James Hansen
@jameshansen.bsky.social
Director at Strong Towns Langley. Advocate for walkable live-work communities 🏢, public transit 🚊, active transit 🚲 & more housing.
M.A. in Public Policy Student.
https://strongtownslangley.org/
📍 Langley, British Columbia, Canada
M.A. in Public Policy Student.
https://strongtownslangley.org/
📍 Langley, British Columbia, Canada
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James Hansen
@jameshansen.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Created this starter pack of urbanists and active community figures here in Langley, British Columbia! Feel free to reply if you wish to be removed or added.
(and apologies if I missed anyone obvious!)
go.bsky.app/9ngpGyP
(and apologies if I missed anyone obvious!)
go.bsky.app/9ngpGyP
My wife happened across this fabulous new bicycle intersection and had to show me! Sherbrooke and E. Columbia, New Westminster. Keep up the great work @pjnewwest.bsky.social !
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My wife happened across this fabulous new bicycle intersection and had to show me! Sherbrooke and E. Columbia, New Westminster. Keep up the great work @pjnewwest.bsky.social !
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It’s a FREEDOM strategy! Just stopped to talk w a middle age-ish man at China Beach about his folding ebike. He & his wife both have e-bikes & like us 2 seniors, got rid of their car. He: So freeing not to worry about parking tickets, street cleaning days, etc. Healthier for people & planet #bike
A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It’s a FREEDOM strategy! Just stopped to talk w a middle age-ish man at China Beach about his folding ebike. He & his wife both have e-bikes & like us 2 seniors, got rid of their car. He: So freeing not to worry about parking tickets, street cleaning days, etc. Healthier for people & planet #bike
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Canada has all these tech and biz groups who want to bring in more talent. The political barrier is a lack of housing. Yet, as far as I can tell, they're spending zero resources trying to fix the housing crisis. I really don't get it.
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Canada has all these tech and biz groups who want to bring in more talent. The political barrier is a lack of housing. Yet, as far as I can tell, they're spending zero resources trying to fix the housing crisis. I really don't get it.
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still not over getting the front skytrain seat with the sunrise this morning
almost enough to make you forget how expensive it is to stay here
almost enough to make you forget how expensive it is to stay here
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
still not over getting the front skytrain seat with the sunrise this morning
almost enough to make you forget how expensive it is to stay here
almost enough to make you forget how expensive it is to stay here
The latest Strong Towns Langley video doing the numbers on TikTok! (I filmed/edited)
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The latest Strong Towns Langley video doing the numbers on TikTok! (I filmed/edited)
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It's voting time in Langley Township!
Here is your complete candidate guide for the Township's Oct 25 byelection. Compare all seven candidates on housing, transit, debt, safety, and more.
www.langleyunion.ca/the-omnibus-...
#Langley #FraserValley #LangleyTownship #byelection #bcpoli
Here is your complete candidate guide for the Township's Oct 25 byelection. Compare all seven candidates on housing, transit, debt, safety, and more.
www.langleyunion.ca/the-omnibus-...
#Langley #FraserValley #LangleyTownship #byelection #bcpoli
Complete 2025 Langley Township Byelection Guide
Compare all seven candidates in Langley Township's October 25 byelection across 11 key issues. See where Sabti, Whitmarsh, Aldag, van den Broek, Watson, Chhina, and Seth stand on housing, fiscal respo...
www.langleyunion.ca
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It's voting time in Langley Township!
Here is your complete candidate guide for the Township's Oct 25 byelection. Compare all seven candidates on housing, transit, debt, safety, and more.
www.langleyunion.ca/the-omnibus-...
#Langley #FraserValley #LangleyTownship #byelection #bcpoli
Here is your complete candidate guide for the Township's Oct 25 byelection. Compare all seven candidates on housing, transit, debt, safety, and more.
www.langleyunion.ca/the-omnibus-...
#Langley #FraserValley #LangleyTownship #byelection #bcpoli
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The standard for advocacy has to be higher than just saying "streets are dangerous".
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
How to design safer intersections:
1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.
2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.
1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.
2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The standard for advocacy has to be higher than just saying "streets are dangerous".
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
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The whole idea of micromanagement of density ploy by plot is silly, honestly.
October 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The whole idea of micromanagement of density ploy by plot is silly, honestly.
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This should be an unremarkable streetscape found in nearly every decent sized city across the country.
I finally found some genuinely well-designed shared streets here in New York City.
October 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This should be an unremarkable streetscape found in nearly every decent sized city across the country.
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Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags.
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags.
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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This is vile. I am so angry. So many gave their entire lives—not just their deaths, but hard lives—over centuries to make this a country where this doesn’t happen. Masked, uniformed government men trying to kidnap a hard-working human being because of his color alone.
Pure evil.
Pure evil.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This is vile. I am so angry. So many gave their entire lives—not just their deaths, but hard lives—over centuries to make this a country where this doesn’t happen. Masked, uniformed government men trying to kidnap a hard-working human being because of his color alone.
Pure evil.
Pure evil.
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People don't need an excuse to leave the car at home, they simply need the infrastructure to allow it.
More and more people using the Ave. Christophe-Colomb bike lanes as construction progresses and more connections open up!
September 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
People don't need an excuse to leave the car at home, they simply need the infrastructure to allow it.
Finally McDonalds has a veggie burger.
September 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Finally McDonalds has a veggie burger.
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The Mayor of the Township of Langley has registered his political party in the City of Langley, says he thinks there should only be one Langley, and says politicians in the City "wouldn't last 10 minutes in the township."
Begun, the Langley Wars have.
Begun, the Langley Wars have.
War of the Langleys: governance tensions between township and city mayors spills into the open | CBC News
After three years of simmering tension, the conflict between the two Langleys has escalated into a public feud — one that could result in the number of Langleys cut in half.
www.cbc.ca
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Mayor of the Township of Langley has registered his political party in the City of Langley, says he thinks there should only be one Langley, and says politicians in the City "wouldn't last 10 minutes in the township."
Begun, the Langley Wars have.
Begun, the Langley Wars have.
wait, are public hearings just a way of compensating for, and therefore an institutional admission of, the lack of true bottom up formulation of neighbourhood planning
September 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
wait, are public hearings just a way of compensating for, and therefore an institutional admission of, the lack of true bottom up formulation of neighbourhood planning
The hardest part about talking about poor planning and restrictive zoning is that when you point out the bad outcomes it can sound like you are insulting the city as a whole, or the business owners, or the developers, when the wheels were set in motion by politicians and staff.
September 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The hardest part about talking about poor planning and restrictive zoning is that when you point out the bad outcomes it can sound like you are insulting the city as a whole, or the business owners, or the developers, when the wheels were set in motion by politicians and staff.
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Where's our public high speed rail line?
Where's the announcement of a coast to coast clean energy transmission line?
Where's a domestic solar panel factory?
And on and on
Where's the announcement of a coast to coast clean energy transmission line?
Where's a domestic solar panel factory?
And on and on
September 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Where's our public high speed rail line?
Where's the announcement of a coast to coast clean energy transmission line?
Where's a domestic solar panel factory?
And on and on
Where's the announcement of a coast to coast clean energy transmission line?
Where's a domestic solar panel factory?
And on and on
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the CBC was founded as a bulwark against US cultural imperialism, to ensure we had canadian news and canadian culture.
there should be a renewed emphasis on that mandate, particularly to stop reporting so much on what happens in the US for eyeballs and ad dollars.
there should be a renewed emphasis on that mandate, particularly to stop reporting so much on what happens in the US for eyeballs and ad dollars.
August 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
the CBC was founded as a bulwark against US cultural imperialism, to ensure we had canadian news and canadian culture.
there should be a renewed emphasis on that mandate, particularly to stop reporting so much on what happens in the US for eyeballs and ad dollars.
there should be a renewed emphasis on that mandate, particularly to stop reporting so much on what happens in the US for eyeballs and ad dollars.
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My hot take for the day
Protected bike lanes are good, but a well built neighborhood greenway is better!
Protected bike lanes are good, but a well built neighborhood greenway is better!
August 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My hot take for the day
Protected bike lanes are good, but a well built neighborhood greenway is better!
Protected bike lanes are good, but a well built neighborhood greenway is better!
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As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put it: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"
Pedestrianized streets let kids be kids (and let parents relax a little)
August 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put it: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"