Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding that governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
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Grateful to support safe and sustainable transportation in our city. I was proud to vote for an upgraded bike lane through portions of Stanley Park, delivering on the ABC election promise of 2022. Excited to see this investment in a healthier, greener future for everyone.
Great news for safe and accessible access to and around Stanley Park. Transit, a bike lane, and keeping Beach Ave one way! Thanks so much to @tomdigby1.bsky.social @laura-christensen.bsky.social @parkboardscott.bsky.social @brennanbastyo.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Please write in to council in support, and if you can, sign up to speak! The deadline is tomorrow as the motion comes to council Wednesday. It's motion #4 "Creating Connections: Advancing a Transformative Active Transportation Pathway in South Vancouver", here: council.vancouver.ca/20250917/psp...
These improvements will connect Vancouver to the Canada Line bridge into Richmond, and onwards to Burnaby and New West. It'll also provide much needed greenspace to Marine Gateway residents. You can read the full motion here: (2/3) council.vancouver.ca/20250917/doc...
Everyone that rides through here knows that the connection between the Arbutus Greenway and Kent sucks. No wayfinding, steep hills, parking lots, 6-lane arterials... The good news is a motion from @mikeklassen.bsky.social aims to fix this! Along with much needed improvements on Kent. (1/3)
A little rain never stopped us! Come say hi at Main St Car Free Day, our booth is at Main and 29th.
We'll be at Main St Car Free Day tomorrow, come say hi! 👋 www.carfree.ca/city/main-st...
The 2026 City of Vancouver budget survey is out. ABC wants to keep taxes artificially low, which means cuts to services, amenities, and city functions - including road safety. Please fill out the survey and ask for more funding for safer streets: www.shapeyourcity.ca/2026-budget
When this comes down to Main/Kingsway/E7th and 3 Road/Sea Island/Bridgeport it's going to be a very, very difficult decision.
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We started with 32. Over 12k votes later, we have our regional winners. East Van faces off against Vancouver's west side, and Richmond takes on New West in a battle across the Fraser. Vote now in the SEMIFINALS of the Worst Intersection in Vancouver bracket! visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/09/09/w...
It's great to see more of these becoming permanent!
Apologies, forgot to link the report in post #1. Here it is! parkboardmeetings.vancouver.ca/2025/2025091...
Finally, most importantly, please sign up to speak at the meeting if you're able! Go to this link and pick option "3. Stanley Park Mobility Study (for decision)." Thank you! vancouver.ca/your-governm...
(4/5) Email the park board tell them you support a bike lane, for the safety and accessibility of all park users. ABC ripped this lane out as one of their first actions after getting elected, but they've promised to re-instate it. Let's hold them to their word. bikehub.ca/vancouver-ci...
(3/5) You can join the “Ride for the Stanley Park Bike Lane” meeting at the Park Board office (2099 Beach Ave.) on Saturday Sept 13th at 2pm. Short speeches will be followed by a peaceful ride around Stanley Park Drive (2:30-3:30pm).
(2/5) The good news is @tomdigby1.bsky.social is calling for a bike lane around prospect point and down the hill, for the safety of cyclists, active mobility and micromobility users. To help this pass, we really need people to email in support and call in to the meeting.
🚨 Important call to action! (1/5) 🚨 A vote on Stanley Park is coming to the Park Board on Sept 15. The staff report calls for working with TransLink to bring bus service around the park (great!!) but no bike lane, despite it being the favourite option among respondents. Report linked here:
ICYMI: Our summer update! visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/09/07/b...
The Worst Intersection in Vancouver quarterfinals will close soon! 3 of the matchups are in blowout territory, but Burnaby and New West are facing off in a very close matchup. Get your vote in now! visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/09/02/w...
More evidence that speed cameras work. "Since those cameras were put up, 57% of drivers were slowing down and adhering to the speed limit. In some school zones, it was as high as 90%" “Eighty-five per cent of people who have been issued one ticket have only been issued [that] one ticket”
There's only one electric vehicle we should be subsidizing in BC visionzerovancouver.ca/2024/09/22/b...
Is parking really the best use of our limited curbspace? Great piece by @michaelhall.bsky.social "While curbspace for parked cars is a finite resource that plateaued when the concrete curbs were first poured, transit is a source of business that has incredible growth potential."
We sat down with @cjsfradio.bsky.social to talk about our recent billboard and our group's overall goals. Take a listen! www.frequencynews.ca/news/vancouv...
The NS News is finally picking up on what the active transportation community have been saying for years. Now perhaps they'll join us in holding local politicians accountable for the danger on our streets. www.nsnews.com/opinion/edit...
For fucks sake, not again 😢. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/02/p...
It was great to be invited to speak about our work and our vision at the Dutch Street Market yesterday! Really fun day, with a lot learned all around.
We started with 32, we're down to 8! Last round, two different matchups were decided by under ten votes. Make sure your voice is heard in the Worst Intersection in Metro Vancouver Quarterfinals! visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/09/02/w...
Kids are heading back to school today. That means more children walking, biking, & taking the bus. If you must drive today, slow down, watch out for kids, & write to your City Council & Minister of Transportation to demand lower speeds, automated enforcement, & more funding for traffic calming.
Kids are back to school today, and New Westminster is changing 30km/h school zone hours to 7am-10pm. This is a great change - school zones are active zones all day long! Thanks to @pjnewwest.bsky.social for the leadership, and great comments from @michaelhall.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Every injury and death, at this point, is the result of known problems with existing infrastructure. Doing nothing is no longer an option and every politician, engineer and decision maker needs to be held liable. I hope people wake up and start filing civil claims with every injury and death.
CC: @davidebybc.bsky.social, Mike Farnworth, and @lisabeare.bsky.social this is your jurisdiction. Fix this, because we promise you that if you don't, this will happen again. It's now up to you.
Since December 2022, a 5km stretch of Lougheed Highway has claimed 5 pedestrian lives. Why does this keep happening, who is at fault, and what can we do about it? The latest from us: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/09/01/w...
ANOTHER pedestrian is dead on this exact same stretch of Lougheed. When is enough enough? Do these cities and the province care at all? It sure doesn't look like it. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/08/31/m...
Having a great time at Burnaby's first ever Car Free Day! Come say hi, pick up some stickers, and vote in the Worst Intersection Bracket!
🗣️ Do you know how Google Ads work? Google gives nonprofits like us $10,000 in free ads (great!) But we don't know how to implement them (sad!) We're looking for a volunteer that can help us out. If you have any experience, please reach out: contact@visionzerovancouver.ca
This story fills me with sadness. But it’s not enough to feel sad. We must all do better to reach Vision Zero by redesigning our streets for multi-modal safety. 2025 has been a very bad year for peds and cyclists on the Island. It’s unacceptable. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/l...
"Data from ICBC, found that three children are killed and 359 are injured in crashes while walking or cycling every year in the province. In school and playground zones, 51 children are injured in crashes every year." We spoke to CTV about what needs to be done to keep kids safe.
Tickets for the Vancouver tour are going fast, make sure to get yours! visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
You can volunteer with us too! visionzerovancouver.ca/vision-zero-...
We love our volunteers! ❤️
There are a LOT of close races in round 2, but none closer than this. Don't miss out, make sure your vote is heard! visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/25/w...
Engagement for the alignment of the future Metrotown-North Shore BRT is OPEN 🚌 We're supporting option 1, and you can too: translinklistens.ca/... 1/2
This Sunday Aug 31, Burnaby is hosting its first ever Car Free Day and we'll be there! Come say hi, it looks like it'll be a blast! www.burnaby.ca/recreation-a...
This is an amazing poll highlighting some of Metro Vancouver's worst intersections. The best part for me is the catharsis of knowing how many others share the frustration of dangerous design. I'm cheering for Main and 7th to win the whole thing.
Main & 2nd takes out Cambie & 7th, Commercial & Broadway squeaks by 10th & Clark, Brunette Ave dominates, and much more! See the results of our Worst Intersection Bracket Round 1, and vote in Round 2 now! visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/25/w...
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@visionzerovancouver.ca Pushes for Safer Streets with Bold New Campaign. momentummag.com/vision-zero-...
Nothing to see here, just @lucymaloney.bsky.social doing media against inaction on bus lanes while a SORRY BUS FULL 49 goes by at 2 PM on a Saturday. Cumulatively, 316 years of transit users time has been wasted since 24 July, 2024 since Vancouver voted to put bus lanes on its 9 busiest corridors.
No more delays, no more excuses. It's time to put in these bus lanes now. youtu.be/E7bxteb6xg0?...
If, as a caring normal human being, this sickens you - time to take a few minutes and email your local MLA and demand change.
Impossible to understand how driving through a 20-second-stale red and killing an infant is not the literal definition of "dangerous driving causing death."
Welcome to BC, where blowing through a light that's been red for 20 seconds, severely injuring a father, and killing his infant daughter, gets you found "not guilty of driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm."
It's been over a year since we helped pass a motion for 8 new bus lanes in Vancouver, but since then none have materialized. In that time, transit riders have spent a cumulative 3 centuries and counting stuck in traffic. Tell the city we want the bus lanes now!
We're so excited to be hosting @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear for a conversation about their new book, Life After Cars! 6:30pm, Sat Nov 8th, Downtown Vancouver visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/life-after-cars/
"Is it worth putting design changes in for a problem that's temporary? I don't think the death of a child is ever temporary for a family." We spoke with CBC today about the issue of dangerous driving near schools.
And a big thanks to our sponsors and partners for helping make this event possible! @movementyvr.bsky.social Rovelo Creative VeloLifestyle Cycle City Tours
We're grateful to have videographer & urban planner @uytaelee.bsky.social as our host and Vancouver Councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social adding local context to our conversation! Thanks to @pfbvan.bsky.social Books, you can also pre-order a copy of Life After Cars for pick up at the event!
We're so excited to be hosting @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear for a conversation about their new book, Life After Cars! 6:30pm, Sat Nov 8th, Downtown Vancouver visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/life-after-cars/
It was awesome collaborating with @tomflood.bsky.social on this project. So cool to see this up!
Voting Willingdon and Lougheed because I've been hit by a car there.
Very close vote between two terrible Burnaby intersections in The Suburbs Round 1 of our Worst Intersection Bracket. Vote now, polls close soon! visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/09/w...
Did you know Vision Zero Vancouver is entirely volunteer run? We're always looking for more help! If you can lend your time or your skills, please send us a message. Most activities require no experience at all. Read about volunteer opportunities here: visionzerovancouver.ca/vision-zero-...
Round 1, Part 2 of our "Worst Intersection in Metro Vancouver" bracket is now live! 16 intersections from across the suburbs face off, cast your votes now: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/09/w...
This one was a tough vote for me. I think Commercial at Broadway is worse in general for a cyclist, but Clark at 10th is really bad for a city sanctioned bike route.🫣
🚨 Close vote alert 🚨 13 lanes of traffic outside the 2nd busiest transit exchange in the Lower Mainland? Or the deadliest intersection on Vancouver's main east-west "bike route"? Have your say while round 1 is still open! visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/04/w...
1000 times this wapo.st/41r8xSn
Join us and our friends at Movement for a bus lane picnic/rally on Saturday August 23rd from 1-3pm at Gordon Park (6675 Commercial Dr, Vancouver)! See their post for more info!
@visionzerovancouver.ca from a friend: large SUVs colliding on the midtown bikeway
I often get folks showing up in my timeline insisting that riding a bike on the road is perfectly fine - even safer - than riding in protected bike lanes. Yeah, no. Protected bike lanes enable families on the go. This is the Beach Avenue bikeway in Vancouver.
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ROUND 1 VOTING IS ON NOW! 🗳️ We asked you to nominate the worst intersection in Metro Vancouver, and we picked the worst 32 for a community vote. Together, we'll crown Metro Vancouver's worst intersection while learning more about the countless ways that we put safety last when designing our roads.
I've never been to Vancouver, so I'm really excited for this. Vision Zero Vancouver is an all-volunteer organization and we're very grateful that they are putting this together for us. See you there!
Can't wait to host this in November! Subscribe to The War on Cars if you want early access to this awesome event!
This weekend, we met with @emilylowan.bsky.social, a candidate in the BC Greens leadership race. Provincial policy plays a pivotal role in street safety, and it was great to discuss some of the approaches we could take to improve safety for all road users!
Most North American cities that have a “Vision Zero” declaration have not actually done the work. Vision Zero works, but it’s not going to happen if we’re too afraid to inconvenience a single motorist.
Even more solid evidence that speed cameras work! "Howard said he hopes reduced speeds in these zones will encourage more children to walk to school, helping to foster a habit of daily physical activity in their lives, which decreases many health risks in old age."
For over a year, Granville Bridge has been a construction zone with a 30km/h speed limit 24/7. So do drivers actually drive the limit? We took our speed radar gun to find out. The answer will probably.... not surprise you youtube.com/shorts/G31re...
Great job North Van! Prioritizing people over cars is always a win. www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
It was so exciting to be at the opening of Vancouver’s Granville Connector yesterday. Public space reallocated to safe, comfortable walking and cycling routes. Thank you to all the advocates that spent years pressuring politicians to make this a reality and the staff who made it happen.
This is awesome
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Help select a location for traffic calming interventions in the District of North Vancouver! Each year, DNV’s citizen-centred traffic calming program implements road safety measures based on input from a public survey The survey closes July 31st!
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“The sentiment has changed. [Councillors] know that if they fail to pass these common-sense things, they’re going to take a lot of heat for it.” Great to hear from our own @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social about the impacts of @lucymaloney.bsky.social’s Vision Zero motion!
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing to go further each year.
I love the fireworks, but the fact that we allow people to drive through crowds like this after the show is outrageous. We're not even 3 months out from the horrific Lapu Lapu Day tragedy. It's maddening and unacceptable.
55,000 daily boardings with 3 minute headways on the 99 B-Line and it's still overcrowded. Why is this even controversial
It's beyond time to build the UBCx SkyTrain extension! Please sign the UBC AMS petition visionzerovancouver.ca/2024/12/01/b...
A photo from the Galiano-Tsawwassen ferry by @canspice.bsky.social that illustrates just how much road space cars occupy compared to pedestrians and cyclists. Imagine how much more we could do with existing road space if our transportation networks prioritized people over cars!
The Broadway Subway to Arbutus is not enough. With over 156,000 daily trips to UBC, we need SkyTrain all the way! Extend SkyTrain to UBC NOW! 💌 Sign our petition to demand action from all levels of government. Link in bio! #ubc #ubcvancouver #vancouverbc #skytrainvancouver
The new cycling path through Kits Beach is really great and a huge improvement! Cyclist and pedestrian space is clearly separated and delineated, helping keep everyone safe and enjoying their time. Great job by the city.
The devastation we feel for this child, their family, and the whole community is unspeakable. What's really upsetting is this road in Surrey isn't unique. Half the city looks like this. And that means this is going to happen again and again - until someone decides to take the issue seriously. 💔
Surrey claims to care about Vision Zero. But recently, deaths on Surrey roads are only increasing. In the meantime, they're planning several very expensive road widenings. bsky.app/profile/miha... (5/6)
The speed limit on this residential street is 60km/h. Being hit head-on by a car at that speed, a person's chances of surviving are virtually 0%. It is a guaranteed deadly speed. Reducing the speed to 30km/h would increase those odds to 90%. (4/6)
The nearest crossings on 64th Ave are almost 1km apart. It's a 12 minute walk just to cross the street at a light. This is where families live and work and play. (3/6)
