Tag: transportation
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Vision Zero supports safety improvements on 16th Avenue
On October 14 2025, a driver turning left from Willow St hit a woman crossing 16th Avenue with a baby in a stroller. A security camera captured the incident; the video is extremely disturbing and we don’t recommend watching it. The baby was fortunately unhurt; the woman is in hospital with life-altering injuries. This didn’t…
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Demanding Safer Streets
Read more about the two billboards we put up in Vancouver in the summer and fall of 2025!
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Take Action: Renewing Vancouver’s Vision Zero Plan
Vancouver is failing on its vision zero goals We all know at least one person who’s been seriously injured or killed in a crash. And anyone who walks or cycles in our city is used to frequently feeling unsafe because of vehicle traffic. Simply put, Vancouver’s roads are not safe – but it doesn’t need…
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Vision Zero Vancouver: 2024 Vancouver Council in Review
It’s been 2 years since the current Vancouver City Council was elected so we’re going to see how their 2024 went! (See our Year 1 report card and our scoring criteria here.) In 2023, there were 2 motions we were especially excited about – Broadway active transport lanes and intersection safety cameras – and both…
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Take Action: Add Bus Lanes to TransLink’s Priority Routes
On July 24, 2024, Vancouver City Council will vote on a motion titled “Taking urgent action to boost street capacity and speed up transit service for Vancouverites”, which will add dedicated bus lanes to TransLink’s priority corridors, shown in GREEN in the map above. This would massively speed up commute times for transit users across…
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Grab a Brick!
We appreciated the positive, widespread response to the pedestrian brick campaign! The campaign resulted from a combination of two sources of inspiration: a) The ‘Brick in the Rain social experiment‘ by the Treeman Youtube channel in Hong Kong, who filmed a subject getting splashed at street corners by drivers passing through puddles. They then wanted…
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