Michal Rieback
@micrie.bsky.social
Urban planner, designer and just a passionate urbanist
Reposted by Michal Rieback
Rapid transit improvements work best when it’s designed to serve an area of shops, restaurants and housing… We’re fighting to make sure transit improvements that serve the needs of our region don’t get shut down by people afraid of change.
The Problem with Vancouver's Boundary Rd BRT (w/ @MovementYVR )
Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/rmtransit-the-problem-with-vancouvers-boundary-rd-brt-w-movement
@MovementYVR is a great advocacy organization fighting for better transit in the Metro Vancouver area, and today they bring you a video all about the problems of the propos
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September 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Rapid transit improvements work best when it’s designed to serve an area of shops, restaurants and housing… We’re fighting to make sure transit improvements that serve the needs of our region don’t get shut down by people afraid of change.
Burnaberians (?) and people from around Metro Vancouver, last chance to fill the survey about the North-Shore Burnaby BRT. Tell Translink you want it to go through Burnaby Heights! Watch @denisagar.bsky.social explains why:
youtu.be/n2TuO_f38FM?...
youtu.be/n2TuO_f38FM?...
The Problem with Vancouver's Boundary Rd BRT (w/ @MovementYVR )
YouTube video by RMTransit
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September 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Burnaberians (?) and people from around Metro Vancouver, last chance to fill the survey about the North-Shore Burnaby BRT. Tell Translink you want it to go through Burnaby Heights! Watch @denisagar.bsky.social explains why:
youtu.be/n2TuO_f38FM?...
youtu.be/n2TuO_f38FM?...
Reposted by Michal Rieback
Would you rather have new convenient transit access to the wonderful restaurants and shops in Burnaby Heights, or to a station that's already served by SkyTrain?
The choice is yours!
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The choice is yours!
1/3
September 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Would you rather have new convenient transit access to the wonderful restaurants and shops in Burnaby Heights, or to a station that's already served by SkyTrain?
The choice is yours!
1/3
The choice is yours!
1/3
Listen to @michaelhall.bsky.social about curbside use and tell Translink what you think about the proposed BRT (opt 1 if you would like to get to Burnaby Heights comfortably) translinklistens.ca/bus-rapid-tr...
September 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Listen to @michaelhall.bsky.social about curbside use and tell Translink what you think about the proposed BRT (opt 1 if you would like to get to Burnaby Heights comfortably) translinklistens.ca/bus-rapid-tr...
Bill proposal: every council member (anywhere in the world) will have to go to the Netherlands for a week, stay in a suburb/not a city center and learn how convenient it is to use public transport and bicycles. Only than they could say something and vote about transit/urban development.
July 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Bill proposal: every council member (anywhere in the world) will have to go to the Netherlands for a week, stay in a suburb/not a city center and learn how convenient it is to use public transport and bicycles. Only than they could say something and vote about transit/urban development.
I wrote an op-ed for the @dailyhivevancouver.bsky.social about my feelings about the 25 bus in Vancouver (spoiler: not so positive), transit planning and the changes needed for more people-oriented cities.
Thanks @denisagar.bsky.social and @iamkennethchan.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/no...
Thanks @denisagar.bsky.social and @iamkennethchan.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/no...
Opinion: This Metro Vancouver bus route is a masterclass in how to put transit last | Urbanized
TransLink's busy No. 25 UBC/Brentwood Town Centre Station bus route is a masterclass in how to put public transit considerations last.
dailyhive.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I wrote an op-ed for the @dailyhivevancouver.bsky.social about my feelings about the 25 bus in Vancouver (spoiler: not so positive), transit planning and the changes needed for more people-oriented cities.
Thanks @denisagar.bsky.social and @iamkennethchan.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/no...
Thanks @denisagar.bsky.social and @iamkennethchan.bsky.social
dailyhive.com/vancouver/no...
Today (like any other day) is a good day to remind everyone: Paint (alone) is not infrastructure!
If it's NOT safe for an 8 or 80 year old, it's NOTHING. Don't even call it 'bikelane'.
Dangerous 'bikelanes'?
Painted ones in between parked and moving cars!! Opening door can kill you!
Rode on Runnymede and Annette.
Simple solution: move bike lane next to sidewalk.
#FixItNow
Dangerous 'bikelanes'?
Painted ones in between parked and moving cars!! Opening door can kill you!
Rode on Runnymede and Annette.
Simple solution: move bike lane next to sidewalk.
#FixItNow
May 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Today (like any other day) is a good day to remind everyone: Paint (alone) is not infrastructure!
One of the things that I love to do during the NBA playoffs is to compare who has the fewest parking lots outside the stadium. Go Knicks! (at least on the no parking part)
May 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
One of the things that I love to do during the NBA playoffs is to compare who has the fewest parking lots outside the stadium. Go Knicks! (at least on the no parking part)
Reposted by Michal Rieback
Biking to Work, School, or to Shop? Log Your Rides—It’s Go By Bike Week from May 31–June 6!
Ride your bike to 30+ celebration stations for free bike checks, snacks, prizes, and more!
Join for free as a team or ride solo at bikehub.ca/gbbw
#GoByBike #GoByBikeBC
Ride your bike to 30+ celebration stations for free bike checks, snacks, prizes, and more!
Join for free as a team or ride solo at bikehub.ca/gbbw
#GoByBike #GoByBikeBC
April 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Biking to Work, School, or to Shop? Log Your Rides—It’s Go By Bike Week from May 31–June 6!
Ride your bike to 30+ celebration stations for free bike checks, snacks, prizes, and more!
Join for free as a team or ride solo at bikehub.ca/gbbw
#GoByBike #GoByBikeBC
Ride your bike to 30+ celebration stations for free bike checks, snacks, prizes, and more!
Join for free as a team or ride solo at bikehub.ca/gbbw
#GoByBike #GoByBikeBC
Reposted by Michal Rieback
They've been planning the Broadway & Commercial site for almost 20 years.
This Thursday (May 15) it's FINALLY getting a public hearing.
A thousand transit-oriented rental homes, zero displacement, and daycare!
Please say YES to housing. Step-by-step instructions below!
This Thursday (May 15) it's FINALLY getting a public hearing.
A thousand transit-oriented rental homes, zero displacement, and daycare!
Please say YES to housing. Step-by-step instructions below!
May 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
They've been planning the Broadway & Commercial site for almost 20 years.
This Thursday (May 15) it's FINALLY getting a public hearing.
A thousand transit-oriented rental homes, zero displacement, and daycare!
Please say YES to housing. Step-by-step instructions below!
This Thursday (May 15) it's FINALLY getting a public hearing.
A thousand transit-oriented rental homes, zero displacement, and daycare!
Please say YES to housing. Step-by-step instructions below!
It's Jane's Walk weekend in Metro Vancouver!
I just love this event so much, it allows you to really learn about a city from the people who live and love it.
I really recommend everyone to go on at least one walk (in Vancouver or wherever you are in the world) @janeswalkvan.bsky.social
I just love this event so much, it allows you to really learn about a city from the people who live and love it.
I really recommend everyone to go on at least one walk (in Vancouver or wherever you are in the world) @janeswalkvan.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's Jane's Walk weekend in Metro Vancouver!
I just love this event so much, it allows you to really learn about a city from the people who live and love it.
I really recommend everyone to go on at least one walk (in Vancouver or wherever you are in the world) @janeswalkvan.bsky.social
I just love this event so much, it allows you to really learn about a city from the people who live and love it.
I really recommend everyone to go on at least one walk (in Vancouver or wherever you are in the world) @janeswalkvan.bsky.social
If any of you are in Vancouver this Friday and wants some urbanism fun, come join us in the Urbanism Big Tent at Brewhall Vancouver 5:30🎪🎉
More details and rsvp here:
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You can rsvp here as well:
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#StrongTownVancouver #urbanism
More details and rsvp here:
www.instagram.com/strongtownsv...
You can rsvp here as well:
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#StrongTownVancouver #urbanism
Strong Towns Vancouver on Instagram: "🌇 Join us for an exciting evening of urban planning, transportation and mobility discussions and networking at our Big Tent event! 🍻
Connect with urbanist organiz...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If any of you are in Vancouver this Friday and wants some urbanism fun, come join us in the Urbanism Big Tent at Brewhall Vancouver 5:30🎪🎉
More details and rsvp here:
www.instagram.com/strongtownsv...
You can rsvp here as well:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#StrongTownVancouver #urbanism
More details and rsvp here:
www.instagram.com/strongtownsv...
You can rsvp here as well:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#StrongTownVancouver #urbanism
Paris is going to pedestrianize *500 MORE* street. Meanwhile Vancouver is slowly and painfuly suffocating the one great pilot it had in Gastown... Not to mention the rest on the metro area.
BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Paris is going to pedestrianize *500 MORE* street. Meanwhile Vancouver is slowly and painfuly suffocating the one great pilot it had in Gastown... Not to mention the rest on the metro area.
🚍 Save the Bus!
Despite the rain, so many people showed up at the #SaveTheBus rally today in Metrotown to demand no transit cuts, only more funding!
We need more buses. Cutting transit funding is not an option.
Thanks @movementyvr.bsky.social for organize the rally!
Take action: SaveTheBus.ca
Despite the rain, so many people showed up at the #SaveTheBus rally today in Metrotown to demand no transit cuts, only more funding!
We need more buses. Cutting transit funding is not an option.
Thanks @movementyvr.bsky.social for organize the rally!
Take action: SaveTheBus.ca
March 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🚍 Save the Bus!
Despite the rain, so many people showed up at the #SaveTheBus rally today in Metrotown to demand no transit cuts, only more funding!
We need more buses. Cutting transit funding is not an option.
Thanks @movementyvr.bsky.social for organize the rally!
Take action: SaveTheBus.ca
Despite the rain, so many people showed up at the #SaveTheBus rally today in Metrotown to demand no transit cuts, only more funding!
We need more buses. Cutting transit funding is not an option.
Thanks @movementyvr.bsky.social for organize the rally!
Take action: SaveTheBus.ca
Reposted by Michal Rieback
You all know I love the inspirational power of a great “before & after” street or place transformation. Here’s a before, middle and after transformation, showing the temporary and then permanent changes. The evolution of a school street in Bratislava, Slovakia, HT @holz-bau.bsky.social. Very smart.
March 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You all know I love the inspirational power of a great “before & after” street or place transformation. Here’s a before, middle and after transformation, showing the temporary and then permanent changes. The evolution of a school street in Bratislava, Slovakia, HT @holz-bau.bsky.social. Very smart.
Reposted by Michal Rieback
I wrote an entire article analyzing this. The key takeaway: “EVs are the future of cars, but cars are not the future of transportation”
March 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I wrote an entire article analyzing this. The key takeaway: “EVs are the future of cars, but cars are not the future of transportation”
You see Vancouver, this is how you do it (I'm looking at you Gastown debacle!)
Montreal Adds Nine More Car-Free Streets after ‘Mind Blowing’ Success www.theenergymix.com/montreal-add...
Montreal Adds Nine More Car-Free Streets after ‘Mind Blowing’ Success www.theenergymix.com/montreal-add...
Montreal Adds Nine More Car-Free Streets after ‘Mind Blowing’ Success
Four years after Montreal decided to make a 2.5-kilometre stretch of a busy downtown artery car-free every summer, the transformation continues to receive rave reviews from users and local businesses.
www.theenergymix.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
You see Vancouver, this is how you do it (I'm looking at you Gastown debacle!)
Montreal Adds Nine More Car-Free Streets after ‘Mind Blowing’ Success www.theenergymix.com/montreal-add...
Montreal Adds Nine More Car-Free Streets after ‘Mind Blowing’ Success www.theenergymix.com/montreal-add...
Perfect Sunday afternoon today at the Woodland bike bridge! With @StrongTownsVancouver & @VisionZeroVancouver we set up benches, planters, and games, turning it into a real community hangout.
Public spaces are for people, not just cars. Hope it will continue and grow!
#TacticalUrbanism #Placemaking
Public spaces are for people, not just cars. Hope it will continue and grow!
#TacticalUrbanism #Placemaking
March 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Perfect Sunday afternoon today at the Woodland bike bridge! With @StrongTownsVancouver & @VisionZeroVancouver we set up benches, planters, and games, turning it into a real community hangout.
Public spaces are for people, not just cars. Hope it will continue and grow!
#TacticalUrbanism #Placemaking
Public spaces are for people, not just cars. Hope it will continue and grow!
#TacticalUrbanism #Placemaking
Had a crap day, so I need to rant and vent, Vancouver urbanism edition:
Why do beg buttons still exist? Just let me cross!
Why does the Millennium Line only have 2 cars? It’s packed!
Why does it take so long to upgrade a SkyTrain station? It’s just an escalator!
Why do beg buttons still exist? Just let me cross!
Why does the Millennium Line only have 2 cars? It’s packed!
Why does it take so long to upgrade a SkyTrain station? It’s just an escalator!
February 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Had a crap day, so I need to rant and vent, Vancouver urbanism edition:
Why do beg buttons still exist? Just let me cross!
Why does the Millennium Line only have 2 cars? It’s packed!
Why does it take so long to upgrade a SkyTrain station? It’s just an escalator!
Why do beg buttons still exist? Just let me cross!
Why does the Millennium Line only have 2 cars? It’s packed!
Why does it take so long to upgrade a SkyTrain station? It’s just an escalator!