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Nov 18, 2022 12 tweets 5 min read
March 2008. I had one kid and a second was on its way. 11 years living in a city with no family and the majority of my friends were grad students who - even then - couldn't afford to stay in Vancouver after graduating. #TwitterRequiem 1/11 Twitter was a way to connect with new people with similar interests. Most of them geeky, many of them outgoing introverts. Tweet ups. For whatever reason, GenX seemed to really embrace this medium. 2/11
Mar 11, 2021 84 tweets 33 min read
It's Episode 3 of the Park Board Meeting: Return of the Jed... Um, Return of the Bike Lane?

Tonight, it's Commissioner's motions:

1) Temporary bike lane
2) Defense of the QE View Cone
3) Low-impact turf maintenance

#VanParkBoard And we're live!

I know because it says so.

#VanParkBoard
Mar 10, 2021 59 tweets 21 min read
#VanParkBoard Committee Meeting, Day 2: Return to Thunderdome Tonight's first speaker is City Councilor @LisaDominato, who is speaking in support of the Vancouver Urban Food Garden.

Yes, they're still listening to speakers on this. 18 more speakers.

Are we going to get to Commissioner's motions tonight? Seems unlikely. #VanParkBoard
Mar 9, 2021 28 tweets 10 min read
Oh hey! There's a Vancouver Park Board meeting about to start. You _might_ want to mute this thread. #VanParkBoard "The meeting will being shortly". Sigh, not even any smooth jazz to keep us entertained. #VanParkBoard
Mar 8, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
Reminder: When Commissioners Coupar and Barker argue there shouldn't be a temporary bike lane in one of the two travel lanes in Stanley Park due to loss of accessible parking spots, they're talking about *2* spots. Image And blaming the temporary bike lane on parking revenue loss is ... grasping at straws. Parking in Stanley Park was never full when the temporary lane was in place last summer Image
Nov 24, 2020 62 tweets 7 min read
Park Board report on Stanley Park Mobility Survey being given right now: csg001-harmony.sliq.net/00318/Harmony/… I'll cover highlights in this thread. Maybe mute me for the next hour if you don't care...
Sep 18, 2020 6 tweets 1 min read
I call on the Park Board Commissioners to reconsider the removal of the temporary protected active-transportation lane. What problem does the removal solve? What are the consequences of the removal? Problems that it solves:

* More convenient access to Brockton Point and Third Beach for people who drive to Stanley Park
* Allowing people who drive more convenient access to/from the Causeway