Duncan Wilcock
@duncanwilcock.bsky.social
Passion for #micromobility
Climate impact. Equity in mobility, housing, and climate.
Born 328ppm. Aspiring Polymath.
Climate impact. Equity in mobility, housing, and climate.
Born 328ppm. Aspiring Polymath.
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Duncan Wilcock
@duncanwilcock.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Introducing Better North Shore — Better North Shore
By founding Better North Shore, we are creating a focal point for people who share our values and desire for positive change.
www.betternorthshore.ca
We’ve started something I’m very proud of.
Local politics has perhaps the most impact on your daily life. We outline our visions for positive change on Vancouver’s North Shore.
If you live there, consider joining our infrequent, respectful mailing list.
www.betternorthshore.ca/blog/introdu...
Local politics has perhaps the most impact on your daily life. We outline our visions for positive change on Vancouver’s North Shore.
If you live there, consider joining our infrequent, respectful mailing list.
www.betternorthshore.ca/blog/introdu...
New: parking reservations required on weekends for Creekside P2.
Hopefully this will inspire bus operators to offer additional service from MetroVan - including pick-ups at say Park Royal, or CapU - some locations on the way other than downtown.
www.whistlerblackcombparking.com/reserve-n-sk...
Hopefully this will inspire bus operators to offer additional service from MetroVan - including pick-ups at say Park Royal, or CapU - some locations on the way other than downtown.
www.whistlerblackcombparking.com/reserve-n-sk...
Whistler Blackcomb Parking | RESERVE 'N SKI PARKING
Whistler Blackcomb Parking Reservations. Make Your FREE Reserve 'N Ski Parking Reservations for Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort in British Columbia.
www.whistlerblackcombparking.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New: parking reservations required on weekends for Creekside P2.
Hopefully this will inspire bus operators to offer additional service from MetroVan - including pick-ups at say Park Royal, or CapU - some locations on the way other than downtown.
www.whistlerblackcombparking.com/reserve-n-sk...
Hopefully this will inspire bus operators to offer additional service from MetroVan - including pick-ups at say Park Royal, or CapU - some locations on the way other than downtown.
www.whistlerblackcombparking.com/reserve-n-sk...
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
Traveling by transit is much, much safer than driving.
More info in this story I wrote for @slate.com a while ago.
More info in this story I wrote for @slate.com a while ago.
The Incredibly Obvious Way to Reduce Road Deaths That Goes Ignored
Some outside-the-car-frame thinking.
slate.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Traveling by transit is much, much safer than driving.
More info in this story I wrote for @slate.com a while ago.
More info in this story I wrote for @slate.com a while ago.
Outstanding article.
The future is unfolding before our eyes, and it's delightful. Safer for kids, healthier, and happier too.
⚡️🚲❤️💪
The future is unfolding before our eyes, and it's delightful. Safer for kids, healthier, and happier too.
⚡️🚲❤️💪
October 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Outstanding article.
The future is unfolding before our eyes, and it's delightful. Safer for kids, healthier, and happier too.
⚡️🚲❤️💪
The future is unfolding before our eyes, and it's delightful. Safer for kids, healthier, and happier too.
⚡️🚲❤️💪
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
Barbed wire protecting a large patch of nothing, right on the beach in downtown Ventura, California. If we taxed land instead of buildings, people would live and work here.
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Barbed wire protecting a large patch of nothing, right on the beach in downtown Ventura, California. If we taxed land instead of buildings, people would live and work here.
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
The Ontario premier either doesn't understand that speed cameras save lives, or he doesn't care.
October 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Ontario premier either doesn't understand that speed cameras save lives, or he doesn't care.
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
"Over half of the e-cargo bike mileage ridden during trials substituted for car use."
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
October 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Over half of the e-cargo bike mileage ridden during trials substituted for car use."
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
Speed Cameras: Cash Grab?
"For all I care, the revenue from cameras could be donated to charity – it’s the cameras themselves that have the positive benefit, and the revenue from them seems to cause more problems than solutions."
beyondtheautomobile.com/2025/09/26/o...
#DougFord #SpeedKills
"For all I care, the revenue from cameras could be donated to charity – it’s the cameras themselves that have the positive benefit, and the revenue from them seems to cause more problems than solutions."
beyondtheautomobile.com/2025/09/26/o...
#DougFord #SpeedKills
On Speed Cameras
Based on a recent conversation with a friend who supports banning cameras, I’ve written this post to dissect some of the tensions at play on this issue, acknowledge why people are frustrated …
beyondtheautomobile.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Speed Cameras: Cash Grab?
"For all I care, the revenue from cameras could be donated to charity – it’s the cameras themselves that have the positive benefit, and the revenue from them seems to cause more problems than solutions."
beyondtheautomobile.com/2025/09/26/o...
#DougFord #SpeedKills
"For all I care, the revenue from cameras could be donated to charity – it’s the cameras themselves that have the positive benefit, and the revenue from them seems to cause more problems than solutions."
beyondtheautomobile.com/2025/09/26/o...
#DougFord #SpeedKills
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Forgot one:
“Demand that your local leaders build complete networks of sidewalks and protected bike lanes.”
“Demand that your local leaders build complete networks of sidewalks and protected bike lanes.”
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
n.pr
September 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Forgot one:
“Demand that your local leaders build complete networks of sidewalks and protected bike lanes.”
“Demand that your local leaders build complete networks of sidewalks and protected bike lanes.”
This. 1000 times.
Our city will have exactly as much gridlock as it makes room for.
Our city will have exactly as much gridlock as it makes room for.
Morning rush-hour near London's Oval station. Trains pass underground every few minutes and there's a continuous flood of bicycles, but still there's one lane of gridlocked traffic. Your city will always have exactly as much gridlock as it makes room for.
September 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This. 1000 times.
Our city will have exactly as much gridlock as it makes room for.
Our city will have exactly as much gridlock as it makes room for.
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
In European cities like Barcelona, London, and Milan, most vehicle emissions are from tires, road wear, and brakes -- not exhaust.
Extensive report from @eiturbanmobility.eu: www.eiturbanmobility.eu/wp-content/u...
Extensive report from @eiturbanmobility.eu: www.eiturbanmobility.eu/wp-content/u...
August 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
In European cities like Barcelona, London, and Milan, most vehicle emissions are from tires, road wear, and brakes -- not exhaust.
Extensive report from @eiturbanmobility.eu: www.eiturbanmobility.eu/wp-content/u...
Extensive report from @eiturbanmobility.eu: www.eiturbanmobility.eu/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
Bike safety is an equity issue.
In Florida (and across the USA): "Lower-income neighborhoods experience more bicyclist crashes."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In Florida (and across the USA): "Lower-income neighborhoods experience more bicyclist crashes."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Bike safety is an equity issue.
In Florida (and across the USA): "Lower-income neighborhoods experience more bicyclist crashes."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In Florida (and across the USA): "Lower-income neighborhoods experience more bicyclist crashes."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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It's finally possible to glimpse the idea of a great interconnected transit network for a great region like the Bay Area.
But it will only happen if we gently push back every time someone says "but what kind of people is this service for?"
"Everyone", we must say. It's for everyone. 20/20
But it will only happen if we gently push back every time someone says "but what kind of people is this service for?"
"Everyone", we must say. It's for everyone. 20/20
July 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It's finally possible to glimpse the idea of a great interconnected transit network for a great region like the Bay Area.
But it will only happen if we gently push back every time someone says "but what kind of people is this service for?"
"Everyone", we must say. It's for everyone. 20/20
But it will only happen if we gently push back every time someone says "but what kind of people is this service for?"
"Everyone", we must say. It's for everyone. 20/20
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
Why are we always looking only for “non-bus alternatives” in urban transit?
It’s like looking for “non-boat alternatives” to the problem of water transportation.
Our available network is mostly roads. So let’s run more transit on roads.
It’s like looking for “non-boat alternatives” to the problem of water transportation.
Our available network is mostly roads. So let’s run more transit on roads.
July 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Why are we always looking only for “non-bus alternatives” in urban transit?
It’s like looking for “non-boat alternatives” to the problem of water transportation.
Our available network is mostly roads. So let’s run more transit on roads.
It’s like looking for “non-boat alternatives” to the problem of water transportation.
Our available network is mostly roads. So let’s run more transit on roads.
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
If prioritized homes for people like we prioritize homes for cars we would be much further along in dealing with this housing crisis.
Want another example of staggering lack of leadership & understanding around how to actually address our complex urban challenges? Imagine ignoring experts and rejecting this badly needed 6-storey housing project for people with disabilities, over parking spots. tricitiesdispatch.com/residents-di...
Housing for residents with disabilities put on hold due to lack of parking – Tri-Cities Dispatch
An affordable rental project for residents living with mental illness failed to cross the finish line in Port Coquitlam council chambers recently, with
tricitiesdispatch.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If prioritized homes for people like we prioritize homes for cars we would be much further along in dealing with this housing crisis.
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
In urban planning, density is what prevents loss of nature. If you like nature you need to like density.
Speakers share concerns about density, infrastructure, loss of nature at public hearing
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
Speakers share concerns about density, infrastructure, loss of nature at public hearing - Halifax Examiner
What people had to say about the Halifax regional plan.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
June 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In urban planning, density is what prevents loss of nature. If you like nature you need to like density.
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You had me at “no touchscreen”
Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen
Would you buy a truck this bare-bones?
www.theverge.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You had me at “no touchscreen”
My latest writing, has some implications for the Canadian Federal election too.
Spoiler: I won't be voting for Pierre Pollievre
#CdnPoli #ElectionsCanada
www.betternorthshore.ca/blog/where-h...
Spoiler: I won't be voting for Pierre Pollievre
#CdnPoli #ElectionsCanada
www.betternorthshore.ca/blog/where-h...
Where have all the good conservatives gone? — Better North Shore
It’s time to stop letting right-wing populists dishonour the name of conservatism.
www.betternorthshore.ca
April 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My latest writing, has some implications for the Canadian Federal election too.
Spoiler: I won't be voting for Pierre Pollievre
#CdnPoli #ElectionsCanada
www.betternorthshore.ca/blog/where-h...
Spoiler: I won't be voting for Pierre Pollievre
#CdnPoli #ElectionsCanada
www.betternorthshore.ca/blog/where-h...
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The view from too many US rapid transit stations. Underpriced parking that fills up too soon, low density housing, nothing else in walking distance.
April 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The view from too many US rapid transit stations. Underpriced parking that fills up too soon, low density housing, nothing else in walking distance.
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
Japan’s best-selling EV is the Sakura, a kei car with bidirectional charging and 112 miles of range. Its cost: $17k.
The Sakura is an ideal urban car, but sclerotic federal regs block Americans from getting one.
The Sakura is an ideal urban car, but sclerotic federal regs block Americans from getting one.
This Could Be Japan’s Best-Kept EV Secret—and It Deserves to Be Shared
Meet the Sakura, the best-selling electric car in Japan. It has driver assistance, auto-parking, fast charging, bi-directional power, and acres of charm. The killer stat: It only costs $17,000.
www.wired.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Japan’s best-selling EV is the Sakura, a kei car with bidirectional charging and 112 miles of range. Its cost: $17k.
The Sakura is an ideal urban car, but sclerotic federal regs block Americans from getting one.
The Sakura is an ideal urban car, but sclerotic federal regs block Americans from getting one.
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New rental building, a.k.a “dropping the ghetto on Kitsilano”.
Anyways here's the apartment building full of renters that COPE, TEAM, and the Green Party voted against. I hope in the future these votes aren't contentious.
April 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
New rental building, a.k.a “dropping the ghetto on Kitsilano”.
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
Prime example of the ideology driven incoherent verbiage that pollute the housing discourse of our times.
April 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Prime example of the ideology driven incoherent verbiage that pollute the housing discourse of our times.
Our “April on the Shore” newsletter is out.
Join our mailing list - one per month - to get them first.
www.betternorthshore.ca/newsletter/m...
#NorthVan #bcpoli
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#NorthVan #bcpoli
April 2025 news — Better North Shore
This month’s newsletter celebrates our natural heritage and Earth Day with a look at trees and how each municipality protects them, old growth ecosystems and pollinators as well as the proposal for pa...
www.betternorthshore.ca
April 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Our “April on the Shore” newsletter is out.
Join our mailing list - one per month - to get them first.
www.betternorthshore.ca/newsletter/m...
#NorthVan #bcpoli
Join our mailing list - one per month - to get them first.
www.betternorthshore.ca/newsletter/m...
#NorthVan #bcpoli
We’re keeping busy, and working to make good changes.
🤔 Ever wonder why some trees can be cut down while others can’t? On the North Shore, the criteria for protected trees vary between municipalities. This post explores the rules and differences🌳🏠 #betternorthshore #trees #NorthVan #westvan
www.betternorthshore.ca/blog/0cvndle...
www.betternorthshore.ca/blog/0cvndle...
Our North Shore roots are in the trees — Better North Shore
Braaap, braaap, zing ding ding ding. Oh, no. There’s the sound of another tree coming down. Birds circle the area, literally in a flap because their home is being destroyed. The tree is a large Wester...
www.betternorthshore.ca
April 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
We’re keeping busy, and working to make good changes.
Reposted by Duncan Wilcock
Dear Vancouver politicians: This, please.
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
www.curbed.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Dear Vancouver politicians: This, please.