Denis Agar (he/him)
@denisagar.bsky.social
Transit polls well. We use that popularity to push for more reliable and abundant transit. Let's make it better than driving.
I'm in Vancouver - unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
Executive Director of @movementyvr.bsky.social
I'm in Vancouver - unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
Executive Director of @movementyvr.bsky.social
Pinned
Here's a starter pack of all the transit rider groups that have popped up so far on BlueSky. Reply if I've missed a group!
go.bsky.app/6Pw2jpk
go.bsky.app/6Pw2jpk
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Google flights needs a new search filter for 'No connections through the US'
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Google flights needs a new search filter for 'No connections through the US'
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The $113-million mess of a community centre I wrote about this week is 100% funded from “development charges.” It is going in a neighbourhood with zero population growth.
In part, these charges are a tax on newcomers to subsidize existing wealthy homeowners.
globalnews.ca/news/1163476...
In part, these charges are a tax on newcomers to subsidize existing wealthy homeowners.
globalnews.ca/news/1163476...
Toronto may cancel new community centres, libraries if development funding dries up - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
The city's chief financial officer reiterated that roughly $300 million had been deferred as revenue from development charges dries up, adding that some projects may be cancelled.
globalnews.ca
January 25, 2026 at 12:16 AM
The $113-million mess of a community centre I wrote about this week is 100% funded from “development charges.” It is going in a neighbourhood with zero population growth.
In part, these charges are a tax on newcomers to subsidize existing wealthy homeowners.
globalnews.ca/news/1163476...
In part, these charges are a tax on newcomers to subsidize existing wealthy homeowners.
globalnews.ca/news/1163476...
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And to folks within the transportation world, this affects us and our work. Public transportation is the public realm. Operators, staffers, riders represent the full spectrum of Americans. Talk to folks working for Metro Transit in MN how this is impacting the transit system.
January 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM
And to folks within the transportation world, this affects us and our work. Public transportation is the public realm. Operators, staffers, riders represent the full spectrum of Americans. Talk to folks working for Metro Transit in MN how this is impacting the transit system.
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Slow-walking bus lanes? Although the City of Vancouver has promised to expand bus priority across the city, twice, these projects are getting scaled back and delayed. Promised back in 2023, deadlines are now being shifted into the unspecified future. Read the full article.
What's red and takes 1,000 days to create? Vancouver bus lanes with paint and signs, apparently | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
Excerpt submitted by Michael Hall, Government Relations Lead at Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders. Written for Daily Hive Urbanized. Read the full article by Michael Hall at the Daily Hive Urbanized In October 2023, Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in favour of a member motion by city councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung to add bus priority measures on major […]
movementyvr.ca
January 24, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Slow-walking bus lanes? Although the City of Vancouver has promised to expand bus priority across the city, twice, these projects are getting scaled back and delayed. Promised back in 2023, deadlines are now being shifted into the unspecified future. Read the full article.
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Four tricks for faster bus boarding
- More doors overall
- Multiple boarding doors
- Ticket validating and ticket purchasing machines separate, so that one person buying a ticket doesn't hold up the line
- All machines placed well inside the door, so person using the machine doesn't block the door.
- More doors overall
- Multiple boarding doors
- Ticket validating and ticket purchasing machines separate, so that one person buying a ticket doesn't hold up the line
- All machines placed well inside the door, so person using the machine doesn't block the door.
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Four tricks for faster bus boarding
- More doors overall
- Multiple boarding doors
- Ticket validating and ticket purchasing machines separate, so that one person buying a ticket doesn't hold up the line
- All machines placed well inside the door, so person using the machine doesn't block the door.
- More doors overall
- Multiple boarding doors
- Ticket validating and ticket purchasing machines separate, so that one person buying a ticket doesn't hold up the line
- All machines placed well inside the door, so person using the machine doesn't block the door.
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It's been almost 1,000 days since @sarahkirby.bsky.social brought forward an excellent motion the bring in some bus lanes where they're needed most.
TransLink even agreed to fund it all.
So where are they? 🧐🤷
@movementyvr.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
TransLink even agreed to fund it all.
So where are they? 🧐🤷
@movementyvr.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Opinion: What's red and takes 1,000 days to create? Vancouver bus lanes, apparently | Urbanized
Why is the City of Vancouver taking so long to implement long-promised bus lanes that only requiring paint and signage?
dailyhive.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It's been almost 1,000 days since @sarahkirby.bsky.social brought forward an excellent motion the bring in some bus lanes where they're needed most.
TransLink even agreed to fund it all.
So where are they? 🧐🤷
@movementyvr.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
TransLink even agreed to fund it all.
So where are they? 🧐🤷
@movementyvr.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
A remarkably clear eyed examination of a new freeway in Mumbai. The arguments made in this piece apply entirely to freeway projects here in Canada. As buses and trains remain overcrowded, governments invest in highway projects that will make traffic worse.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Exclusively for the elite’: why Mumbai’s new motorway is a symbol of the divide between rich and poor
With 64% of the city’s residents relying on buses and trains so overloaded that up to 10 passengers die a day, anger is rising over a taxpayer-funded road most will never use
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:56 PM
A remarkably clear eyed examination of a new freeway in Mumbai. The arguments made in this piece apply entirely to freeway projects here in Canada. As buses and trains remain overcrowded, governments invest in highway projects that will make traffic worse.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Yes, I'm quoted in this article... But extremely observant people will notice I'm also in the thumbnail... But it's me from 7 years ago
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Yes, I'm quoted in this article... But extremely observant people will notice I'm also in the thumbnail... But it's me from 7 years ago
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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My goal at @movementyvr.bsky.social is to bring this energy at every possible opportunity.
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 AM
My goal at @movementyvr.bsky.social is to bring this energy at every possible opportunity.
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Recording episode 2 with our very first guest!
Stay tuned 👀👀
Stay tuned 👀👀
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Recording episode 2 with our very first guest!
Stay tuned 👀👀
Stay tuned 👀👀
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If I were a PM who believed we were at a global rupture moment, upending decades of international order, and requiring totally new relations with the world, I probably wouldn’t cut my foreign affairs staffing and budget by 15%
January 21, 2026 at 3:32 PM
If I were a PM who believed we were at a global rupture moment, upending decades of international order, and requiring totally new relations with the world, I probably wouldn’t cut my foreign affairs staffing and budget by 15%
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Change one letter, get a different letter
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January 20, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Change one letter, get a different letter
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Vancouver council is back in session today
Which means they are once again only providing real-time updates on city business to a single website that's under investigation for child exploitation
They've stubbornly defended their approach
Which reaches approximately 50 people
Which means they are once again only providing real-time updates on city business to a single website that's under investigation for child exploitation
They've stubbornly defended their approach
Which reaches approximately 50 people
January 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Vancouver council is back in session today
Which means they are once again only providing real-time updates on city business to a single website that's under investigation for child exploitation
They've stubbornly defended their approach
Which reaches approximately 50 people
Which means they are once again only providing real-time updates on city business to a single website that's under investigation for child exploitation
They've stubbornly defended their approach
Which reaches approximately 50 people
What was the last good at-grade light rail line built in Canada?
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 PM
What was the last good at-grade light rail line built in Canada?
Toronto implemented bus lanes within a week of the council decision. I'd like to see Ottawa move with that same hustle.
I’ve heard from many residents frustrated at the state of the bus service in #Ottawa. They are looking for answers. This needs to be treated like an emergency watermain repair. It is a critical service that can not be allowed to flounder in this way. Two immediate solutions need to be considered:
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Toronto implemented bus lanes within a week of the council decision. I'd like to see Ottawa move with that same hustle.
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Last night, a room of passionate transit advocates got together with @denisagar.bsky.social from @movementyvr.bsky.social to learn about transit advocacy. Thank you everyone who came out, and thank you @michaeljanz.bsky.social for organizing this great event
January 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Last night, a room of passionate transit advocates got together with @denisagar.bsky.social from @movementyvr.bsky.social to learn about transit advocacy. Thank you everyone who came out, and thank you @michaeljanz.bsky.social for organizing this great event
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An insightful speech. But reducing taxes doesn't make a nation stronger, it reduces its capacity to act and be sovereign. Visible in cuts to Stats Canada (less information for decisions), Health Canada (relying on other nations to review drugs) and more.
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM
An insightful speech. But reducing taxes doesn't make a nation stronger, it reduces its capacity to act and be sovereign. Visible in cuts to Stats Canada (less information for decisions), Health Canada (relying on other nations to review drugs) and more.
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
This partnership between Bart and Uber seems designed to undermine what limited bus service already exists to these stations.
January 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM
This partnership between Bart and Uber seems designed to undermine what limited bus service already exists to these stations.
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Vancouver-based Hootsuite is providing its social media management and monitoring technology to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at a time when DHS is facing criticism over its violent immigration enforcement tactics.
@joshscott.bsky.social in @betakit.com | betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
@joshscott.bsky.social in @betakit.com | betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Vancouver-based Hootsuite is providing its social media management and monitoring technology to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at a time when DHS is facing criticism over its violent immigration enforcement tactics.
@joshscott.bsky.social in @betakit.com | betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
@joshscott.bsky.social in @betakit.com | betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
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Do you feel safe on public transit? @etriders.bsky.social Daniel Witte, David Cooper & @denisagar.bsky.social talk to us about a spike in violence on transit systems across Canada, and how to turn that trend around.
👀 FULL: rtrj.info/011626Transit
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/011626
youtu.be/XJ9P8NR-PJ4?...
👀 FULL: rtrj.info/011626Transit
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/011626
youtu.be/XJ9P8NR-PJ4?...
The Secret to Making Public Transit More Safe
YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Do you feel safe on public transit? @etriders.bsky.social Daniel Witte, David Cooper & @denisagar.bsky.social talk to us about a spike in violence on transit systems across Canada, and how to turn that trend around.
👀 FULL: rtrj.info/011626Transit
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/011626
youtu.be/XJ9P8NR-PJ4?...
👀 FULL: rtrj.info/011626Transit
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/011626
youtu.be/XJ9P8NR-PJ4?...
Imagine nimbying a school? A daycare? To protect your view?
Vancouver needs to show that it's a city that does not hate children and look down on their parents, because right now....yeah.
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Imagine nimbying a school? A daycare? To protect your view?
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Had a great time chatting with @kehyslop.bsky.social for this story. Love seeing young people organizing to keep each other safe and demand the changes adults are moving too slowly on.
A high school student was left with life-altering injuries crossing the street outside her school. Is the city doing enough to keep kids safe around schools? (Spoiler, no.) But it's fantastic seeing these high schoolers taking advocacy into their own hands! A great story, please read:
Lord Byng Students Are Still Calling for Safer Streets | The Tyee
Two years after a classmate was injured, teens say crossing busy West 16th Avenue is a scary experience.
thetyee.ca
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Had a great time chatting with @kehyslop.bsky.social for this story. Love seeing young people organizing to keep each other safe and demand the changes adults are moving too slowly on.
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I cannot stress enough that homelessness is caused by policy levers primarily at the provincial level.
And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children.
Horrifying.
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children.
Horrifying.
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
Nearly 85K people homeless in Ontario, up 8% in 1 year: report | Globalnews.ca
Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025, a new report from Ontario's municipalities shows.
globalnews.ca
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I cannot stress enough that homelessness is caused by policy levers primarily at the provincial level.
And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children.
Horrifying.
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children.
Horrifying.
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
Why bother writing scripted comedy when this clip already exists
He wants his old job back. Andy Wells announces mayoral run
YouTube video by CBC News NL - Newfoundland and Labrador
m.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Why bother writing scripted comedy when this clip already exists