Vision Zero Vancouver
@visionzerovancouver.ca
Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
Everyone and all modes deserve safety and it is also just basic physics that pedestrians and cyclists need more protections because cars, especially recent cars & trucks, are ginormous monstrosities with hoods taller than most children
Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · 2d agoAs a driver, I want physically separated lanes for bikes As a pedestrian, I want physically separated lanes for bikes Also as a cyclist, I want physically separated lanes for bikes
Do you hate getting hit by cars? You can stop that by voting! Last early voting day tomorrow (Tuesday) and election day next Saturday oct 17 www.youtube.com/shorts/MU32S...
Do you hate getting hit by cars?
YouTube video by Vision Zero Vancouver
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I think you should watch this video just to marvel in the impressive video editing skills of our VZV volunteers
Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · 3d agoIn 3 years, 6 pedestrians have been killed on the same short stretch of Lougheed in Maple Ridge. Why does it keep happening, and what can we do about it? We went to investigate. youtu.be/KSpQ5SNmc48?...
In 3 years, 6 pedestrians have been killed on the same short stretch of Lougheed in Maple Ridge. Why does it keep happening, and what can we do about it? We went to investigate. youtu.be/KSpQ5SNmc48?...
The most dangerous road in British Columbia?
YouTube video by Vision Zero Vancouver
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Speaking of which... Early voting is on TODAY. Please go vote 🙏
Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · 4d agoOn Wednesday morning as our volunteers were out bright and early campaigning for safer streets, the keyboard warriors in the mayor's office were simultaneously putting out a release promising to remove hard-fought and life-saving traffic calming. (1/3)
Patrick sent me a personal note to say my near-faral crash informed road safety decisions. Not only is he a road safety champion bit he's also a very lovely, caring person.
I'm proud of this one. We can make Vision Zero a reality in #NewWest. We can end road deaths and serious injuries. We can lead the province and demonstrate it can be done. And I'm committed to seeing it through. I just need your vote. www.communityfirstnw.ca/patrick_john...
Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · 4d agoWe don't endorse candidates lightly, but @pjnewwest.bsky.social has proven that he not only talks the talk but walks the walk. His commitments to road safety have made a real difference and positioned New West as a leader in the region. visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/10/08/j...
This morning we joined HUB staff, volunteers, and families on a bike bus ride to Florence Nightingale Elementary School. The Ride-Along was part of HUB Cycling’s Streets for Tomorrow, Today campaign, to make it safer and easier for kids & youth to walk, bike and roll in their communities.
We don't endorse candidates lightly, but @pjnewwest.bsky.social has proven that he not only talks the talk but walks the walk. His commitments to road safety have made a real difference and positioned New West as a leader in the region. visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/10/08/j...
Patrick Johnstone is a Road Safety Champion
We don’t endorse candidates lightly, but Johnstone has proven that he not only talks the talk but walks the walk. His commitments to road safety have made a real difference.
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On Wednesday morning as our volunteers were out bright and early campaigning for safer streets, the keyboard warriors in the mayor's office were simultaneously putting out a release promising to remove hard-fought and life-saving traffic calming. (1/3)
Do you like traffic calming?! Neighbours are organizing this counter-petition to show support for the Hastings-Sunrise traffic calming work, which two municipal parties have now made promises to tear out if elected: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c...
Sign the Petition
Keep the Calming: Safe streets in Hastings Sunrise
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Filming while driving, looking at her phone more than the road... that's a big yikes from us. Still no comment from "pubic safety party" ABC youtube.com/shorts/NOoap...
ABC candidate films campaign video while driving?!
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Today's announcement from ABC that they plan to remove traffic calming in neighbourhoods that badly need it will have dire and long-reaching consequences - and it's actually about much more than banana barriers. Our statement: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/10/07/a...
Latest ABC campaign promise on removing traffic calming will have grave, long-term consequences for road safety
This morning, ABC announced a slew of dangerous campaign promises that will move the city backwards on road safety.
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The traffic calming installed in my neighbourhood has meant my kids have a safe route to school and soccer practice. Its made a huge difference for our comfort. Ken Sim & ABC would rather placate a handful of noisy drivers than protect children, seniors, & others who just want to get around safely.
Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · 6d agoThe brave people at the "party of public safety" don't care if you die as long as it saves drivers 10 seconds
I am similarly going to condemn this action. Distracted driving is extremely dangerous and I see it so often in Vancouver as a driver, a cyclist and a pedestrian. By which I mean I have been hit by distracted drivers several times, and have loved ones who have been killed by distracted drivers.
Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · 7d agoDistraction is the second leading cause of fatal crashes in our region and province. We hope that all candidates take that seriously, especially those from a party campaigning on public safety. (Video from ABC School Board Candidate Lina Vargas on Instagram)
The brave people at the "party of public safety" don't care if you die as long as it saves drivers 10 seconds
Getting out the vote for road safety! Today is the 2nd early voting day!
Pro police and "public safety" party btw
Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · 7d agoDistraction is the second leading cause of fatal crashes in our region and province. We hope that all candidates take that seriously, especially those from a party campaigning on public safety. (Video from ABC School Board Candidate Lina Vargas on Instagram)
I can't walk 20 mins to work through my 'traffic-calmed' neighbourhood without almost getting hit by a car. Every single day. It has gotten significantly worse in the last 4 years, while these jokers are in charge. Clearly they don't take traffic safety seriously... Vote them out #vancouver.
Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · 7d agoDistraction is the second leading cause of fatal crashes in our region and province. We hope that all candidates take that seriously, especially those from a party campaigning on public safety. (Video from ABC School Board Candidate Lina Vargas on Instagram)
Hey Vancouver, tomorrow is the next early voting day. Find a polling station near you and go vote! If you don’t know who to vote for & one of the things you care about is active transportation / safe streets, check out @visionzerovancouver.ca’s election guide here. visionzerovancouver.ca/vote/
Distraction is the second leading cause of fatal crashes in our region and province. We hope that all candidates take that seriously, especially those from a party campaigning on public safety. (Video from ABC School Board Candidate Lina Vargas on Instagram)
We've gone through all the platforms & past actions, and today we're releasing our final all-in-one-place Vancouver City Council voting guide! Read this if you think vision zero - and all adjacent issues (climate, safety, equity) - should be an election issue. visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/10/03/v...
Vision Zero Vancouver 2026 Voting Guide
We’ve met with the parties running in the Vancouver municipal election and asked them to endorse our 10 first-year asks. We’ve graded the incumbents on 4 years of council votes. Now, we…
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Last year I tried to make Vancouver’s streets car-free for Halloween, but ABC blocked it due to their "zero means zero" budget freeze. If I’m reelected, I’ll bring this back. Kids deserve a safe, fun Halloween!
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
We tried to do something in Vancouver but ABC voted it down. They put cars over children. Oh by the way it's the first day of early voting and the sun is shining ☀️
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
Genuinely so disappointing, we don't really know what else to say. Great article from Justin.
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · last wk.Elections have a way of clarifying who matters to political parties (car owners) and whose priorities can wait for another day (transit advocates). My dispatch from Day 1 on David Eby’s four day mid-election road trip. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Vehicle crashes are a significant source of preventable injury and death in Vancouver, and traffic-related fatalities have skyrocketed under ABC, who have taken no meaningful steps to improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists, seniors, and schoolchildren. We can change that.
This morning, both the BC Conservatives and the BC NDP ruled out a vehicle levy to fund public transit in Metro Vancouver. This despite the vehicle levy being commonly used in other cities, including Montreal, Seattle, and the bustling metropolis of Gatineau, Quebec.
Since money doesn't grow on trees, funding for TransLink will ultimately come down to taxpayers one way or another. The government's choice is to either pick the least bad way, or to let transit collapse.
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2w agoAsked Eby about this, and he said they have “shut the door” on a vehicle levy because of affordability concerns, and told TransLink as such. That will come as news to some mayors and folks in TransLink, but there’s another 15 months before the current funding arrangement ends.
BC Conservatives manufacturing outrage about *checks notes* a plan to prevent transit service being cut by more than 50% which the BCNDP immediately then folds on because they're allergic to actually helping people
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Conservatives are calling a potential annual vehicle levy in Metro Vancouver a “secret plan” based on tweets by Jas Johal today. But it’s not a secret, because I first reported this was the likely option 18 months ago, and nothing has changed to make me update my reporting.
More money for drivers, less money for transit. Our "progressive" government hard at work.
