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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Did you know that when Mount Dennis GO opens this Sunday. It'll be 3x faster to get to Union Station than it currently takes. The fastest trips today take around 45 minutes, on Sunday it'll take just 13 minutes. This is the power of regional rail.
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Did you know that when Mount Dennis GO opens this Sunday. It'll be 3x faster to get to Union Station than it currently takes. The fastest trips today take around 45 minutes, on Sunday it'll take just 13 minutes. This is the power of regional rail.
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The exciting talent @katiewilson.bsky.social has taken a narrow lead as ballots are still being counted in the Seattle mayoral race.
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Can Progressive Mayors Redeem the Democratic Party?
Zohran Mamdani isn’t the only candidate challenging the status quo—and having fun doing it.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The exciting talent @katiewilson.bsky.social has taken a narrow lead as ballots are still being counted in the Seattle mayoral race.
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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📢 BIG NEWS! Island Press is holding a #SimplyEverything sale! ALL our books are 50% off for ONE WEEK only! Find your next great read and save big! Use code HALF at checkout! 🌍📚 Islandpress.org/half
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📢 BIG NEWS! Island Press is holding a #SimplyEverything sale! ALL our books are 50% off for ONE WEEK only! Find your next great read and save big! Use code HALF at checkout! 🌍📚 Islandpress.org/half
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I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
![A meme depicting a woman staring at her phone with one hand on her head, with the following text below:
IS YOUR CHILD TEXTING ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD?
What your Great Lakes maritime history-obsessed teen's text messages actually mean:
brb = bell rang bro
rofl = rang out for lost (crew)
bff = big freakin' freigher
lol = Load of Ore on the Lake
smh = shift minutes to hours
glhf = Great Lakes hella freighter
tbh = taconite be haulin'
stfu = steer the freighter upwind
tfw = that freakin' witch (of November)
asl = a ship lost
gg = Gitche Gumee
idc = immoderate deadweight capacity
btw = beneath the waves
afk = a freighter kaput
hbd = hauler's beacon down
ily = iron load yonder
jk = just [24] kilometers
lmao = lost my abyssal ore
nbd = north bound draft
glhf = good lord, hold flooding
omg = obliteratingly massive gales
tmi = too much iron
wtf = White Fish (Bay)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccm7gttkbfs2eyyrlpshmeun/bafkreib6ughtj23oqdskaisavrueyn6fijujbp2e663h6p6ukx74lbibyu@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
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Get in girl, we’re making the bus better
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Get in girl, we’re making the bus better
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I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
Intercepted communications link Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader’s assassination | Globalnews.ca
British intelligence provided Canada with initial tip tying India’s government to temple leader's 2023 killing.
globalnews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
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Awesome event tonight!! More photos to come. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported!
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Awesome event tonight!! More photos to come. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported!
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We love to celebrate a creative force 🙌🏾
This weekend @thetyee.ca launched its new Creative Forces series with a spotlight on Anthonia Ogundele. Much appreciation to @roughclub.bsky.social for your beautiful photography and @harrisonmooney.bsky.social for interviewing, writing and producing this piece. 🌟
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Anthonia Ogundele Is a Creative Force | The Tyee
She founded a Black-centred, Black-led academy connecting youth with science and the arts. First in a series.
thetyee.ca
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We love to celebrate a creative force 🙌🏾
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I saw way too much stuff like this when I visited earlier this year. On the plus side, Toronto doesn’t have weird masked kidnappers running around
Toronto streetcar missing a light because it’s stuck in traffic.
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I saw way too much stuff like this when I visited earlier this year. On the plus side, Toronto doesn’t have weird masked kidnappers running around
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This rules, let’s go Toronto!
#RapidTO install rolling out on Bathurst. @ttcriders.bsky.social what do you think?
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This rules, let’s go Toronto!
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We’re just one week away! Make sure to get your tickets if you haven’t already, as spots are filling up.
The event features three components: competition, keynote & reception. You’re welcome to attend any individual session or join us for the entire event!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/...
The event features three components: competition, keynote & reception. You’re welcome to attend any individual session or join us for the entire event!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/...
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We’re just one week away! Make sure to get your tickets if you haven’t already, as spots are filling up.
The event features three components: competition, keynote & reception. You’re welcome to attend any individual session or join us for the entire event!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/...
The event features three components: competition, keynote & reception. You’re welcome to attend any individual session or join us for the entire event!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/...
OMGOMGOMG
In my spreadsheet (which makes assumptions about fall off, write-ins, probably has mistakes, etc.), Katie needed to average 54.6% to win by a little over 100 votes.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
NEW Seattle Numbers---
The Mayor's Race is razor tight.
Harrell 50.74
Wilson 48.86
A little over 4000 vote difference
Wilson just made up a lot of ground.
@komonews
The Mayor's Race is razor tight.
Harrell 50.74
Wilson 48.86
A little over 4000 vote difference
Wilson just made up a lot of ground.
@komonews
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
OMGOMGOMG
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Who is Katie Wilson?
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
In my spreadsheet (which makes assumptions about fall off, write-ins, probably has mistakes, etc.), Katie needed to average 54.6% to win by a little over 100 votes.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
NEW Seattle Numbers---
The Mayor's Race is razor tight.
Harrell 50.74
Wilson 48.86
A little over 4000 vote difference
Wilson just made up a lot of ground.
@komonews
The Mayor's Race is razor tight.
Harrell 50.74
Wilson 48.86
A little over 4000 vote difference
Wilson just made up a lot of ground.
@komonews
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Who is Katie Wilson?
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
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"It is well documented that public transit significantly benefits economic productivity [...]. For a 500-page productivity-focused budget, it’s striking that the term “public transit” appears only three times." 🚍
Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social
Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social
Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget comes at an important moment for Canada as we face an increasingly hostile United States and the need to chart our own path.
The choices this gover...
bcpolicy.ca
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"It is well documented that public transit significantly benefits economic productivity [...]. For a 500-page productivity-focused budget, it’s striking that the term “public transit” appears only three times." 🚍
Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social
Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social
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Installation of the RapidTO priority bus lanes along Dufferin Street, from Dufferin Station to King Street West, begins this week. Work on the first segment, Dundas to King, will take place overnight starting November 7th.
Learn more:
toronto.ca/RapidTODufferin
Learn more:
toronto.ca/RapidTODufferin
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Installation of the RapidTO priority bus lanes along Dufferin Street, from Dufferin Station to King Street West, begins this week. Work on the first segment, Dundas to King, will take place overnight starting November 7th.
Learn more:
toronto.ca/RapidTODufferin
Learn more:
toronto.ca/RapidTODufferin
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I spoke with Denis Agar (@denisagar.bsky.social) from Movement (@movementyvr.bsky.social) about his "conversion" to urbanism and his journey from working in public transit to now being an advocate for better public transit in Vancouver.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Denis Agar: Using Experience Gained Working as a Transit Planner to Make the Case for Better Transit in Vancouver
Podcast Episode · City Dweller · 11/07/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I spoke with Denis Agar (@denisagar.bsky.social) from Movement (@movementyvr.bsky.social) about his "conversion" to urbanism and his journey from working in public transit to now being an advocate for better public transit in Vancouver.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
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Great news out of Chicago.
Now surely our province, who is so transit-friendly they added Transit to the name of the ministry, is going to:
- Permanently fix TL's 2027 fiscal cliff
- Fund TL's Access for Everyone Plan
- Actually give BCT the expansion BCT is asking for
Right? Right???
Now surely our province, who is so transit-friendly they added Transit to the name of the ministry, is going to:
- Permanently fix TL's 2027 fiscal cliff
- Fund TL's Access for Everyone Plan
- Actually give BCT the expansion BCT is asking for
Right? Right???
Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year:
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen’s ambitious plan would also expand — from 20 to 30 routes — the so-called “Frequent Bus Network” that provides service “every ten minutes or better” between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
trib.al/Va4Ri0r
trib.al/Va4Ri0r
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Great news out of Chicago.
Now surely our province, who is so transit-friendly they added Transit to the name of the ministry, is going to:
- Permanently fix TL's 2027 fiscal cliff
- Fund TL's Access for Everyone Plan
- Actually give BCT the expansion BCT is asking for
Right? Right???
Now surely our province, who is so transit-friendly they added Transit to the name of the ministry, is going to:
- Permanently fix TL's 2027 fiscal cliff
- Fund TL's Access for Everyone Plan
- Actually give BCT the expansion BCT is asking for
Right? Right???
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I forgot how much the #102 sucks during rush hour. May as well bring rollerblades.
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I forgot how much the #102 sucks during rush hour. May as well bring rollerblades.
Reposted by Denis Agar (he/him)
Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year:
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen’s ambitious plan would also expand — from 20 to 30 routes — the so-called “Frequent Bus Network” that provides service “every ten minutes or better” between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
trib.al/Va4Ri0r
trib.al/Va4Ri0r
CTA plans 24-hour service on Orange Line to Midway, thanks to mass transit bailout
Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen’s ambitious plan would also expand — from 20 to 30 routes — the so-called “Frequent Bus Network” that provides service “every ten minutes or better” between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year:
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
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but for those who already have lots of capital. The "tax efficiency" case made in the budget was weak sauce.
2) Who *should* be asked to make "sacrifices" in a "generational" budget? When the mean household net worth of seniors is $5.7M and 50% of seniors pay no net income tax, maybe...
2) Who *should* be asked to make "sacrifices" in a "generational" budget? When the mean household net worth of seniors is $5.7M and 50% of seniors pay no net income tax, maybe...
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
but for those who already have lots of capital. The "tax efficiency" case made in the budget was weak sauce.
2) Who *should* be asked to make "sacrifices" in a "generational" budget? When the mean household net worth of seniors is $5.7M and 50% of seniors pay no net income tax, maybe...
2) Who *should* be asked to make "sacrifices" in a "generational" budget? When the mean household net worth of seniors is $5.7M and 50% of seniors pay no net income tax, maybe...
Taxes seem to only go down, never up. Why are some being asked to make sacrifices and not others?
Should we be talking more about the incongruity of the $27B income tax cut that Carney implemented upon taking office with the economic and fiscal theme of his first budget?
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Taxes seem to only go down, never up. Why are some being asked to make sacrifices and not others?
Also, Vancouver is one of the only big cities in Canada not to have a low income transit pass.
You pay $100-$200 per month, regardless of your ability to do so.
In Alberta, the pass is as low as $5/month.
You pay $100-$200 per month, regardless of your ability to do so.
In Alberta, the pass is as low as $5/month.
Did you know BC has some of the most affordable auto insurance rates in Canada? ICBC's basic auto insurance rates won't change through spring 2027, marking seven years in a row without a rate increase. News.gov.bc.ca/32970
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Also, Vancouver is one of the only big cities in Canada not to have a low income transit pass.
You pay $100-$200 per month, regardless of your ability to do so.
In Alberta, the pass is as low as $5/month.
You pay $100-$200 per month, regardless of your ability to do so.
In Alberta, the pass is as low as $5/month.
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@visionzerovancouver.ca Held a competition to decide what is the worst intersection in all of Metro Vancouver. This is the winner...
youtu.be/XgSjL7e7_ow
youtu.be/XgSjL7e7_ow
Vancouver's Worst Intersection (and How We Fix It)
YouTube video by Nic Laporte
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@visionzerovancouver.ca Held a competition to decide what is the worst intersection in all of Metro Vancouver. This is the winner...
youtu.be/XgSjL7e7_ow
youtu.be/XgSjL7e7_ow