffic. got to address intersection priority!
Streetcars crawling up Spadina.
Note the left turning cars taking priority over the streetcar.
Note the left turning cars taking priority over the streetcar.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
the 510 gotta be a poster child example that slapping dedicated transit lanes don't necessarily allow transit vehicles to glide smoothly past traffic. got to address intersection priority!
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"Public transit isn’t a luxury or a niche concern. It’s the backbone of a modern economy and a livable country. Carney still has time to change course to protect and strengthen the Canada Public Transit Fund and transit systems across the country, not leave them vulnerable to cuts."
Read our op-ed⬇️
Read our op-ed⬇️
Public transit is nation-building. Our federal budget should reflect that
If the federal government truly believes in building communities that work for everyone, it needs to stop treating transit as secondary and start treating it as what it is: vital national infrastructu...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Public transit isn’t a luxury or a niche concern. It’s the backbone of a modern economy and a livable country. Carney still has time to change course to protect and strengthen the Canada Public Transit Fund and transit systems across the country, not leave them vulnerable to cuts."
Read our op-ed⬇️
Read our op-ed⬇️
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Tragically, this #CleanBC review seems to call for more biofuel greenwashing instead of effective climate action? Context: ecoplanning.ca/cleanbcs-bio... #bcpoli
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tragically, this #CleanBC review seems to call for more biofuel greenwashing instead of effective climate action? Context: ecoplanning.ca/cleanbcs-bio... #bcpoli
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At the start of December council will make amendments to the operating budget.
There are a few programs proposed for funding that we are supporting.
We want to see Council:
#yegcc #yegtransit #takeets
There are a few programs proposed for funding that we are supporting.
We want to see Council:
#yegcc #yegtransit #takeets
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
At the start of December council will make amendments to the operating budget.
There are a few programs proposed for funding that we are supporting.
We want to see Council:
#yegcc #yegtransit #takeets
There are a few programs proposed for funding that we are supporting.
We want to see Council:
#yegcc #yegtransit #takeets
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My report on what seems to be (for now) the last word on Sarah Kirby-Yung's plan to tear out the Beach Avenue bike lane
Buried deep inside the 2026 austerity budget, the City of Vancouver has seemingly dropped plans to remove part of the Beach Avenue bike lane, writes Ruofan Wang.
Vancouver quietly shelves Beach Ave bike lane removal - Better Columbia
Buried deep inside the 2026 austerity budget, the City of Vancouver has seemingly dropped plans to remove part of the Beach Avenue bike lane.
bettercolumbia.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My report on what seems to be (for now) the last word on Sarah Kirby-Yung's plan to tear out the Beach Avenue bike lane
Pluribus: I want everyone to know that I called it in episode 2.
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Pluribus: I want everyone to know that I called it in episode 2.
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Great ideas from @movementyvr.bsky.social event "Transit's Next Top Funding Model" event
Full details at topfundingmodel.ca
Full details at topfundingmodel.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Great ideas from @movementyvr.bsky.social event "Transit's Next Top Funding Model" event
Full details at topfundingmodel.ca
Full details at topfundingmodel.ca
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Three events, two top funding models, one night to remember: Transit's Next Top Funding Model.
The energy in the room was incredible as teams presented innovative transit funding solutions. Thank you to everyone who participated, attended, and supported this event.
The energy in the room was incredible as teams presented innovative transit funding solutions. Thank you to everyone who participated, attended, and supported this event.
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Three events, two top funding models, one night to remember: Transit's Next Top Funding Model.
The energy in the room was incredible as teams presented innovative transit funding solutions. Thank you to everyone who participated, attended, and supported this event.
The energy in the room was incredible as teams presented innovative transit funding solutions. Thank you to everyone who participated, attended, and supported this event.
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You don't have to be a certain sort of person to help win change. It takes all types. Find allies and work together and you'll win bigger together.
Ch. 4&5 of If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight has guidance on how to do that
(3/3)
Ch. 4&5 of If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight has guidance on how to do that
(3/3)
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
You don't have to be a certain sort of person to help win change. It takes all types. Find allies and work together and you'll win bigger together.
Ch. 4&5 of If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight has guidance on how to do that
(3/3)
Ch. 4&5 of If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight has guidance on how to do that
(3/3)
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Canada can be better at urban rail transit today, heres how we do that:
- Prioritize speed
- Prioritize reducing opex
- Improve Capex efficiency
- Upload more transport responsibilities to feds, Overhaul approach to create a national strat. and standards
- Increase int. collab., reduce US collab.
- Prioritize speed
- Prioritize reducing opex
- Improve Capex efficiency
- Upload more transport responsibilities to feds, Overhaul approach to create a national strat. and standards
- Increase int. collab., reduce US collab.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Canada can be better at urban rail transit today, heres how we do that:
- Prioritize speed
- Prioritize reducing opex
- Improve Capex efficiency
- Upload more transport responsibilities to feds, Overhaul approach to create a national strat. and standards
- Increase int. collab., reduce US collab.
- Prioritize speed
- Prioritize reducing opex
- Improve Capex efficiency
- Upload more transport responsibilities to feds, Overhaul approach to create a national strat. and standards
- Increase int. collab., reduce US collab.
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2019 service levels was recently restored on line 2, & I'm loving it.
as some who works wonky hours (late morning to evenings and nights), having 2-4 minute wait times all day for the subway has saved me a lot of time.
I haven't had to wait more than 5 min for a train on line 2 these past 2 weeks
as some who works wonky hours (late morning to evenings and nights), having 2-4 minute wait times all day for the subway has saved me a lot of time.
I haven't had to wait more than 5 min for a train on line 2 these past 2 weeks
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
2019 service levels was recently restored on line 2, & I'm loving it.
as some who works wonky hours (late morning to evenings and nights), having 2-4 minute wait times all day for the subway has saved me a lot of time.
I haven't had to wait more than 5 min for a train on line 2 these past 2 weeks
as some who works wonky hours (late morning to evenings and nights), having 2-4 minute wait times all day for the subway has saved me a lot of time.
I haven't had to wait more than 5 min for a train on line 2 these past 2 weeks
Don't we have a ton of sunny desert land just east of the Coast Mountains that would be perfect for solar?
David Eby says BC will be Canada's "economic engine," powered by clean electricity.
BC Hydro has other, less flashy plans.
Among them: a major shortfall in the energy BC would need to meet its climate targets.
My latest via @thetyee.ca
BC Hydro has other, less flashy plans.
Among them: a major shortfall in the energy BC would need to meet its climate targets.
My latest via @thetyee.ca
Will BC Electrify Its Economy? BC Hydro Doubts It | The Tyee
The Crown corporation’s new long-term plan for BC’s energy future is a missed opportunity to commit to electrification, experts say.
thetyee.ca
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Don't we have a ton of sunny desert land just east of the Coast Mountains that would be perfect for solar?
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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Alright, I'm extremely late on this, but at least it's a feature-length film, so hopefully worth the wait? youtu.be/yhLawauihOE
Montreal's REM Extension to Deux-Montagnes - First Trip and Station Reviews!
I'm far too late on this but it's also a feature-length film, so hopefully it was worth the wait?
One thing I forgot to show off was the great new fare machines, but @theryrover360 covered them in…
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Alright, I'm extremely late on this, but at least it's a feature-length film, so hopefully worth the wait? youtu.be/yhLawauihOE
Could Dawson Creek, BC eliminate their transit network?
If you know anyone up there, please tell them to reach out to city council.
www.cjdctv.com/news/article...
If you know anyone up there, please tell them to reach out to city council.
www.cjdctv.com/news/article...
Comments during city council meeting raise concerns about future of BC Transit in Dawson Creek
The contract between the city and BC Transit expires in Spring 2026.
www.cjdctv.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Could Dawson Creek, BC eliminate their transit network?
If you know anyone up there, please tell them to reach out to city council.
www.cjdctv.com/news/article...
If you know anyone up there, please tell them to reach out to city council.
www.cjdctv.com/news/article...
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Some more footage of the ride over to Queen’s Park:
Loved seeing everybody pass by the “You save this bike lane” banners by @cycletoronto.bsky.social
Loved seeing everybody pass by the “You save this bike lane” banners by @cycletoronto.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Some more footage of the ride over to Queen’s Park:
Loved seeing everybody pass by the “You save this bike lane” banners by @cycletoronto.bsky.social
Loved seeing everybody pass by the “You save this bike lane” banners by @cycletoronto.bsky.social
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Wow, big crowd out here in Guelph for the first weekend train. Lots of happy commuters and families going to Toronto for the day.
Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Wow, big crowd out here in Guelph for the first weekend train. Lots of happy commuters and families going to Toronto for the day.
Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Vancouver needs real bus lanes! I'm convinced that they would give temendous bang for buck for improving quality of life and getting people out of traffic.
We could learn a lot from Taipei's central bus lanes. Check them out!
youtu.be/C6NXrJxx1kg?...
We could learn a lot from Taipei's central bus lanes. Check them out!
youtu.be/C6NXrJxx1kg?...
Check out Taipei's center bus lanes--Vancouver could learn a lot from them!
YouTube video by Peter Waldkirch
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Vancouver needs real bus lanes! I'm convinced that they would give temendous bang for buck for improving quality of life and getting people out of traffic.
We could learn a lot from Taipei's central bus lanes. Check them out!
youtu.be/C6NXrJxx1kg?...
We could learn a lot from Taipei's central bus lanes. Check them out!
youtu.be/C6NXrJxx1kg?...
This was a really good video about the wrangling to bring rapid transit to the Montreal neighbourhoods that need it the most!
It looks like Montreal is spending money on a train for the sake of having a train. At this point they should just invest the billions into bonds and use the interest to run more and better bus service and end up with a better outcome.
youtu.be/EsreQJoF3Ow?...
youtu.be/EsreQJoF3Ow?...
Montréal's $18 Billion Tram Project Is Not Good
YouTube video by CityTalk
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This was a really good video about the wrangling to bring rapid transit to the Montreal neighbourhoods that need it the most!
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Cars Cars as far as the eye can see. We could replace pretty much every vehicle in this picture with two more buses.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Cars Cars as far as the eye can see. We could replace pretty much every vehicle in this picture with two more buses.