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Angus Beaty

@AngusBeaty

Transportation Planner, Vancouverite.

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Spotted today - top notch protected bike facilities and GI in Chemainus, BC. We love to see it!


cbc.ca/radio/frontbur… Loved hearing @RM_Transit discuss the possibilities and challenges of high speed rail in Canada on @FrontBurnerCBC today! Go Reece go!


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Tapping the sign

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This video is worth the 2 minutes of your time. If you’re wondering where 1.5 billion dollars of our taxes has gone—here’s a peek. A lot of people think the Green Line is still a conceptual idea--It’s not--It's an active construction project that the UCP just killed. The big…


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1/. There’s been a lot of talk about transit & @TransLink lately & this will only get louder as the provincial election approaches. Unfortunately, there’s lot more noise than substance in the discourse at this point. And so it seems a good time to offer some thoughts.

Rob Shaw: Is a $600M bailout the answer to TransLink's money woes? dlvr.it/TBD9QF



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New album just dropped. CANADA'S HOUSING PLAN is out now: canada.ca/housingplan

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“What chafes critics, even those who might consider themselves progressive, is that they expect reconciliation to instead look like a kind of reversal, rewinding the tape of history to some museum-diorama past.” apple.news/AmvjjRLoFRpm_7…


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City of Vancouver will perform a study looking into removing road space on Granville Street and Cambie Street to create new north-south bike lane connections to #SkyTrain's future South Granville and Broadway-City Hall stations. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanc…


West Van being West Van. Better bus service on Marine Dr? Nope. A sidewalk adjacent to an elementary school? Don't even think about it.

a plan to build a sidewalk near an elementary school in #westvan was ditched after nearby residents raised a ruckus and argued the existing gravel shoulder was safe enough nsnews.com/in-the-communi…



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An informed public is the foundation of a functioning democracy. My tweets have gotten longer as the #Greenbelt scandal has come to light, mostly because there is so much to talk about. But also because I have always seen this platform, even in its changing form, as a…

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Curious about why Canada has been dithering in High Speed Rail Study hell for a decade? CBC teams with two great presenters to explain why:

This video is so so so important, if Canada wants good trains we need to decide WHAT we want. Ambiguous plan bad result youtu.be/zqaIJc39ExI?si…



Why I love the west end!

This video is so so so important, if Canada wants good trains we need to decide WHAT we want. Ambiguous plan bad result youtu.be/zqaIJc39ExI?si…



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🚦 Safety and livability take the front seat! 🚗💨 The Transportation Association of Canada is taking on a project to design and operate lower-speed collector and arterial roads. 1/2

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Not out west sadly!

Really satisfying to see “rip up the terrible bike lanes” is the election loser it should be



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I’m going to be riding this high all week



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imagine running for mayor twice, spending thousands of dollars and years of your life thinking of how to improve housing in Vancouver, you finally win and then 5 months into your term this is the best you got haha we are doomed



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“Each additional need that is met by the network strengthens it, and allows it to grow, meet more needs. “ @denisagar piece on what can be achieved w abundant network of intercity transit designed to serve a diversity of users, traveling for diff reasons: capitaldaily.ca/news/opinion-v…


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Clearly that other “third place” is needed - that is not sidewalk or street, enter #mobilitylane #NorthVan

Here's my story on where e-scooters stand in British Columbia, why they're here to stay, and the safety and regulatory hurdles governments have to figure out cbc.ca/news/canada/br…



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how cops respond to an active shooter vs. how a drag queen responds to an active shooter

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Uvalde: AR-15 Buffalo: AR-15 Boulder: AR-15 Orlando: AR-15 Parkland: AR-15 Las Vegas: AR-15 Aurora, CO: AR-15 Sandy Hook: AR-15 San Bernardino: AR-15 Midland/Odessa: AR-15 Poway synagogue: AR-15 Sutherland Springs: AR-15 Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15 Colorado Springs: AR-15


THRILLED! (pun intended)

#PNE IS BUILDING CANADA'S FASTEST LAUNCH ROLLER COASTER AT #PLAYLAND! 🎢 Here's the full fly-through animation. Opening in 2024. dailyhive.com/vancouver/play…



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