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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

10 months

Can't believe Paris found the time and resources to run 180 individually tailored pilot projects and study each of them for 3 years before implemen -- wait what they just did it? 🤯

Jennifer Keesmaat

@jen_keesmaat

10 months

Paris now has 180 gorgeous ‘school streets.’ They are pedestrianized and landscaped streets around schools - to mitigate crashes, prioritize walking to school, reduce noise and air pollution. No brainer, really.

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7 months

Trucks this size have no place in cities. Don't give me the "tradespeople" line because I know real tradespeople and they don't waste money on vanity lifts. Come at me trucker bros

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

This used to be space for 2 parked cars

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Hoi An, Vietnam has pedestrianized its entire city centre. As expected, it's deserted. With no way to get there, not a senior or child in sight. Unable to receive deliveries, shops and restaurants have nothing to sell. Very unsafe, especially at night.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Someone's been repeatedly deflating all the bike tires at the Mobi station at Commercial & 20th. Here's a conversation between a neighbour who relies on these bikes to get to work, and the (presumed) tire deflator.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

People often ask why we allow cars this large in cities and the question is treated rhetorically, but I want to ask it non-rhetorically. Is there any regulation? Who makes the decisions? Why do we tolerate this, when the benefits are zero and the risks are so obvious?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 month

"The truck has been seized and will undergo a mechanical inspection" how about a goddamn VISUAL inspection. If you can't drive around in a parking lot without killing someone maybe your truck is TOO LARGE I'm sorry to everyone who is upset by this.

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

The station in question. It takes up 2-3 parking spots to make room for 20 bikes. We've given drivers the expectation that they deserve free parking on public land for their private vehicles and this is one result. Photo credit to @julian_mentasti

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

This is it, I think I've captured "winter driving in Vancouver" in a single photo

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 month

I love hanging out at Granville Island there's so much to see and do

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

I'm glad Stanley Park is back to 2 car lanes instead of 1, but it's still not accessible enough. For instance there are several large trees that impede my ability to visit every square inch of the park by car. I hope @ParkBoard will consider this proposed re-design

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

As cars get more massive, can we please move parking regulations further away from corners? No one can see a goddamn thing

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

5 months

Stanley Park mobility study is out. Removal of bike lane resulted in: way more speeding, no extra parking revenue (so much for the argument that the lane was removing parking access), fewer people cycling, more crowding on the seawall. Surprising NO ONE (1/3)

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

UBC has a housing waitlist in the thousands and the rental situation in Vancouver is absurd. Hard times! Anyway let's see what's being built on University Boulevard 400m away from the center of campus -- oh ok cool cool cool

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

Hey @ubc what's the point of this workshop? A PhD researcher in my department makes $25k/year, for full time work 40-60h/week in the lab. Postdocs barely more. We don't want advice for managing financial distress. We want to *not be* in financial distress.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

A map of car crashes involving injury or fatality, 2016-2020. Nowhere is safe. 47,644 total. That's an average of 26 people injured or killed per day, many of them pedestrians. You want to talk about a public safety crisis, this is a public safety crisis.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Yesterday mayor @KenSimCity said, verbatim, "We have a full bike lane on 10th Avenue." I rode 10th yesterday and couldn't find it, can someone point it out? Is it underground?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

Granville Island deserves to be more than a traffic jam leading to a parking nightmare. Is this working for anyone? Turn most of the parking into pedestrian space, bring back the Olympic streetcar, and end this fiasco.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

11 months

Massive luxury car dealerships have been sorely lacking in Kitsilano, very glad to see this coming up at 4th and Burrard instead of restaurants, small local shops, or god forbid housing

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

@hornycatdad1989 Realtors often give people free notepads in the mail - I got one that I use for grocery lists - it's extremely unlikely that Paul has anything to do with this.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Really sad seeing cities around the world do silly things like close a few streets to traffic and decimate all the local businesses. So glad Vancouver is s-p-e-c-i-a-l and would never try anything like this.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

7 months

And stop telling pedestrians to make eye contact with drivers. Have these people ever been outside a car? This is what a car looks like to someone waiting at a crossing.

Evan Dunfee

@EvanDunfee

7 months

Look, ofc we need to be aware of our surroundings. But if we can’t enter a crosswalk after pressing the beg button with the closest car being 60m+ away, then it’s clear we’re simply not welcome in this environment. And that is an exhausting way to navigate public space.

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

(I've made these jokes before but they're actual reasons people give for why we can't achieve this anywhere in Vancouver - not a single street, let alone an area. All the "problems" are solvable! Look anywhere in the world. It's just lazy excuses at this point.)

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 month

So frustrated seeing so many warnings that these ridiculous vanity-lifted trucks were killers being dismissed or ridiculed. "How else is a Working Man (TM) supposed to do his Walmart run?" Maybe in a vehicle you can SEE OUT OF or try WALKING, sorry to be so RADICAL

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

(1/2) Burrard St, two blocks from St Paul's. Entire street is non-stop gridlock, outrageous noise. Someone besides me asked a VPD officer "I thought it's illegal to protest at hospitals, why aren't you ticketing anyone?"

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

9 months

Lenny, who campaigned against climate initiatives and voted against Broadway bike lanes, wondering why we don't just make it rain 🙃 The kind of politician who doesn't realize they're complicit in this crisis, and would rather daydream about miracle fixes than put in the work.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

(2/2) VPD officer, with an air of incredulity, "They're just driving, we can't stop them from driving." These dudes were doing laps around the hospital with flags and airhorns. Does VPD think they were on their way to Cypress for some skiing and got lost?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

11 months

Wow, this slide from the Vancouver transportation update shows how massively inefficient cars are at moving people... it's even worse than I thought. And yet we devote 81% of our road space (that includes sidewalks) to private vehicles!

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

@nikitha_martins Hi, the photos were taken by @Julian_Mentasti . I've reached out to him and you are free to use them! Please credit him, not me.

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 months

"Why is the 84 never on time 🫨 ?" Imagine the mode shift we could induce if one of these lanes was a priority bus lane.

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

14 days

Officially calling for @BrianVMontague to resign. 2nd deadly crash in 2 months in known dangerous areas where he blocked speed cameras. Only works to give VPD $ and block motions that might threaten their workload. Doesn't live in Vancouver, actively makes our city worse. Quit.

VisionZeroVancouver

@VisionZeroYVR

14 days

But there are no cameras, because @BrianVMontague single-handedly killed Boyle's motion, to do more "studies" instead. It's so clear from this map that they could have made a difference here. These policy choices KILL PEOPLE. Let him know: CLRmontague @vancouver .ca

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

3 months

"Make eye contact" LOL what? Has anyone from @RoadSafetyBC ever been out on foot in the dark? Try going for a walk before posting silly PSAs.

RoadSafetyBC

@RoadSafetyBC

3 months

Walking on the evenings? 🚦 Follow traffic signs & signals. 👀 Watch for unexpected moves. 👁️‍🗨️ Make eye contact when possible; assume invisibility if not. 🎧 Stay aware—ditch distractions. 🛑 Check intersections, ensure visibility before crossing. Walk safe, stay visible!

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 months

Heyo @CityofVancouver your modal filtering at Heather and 7th isn't working! It actually somehow makes the intersection more dangerous. Add a bollard or two? PS this is the intersection of two bike routes

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

9 months

A lot of exciting pedestrian and active mobility projects were promised by @Vote4ABC this year so I went and checked them out! First up, the car-free pilot on Water Street is looking 🔥 (1/6)

Peter Meiszner

@PeterMeiszner

1 year

Thrilled to be back in my old neighbourhood announcing our plans to accelerate the revitalization of #Gastown , including piloting a car-free Water St., street & sidewalk improvements, & much more love ❤️ for this historic neighbourhood and important tourist attraction. #vanpoli

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

10 months

(1/10) I'm a huge fan of pedestrianized spaces so I went to check out the Yew St pilot, and I hate to say this but... it's so bad. I mean for starters it's full of cars

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

Large turnout to remember Agustín Beltrán, UBC PhD student killed in a tragic bike crash earlier this week. A beautiful group ride, but one I wish we never had to do. Rest in peace Agustín.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

6 months

Apropos of nothing, I think this might be a good spot for a @TransLink bus exchange

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

6 months

Kind of confused about the idea of funding bike lanes via new developments. Who can use this? Busy road -> 1/2 block of bike lane -> sidewalk with a "cyclists dismount" sign. If it takes a new building to get each segment, won't it take decades for this to be useful?

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

This is what the pickups looked like in Japan, including in construction. Roughly the same size bed as North American-style trucks but otherwise half the size... Can actually see pedestrians, probably doesn't kill them by the thousands. Any reason they can't work here?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

I keep hearing we don't need an active transport lane on Broadway because 8th & 10th exist. Here's a map of crashes involving cyclists over 5 years. The corridor between 4th–16th has 1/3 of all crashes (950/2744). The black box is 10th Ave. Remind me where the safe routes are?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

Brentwood is a paradox. So much added density yet it feels so... empty. Vapid. New towers (great!) but surrounded only by wide noisy roads and parking lots. Something is missing.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

6 months

It's beyond parody... @KenSimCity unironically arguing that he lives a "carbon negative lifestyle" because he "buys a ton of carbon offset credits" (unbridled elitism!) while voting down a motion to engage youth in tackling the climate crisis.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

6 months

I'm glad we're not even studying congestion pricing because having every residential street look like this every rush hour is very fun for everyone

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

8 months

This road doesn't look closed to me. It's never looked more open!

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

City of Vancouver staff are recommending AGAINST adding active transportation lanes on Broadway, despite overwhelming support from council. Here are the top 15 reasons to support active transportation lanes on Broadway! (I was going to do top 10 but kept thinking of more!) 🧵

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

6 months

Clr @BrianVMontague said that instead of ready-made action, we should carefully study every dangerous intersection and come up with tailor-made solutions. Here's a map of every Vancouver intersection where 20+ people were injured/killed in the past 5 years, have fun! (1/3)

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

6 months

Within a week of posting this insane video, a 12 year old riding their bike to school was killed by a truck driver, and a pedestrian was killed on the sidewalk after a car jumped the curb. Curious to hear what @RichmondRCMP thinks these victims should have done differently.

Richmond RCMP

@RichmondRCMP

7 months

Pedestrian safety is a two-way street. What pedestrians and drivers can do to make our roadways safer

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 month

Almost every light cycle at Cambie and 7th there are multiple cars turning left long after the advanced turn has gone off and the walk sign is on. If only there was a @VancouverPD officer around to enforce this sort of thing.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

3 months

instead of selling off city assets why don't we try not spending $1.13 million per day on the police?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

10 months

That's cool and all, but in Vancouver we *might* pedestrianize a couple blocks of a single street, for part of the day, in the summer only, as a pilot project, and then study it for 5 years... so who's really leading the way here?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

9 months

Randomly reflecting on how the two bike lanes killed by @Vote4ABC - Stanley Park and Broadway - are both part of Councillor @BrianVMontague 's drive from his home in North Vancouver to City Hall. Coincidence? Probably. But also...🤔

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Cornwall is one of the busiest pedestrian streets in the city, right by Kits Beach & Pool. Today council had the chance to reduce the speed limit to 30km/h. They failed. Short🧵below but TLDR: they decided saving drivers 42s was more important than reducing fatality risk 4X.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

15 days

There were proposals last year to add a bike lane to Broadway. And to install red light & speed cameras on Clark at Broadway and at 12th. Neither would have been ready in time to save this life. But they could have saved the next. Except both motions failed. These are choices.

Rhi F

@RhiFaux

15 days

Another cyclist was killed by a driver in Vancouver today. Again: these deaths are policy choices. We don't have to accept them. We know how to prevent them, but our leaders lack the courage to act. @KenSimCity @Rob_Fleming @pablorodriguez @VisionZeroYVR

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

It was a great decision to end the Broadway Subway at Arbutus, no one takes the 99 west of Arbutus and certainly not to UBC, also we should keep having this debate for the next 20 years

The Vancouver Sun

@VancouverSun

1 year

Douglas Todd: There are cons, not just pros, for a subway to UBC

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

11 months

Ken Sim, warming up for his paid, closed-course race, says he looks forward to building up cycling in Vancouver. Meanwhile ABC has killed bike lanes in Stanley Park & Broadway. He things biking means riding mountains & doing races. So out of touch with the needs of commuters.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

9 months

Critical Mass is so much fun. It's hard to describe the feeling. If you've ever thought of joining but hesitated, I implore you, come out to the next one! You will have a blast. Great vibes all around ✌️ #CriticalMassVancouver

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

9 months

3 people killed this weekend on our streets, 2 of them pedestrians, 2 of them very young. Not a word from all the people on this site constantly screaming about public safety. Radio silence from @Vote4ABC who campaigned on public safety as their top issue.

Vancouver Police

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9 months

We have had three traffic fatalities in 48 hours. On July 29, just after midnight, a 30-year-old woman was struck and killed while trying to cross Kingsway near Taunton. Investigators believe she was meeting friends at a nearby restaurant.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

ICBC publishes very detailed data () so I did some math and made this graphic. An average week in the Lower Mainland sees 4,023 crashes; 1,330 people injured; 57 cyclists/pedestrians hit; 5 people killed. Pretty staggering public safety crisis.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

11 months

If we're not getting bike lanes on Broadway, can we at least get this every 3rd block Off-Broadway? Very cheap, still allows full local access to drivers, but prevents rat running and removes many dangerous intersections and turns.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

10 months

If anyone doubts we could fit active transport lanes AND wider sidewalks on Broadway, just look at this photo. All it would take is going from 6 car lanes to 4 (which btw has been working fine for a year) and we could have it all.

The Broadway Subway Project

@broadwaysubway_

10 months

Construction continues below 5 completed traffic decks on Broadway! Seen here at the future South Granville Station site, 4 lanes of traffic flow on a deck on the left. On the right, open space allows crews to move materials in & out of the future station below.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

11 months

The entire $10M price tag to build active transport lanes along Broadway is the same amount that the city spends on the police in 9 days. For cops, money grows on trees. For climate initiatives, "we'd love to do it we promise, if only we could find the cash 😩"

City of Vancouver

@CityofVancouver

11 months

News release: Vancouver adds new climate measures to support active transportation, increase EV charging, and make it easier to get a heat pump. These #ClimateActions benefit residents and bring us closer to our climate goals. Learn more here ➡️

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 months

Wherein a Vancouver councilor who lives on the north shore decides to pick a fight with a local advocacy group because they want to *checks notes* have fewer people killed on our roads. "Pathetic and disgusting" is right

Brian Montague

@BrianVMontague

2 months

@VisionZeroYVR @christineeboyle @Vote4ABC There is a camera at that location. You clearly have zero details about this incident and don’t know the facts. Pathetic and disgusting that you make the tragic death of this woman about your group’s political positioning.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

6 months

I once speculated that @BrianVMontague killed the Stanley Park & Broadway bike lanes because they'd interfere with his drive in from North Van. Today he watered down a traffic safety camera motion that would have installed 5 new cameras on his route. The plot thickens🤔

Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

9 months

Randomly reflecting on how the two bike lanes killed by @Vote4ABC - Stanley Park and Broadway - are both part of Councillor @BrianVMontague 's drive from his home in North Vancouver to City Hall. Coincidence? Probably. But also...🤔

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

The Arbutus Greenway brings me so much joy. I wish we had ten of these criss-crossing the entire city.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

The bad news is this bike lane is now a slippery, dangerous mess. The good news is the mansion owners on campus don't have to see leaves on their boulevard anymore. You win some you lose some.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

So tired of these cyclists creating constant traffic jams in Stanley Park!!!

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

10 months

Hard to believe @bcndp are serious about housing when you look at the University Endowment Lands, where they control land use. Massive lots where all that's legal are single family mega-mansions, while students taking classes steps away can't find a place to live.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

We rent a 550 sqft apt with a patio facing an interior courtyard, and like drying laundry there to save energy. Our landlords recently forwarded us this email from their strata, with the attached photo. Thanks neighbours, very cool and not at all creepy and elitist.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

7 months

Rent is out of control in this city but it seems like @christineeboyle was lucky enough to find some rent-free housing in Mayor @KenSimCity 's head.

Justin McElroy

@j_mcelroy

7 months

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim filed a second code of conduct complaint against Christine Boyle — this time, for saying critical things about his communications director. This time, Sim won, but since Boyle apologized, no further sanction was recommended.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

In Vancouver there is more street space dedicated to PARKING than walking, biking, and transit combined. And this includes sidewalks! Complete mismatch with how people actually travel. Source

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Sitting on the Shinkansen, current speed 300km/h. There's WiFi, lots of room, great view. Enjoyed a snack, had a vending machine coffee, listened to music, read a bit. Travelling 300km in 80 minutes. Almost wish it was longer. High speed rail in Canada when?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 months

Vancouver set a timid goal of 68km of new/upgraded bike paths over 5 years and didn't even complete 1/3. We're still missing >100 km of sidewalks; we might build 13km by 2027. Very sad numbers for a city that wants 2/3 of trips to be outside of cars by 2040, perhaps by magic.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Cool building near Heather and 13th in Vancouver. Four large suites (~1500 sqft each) on the footprint of a single detached home.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

7 months

Wait so... Vancouver city council held a top secret vote to abolish the living wage. @christineeboyle said she voted to keep it. (She got permission, and didn't reveal anyone else's votes, only her own). And then @KenSimCity filed a formal complaint against her?! Yikes😬

Justin McElroy

@j_mcelroy

7 months

This is interesting from an internal policy perspective: can councillors talk about their in-camera votes once something is public? But it’s also interesting from a political perspective: mayors in B.C. don’t often try to formally punish their political opponents.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

3 months

No Phyllis, don't let them dismantle you! Keep digging you beautiful machine, you mechanical sandworm more glorious than those in the pages of Dune. Don't stop until you hit the Pacific, and then break free!

The Broadway Subway Project

@broadwaysubway_

3 months

This past Friday afternoon, TBM Phyllis launched from South Granville Station! She is now on the final leg of her journey to Cypress St, where she will be dismantled and removed. Here’s a shot of Phyllis during her pit stop at South Granville Station.

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

This temp setup on Broadway shows that there's room for 4 lanes of vehicle traffic with literally half the road to spare. Bike lanes, wider sidewalks, patios, more trees let's goooo! What if Broadway was a destination instead of a commute?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Something I wish we had more (any?) of in Vancouver is rooftop bars. All the liveliness and vibrancy of the city, fresh air, but removed from the noise and traffic below. And endless live entertainment!

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

8 months

Want a crosswalk painted? That will take multiple studies and 3-5 years. But when it comes to helping more cars drive through Stanley Park, the city makes incredibly confusing and dangerous changes on the fly with no warning, no study, no concerns about budget limits.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Yaaaay

Mayor Ken Sim

@KenSimCity

1 year

Thank you to all Vancouverites who worked so hard to make this moment a reality. We've stopped the road tax.

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@Mihai_Cirstea_

11 months

@PeterMeiszner Peter I love this energy, you should run for council! The current council voted against active transport lanes on Broadway and against lowering the speed on Cornwall to 30, wish we had people who think like you instead.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

9 months

While I appreciate the sentiment, we don't need Sherlock Holmes to tell us what's wrong with these spots where 2 pedestrians were killed this weekend. Roads that look like freeways, deadly speed limits, lack of proper pedestrian crossings in highly commercial/residential areas.

Sarah Kirby-Yung 楊瑞蘭

@sarahkirby_yung

9 months

@austonchhor @PeterMeiszner @KenSimCity @MikeKlassen @BrianVMontague @LennyNanZhou Three incredibly tragic losses. I’ve reached out to staff to confirm that we’ll be taking any learnings forward once the accident investigations are complete.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

5 months

Why am I beating this dead horse? (JK bad metaphor that's the horse carriage operator's job.) It's such a clear microcosm of the disdain that @Vote4ABC shows to active transportation, even in the face of logic and fiscal responsibility. Change course, I implore you. (3/3)

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

5 months

Hi @PeterMeiszner @MikeKlassen care to comment on these posts? Full lane coming in 2023 - no wait 2024 - now we hear that it's not in the plan at all. Again, as predicted by everyone. Sheer incompetence or deliberately misleading? Those are the only options. (2/3)

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

On the topic of improving Granville Island, how awesome would it be to bring back the 2010 street car from Olympic Village Station? The tracks and platforms are still here! GI feels like a glorified parking lot these days, connecting it to rapid transit would be a huge help.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

10 months

(1/2) Add the slightest bit of safe active transport infrastructure? "We must first study it for 12 years" Remove *permanent* safe cycling infrastructure because you messed up the design of your *temporary* pilot? "It is done"

City of Vancouver

@CityofVancouver

10 months

This week, we're removing the concrete island on York and Yew to help reinforce the new traffic patterns for drivers. 🚗 Next week, we’ll adjust the coloured blocks and also install some flexible bollards to support the traffic restrictions. 2/2

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

6 months

@MikeKlassen The 54 existing units were completed *checks notes* 8 years ago. Since then, zero completions. 282 social housing units were promised in 2008. It's incomprehensible that you're defending Holborn here. Hold them to their promise. No more handouts, no more concessions.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

9 months

The Yew Street pedestrian pilot is going great

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

10 months

(10/10) TLDR: the Yew Street pilot is not pedestrianized, not interesting, and bizarrely actually creates one of the worst cyclist-vehicle conflict points I've seen in the whole city. The good news is it's easy to fix, if anyone cares to try. This street has so much potential!

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

10 months

Trying to bring some life to Yew! New traffic cones make it harder for drivers to enter, which is a genuine improvement. But it'd be nice if we didn't have to bring our own chairs or sit on the ground. Best part is @KenSimCity said it's OK to drink on the street now, so cheers!

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

(1/12) Since Vancouver's #BroadwayPlan doesn't include any options for safe cycling, here's a long & very niche rant about the current "Off Broadway" bikeway. Which is definitely a proper bike route! Look at the sign & fading paint! How could you mistake it for anything else?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

7 months

This was the Comox school street program last year. So great! They ran a pilot for 2 years. It got kids & parents out being active, interacting, building community. Much safer for all. Supported by 100% of children surveyed. Aaaand of course it's cancelled

RobertsElementaryPAC

@pac_roberts

7 months

We're disappointed to report that the City of Vancouver is not proceeding with the Comox Year Round School Street project at this time. The City will be installing an interim, flex post two-way bike lane on Comox St between Bidwell & Cardero Streets. 🧵

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

As North Van debates removing a bike lane, a cyclist is killed by a driver on a "bike route." Maybe when the choice is "give homeowners with massive garages a 5th free parking spot" vs "let people die," we should be adding protected lanes, not removing them.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

@VancouverSun I dunno, if SUVs with their 5m front blind spots are going to get "impaled" on anything I'd rather it be a concrete barrier than a small child, but I guess that's just me being controversial 🤷‍♂️

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

The sky is thick with smoke & smog, rain seems like something out of a fantasy novel, it feels like August in October, but the very first post-election issue @Vote4ABC has jumped on is adding more cars to Stanley Park. Cool great

John Streit 🎙️

@johnrstreit

2 years

Newly-elected ABC Park Board Commissioner Scott Jensen just told @jillreports that the work to revert Stanley Park roadway to two lanes of traffic will go ahead in November. @GlobalBC @CKNW @Lucyincanada @WeAreHub

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

13 days

@BrianVMontague @VisionZeroYVR Brian it's clear you can't handle criticism of your policy decisions. Here's a tip, just quit. Enjoy your VPD pension. You don't need this stress in your life.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

Can't ever find room to lock my bike in my building but half the car spots are unoccupied. Take away 2 car spots and you could probably fit 30 more bikes, but good thing we have parking minimums right?

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

My Stanley Park fix, you can have it for free @ParkBoard 1. Permanent configuration of 1 car lane + 1 bike lane. 2. No more horse carriage. 3. Remove the shortcut on & off exits to the Lions Gate Bridge. 4. Add an accessible shuttle around the park. Tired of this debate!

Lucy Maloney

@Lucyincanada

1 year

The new #StanleyPark bike lane staff report is out. Staff have presented 3 options for the Commissioners to vote for on Monday night. #LoveTheLane has deep concerns and a lot of questions. We're currently preparing our response.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

1 year

Having our most vibrant commercial streets also serve as our main traffic thoroughfares is so backwards. The enjoyment of the former is mutually exclusive with the functionality of the latter.

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

2 years

As someone who walks a lot I assure you this person could have been wearing a lime green jacket and juggling flaming torches and drivers still wouldn't have stopped, because there are no consequences. If only there were some traffic cops around to give these drivers a ticket...

VPD Traffic Section

@VPDTrafficUnit

2 years

As a pedestrian, with the increase in dark and gloomy days, consider adding something reflective to increase your visibility. As a driver, you will see pedestrians when you really look for them. #ShareTheRoadBC @icbc

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Mihai Cirstea

@Mihai_Cirstea_

6 months

Almost got hit by a driver coming out of an alley while walking to work because this was the visibility he and I both had. (Black truck is parked). Let's daylight intersections and alleys ASAP! The extra parking spot on each corner isn't worth the hazard.

Streetfilms (Now 1,100+ films!)

@Streetfilms

6 months

People are requesting universal daylighting at intersections or curb extensions. SEE this segment from a @Streetfilms of a tour where we see ample daylighting in Hoboken where it's standard practice. @StreetsPAC @OpenPlans @jehiah @StreetsblogNYC @InfraWeek @NYCMayor @NBk_TA

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