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For transit, stagnation is regression.
As an extension to the topic of the transit death spiral, there is another key element of transit funding that isn’t well known at all – something that industry insiders refer to as “schedule maintenance”.
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The Kingsway transit priority proposals are good, but we can do better
TransLink and the City of Vancouver are proposing transit priority measures and bus stop balancing along Kingsway, focusing on Route 19. And it’s a great place to start! The 19 is the 9th most used bus route in the entire region1, while also being the 4th slowest1, which means improvements that are made here will…
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The Density Debate is about Values
We bring up a lot of facts and statements when discussing density, but rarely do we sit down and discuss differing values. It’s time to do that.
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A brief history of UBC’s confusing local government
In November 2024, just over a thousand residents from some (but not all) of the University of British Columbia (UBC)’s neighborhoods of permanent residents headed to the polls in what looked a lot like a municipal election, complete with an all-candidates’ forum, campaigns, and voting stations. However, the body that they elected — the University…
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Betting on parking is risky business
Curbspace is a finite resource. Should business communities go all in and rely on something that cannot grow?
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Missed your bus? Come back in 6 months
At the time of writing, there is no bus service in BC Transit’s Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System (read: Duncan, Lake Cowichan, etc.) due to an ongoing strike. In fact, there hasn’t been any bus service there since February 8 of this year, and we’re well into August now—that’s 197 days and counting. It’s a…
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Dear engineers: stop making cyclists dismount
In far too many places across the province, engineers continue to rely on the same old ineffective tricks to paper over their own inadequate designs.
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New Westminster Boulevard Debate Reaches Flashpoint at City Hall
Would landscaping made up of mulch, small logs, and ferns ever inspire comparisons to the destruction in Gaza? In New Westminster it did, and all it took was the removal of a few square meters of grass on public property to start a turf war. Why have a boulevard if you choose to destroy it?…
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Why are protestors asking to “Save the Bus?”
Hundreds of public transit supporters gathered last weekend to protest the TransLink funding shortfall that would decimate transit service across Metro Vancouver. Both the provincial government and the Metro Vancouver Mayors’ Council have so far been silent on covering the $580 million required to stop service cuts in 2026, with TransLink warning of a catastrophic…
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Victoria Residents Asked to Go Big on Housing and Transit; Staff Went Small.
Victoria’s OCP draft is out, and while it goes far, it doesn’t deal with a whole host of issues in getting housing built.
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Council to decide the fate of the Gastown pedestrian pilot on Tuesday
The City of Vancouver ran a very successful pedestrianization pilot in 2024. Will it be revamped, or could it be killed entirely?
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