One way Vancouver's housing crisis could kill us (if it hasn't already) -- 10 nurses in BC Children's Hospital ER resign over unaffordable housing: union ctv.news/skXTGjM

Recommended rainy day reading: Harvard JCHS top blog posts of 2018 on housing (un)affordability and migration: jchs.harvard.edu/blog/2018-roun…

America, like Canada, has had decades of underinvestment in housing from the feds. Poorer levels of state and municipal government have struggled to keep up. In the midst of a growing "silent" affordability crisis, the 2020 US election might change that. curbed.com/2019/1/3/18166…

2019, the year of city-wide upzoning, congestion charges and legal pot. Vancouver really is riding the Zeitgeist... curbed.com/2019/1/2/18165…

Multi modal, west coast style. Charles Montgomery's old account, you’re an inspiration to us all.

I love that I’ve traveled through the city by foot, train, bus, bike and boat (bike on boat, even!) all in one day, and still feel like a car would have slowed me down

More than 1/3 of American families rent, and 1/2 of those pay more than they could afford. Frightening infographic about how many hours the average working American would have to work in order to afford rent. From home.one

According to Harvard JCHS, nearly half of renters in the Seattle metro were cost-burdened in 2017, with 22% spending more than half of their income on rent ken.sc/2RAs1SA

One of transit’s big advantages is the efficient use of urban space. The parking garage in the background stores 890 cars. The bus route in the foreground carries 6,200 round trips on an average weekday.

Love seeing The Discourse project Moving Forward still living life to the fullest at #SXSW19 in presentation by Robin Chase

Imagine twenty-one fully loaded 737-8 MAX going down, with no survivors—every day. That's how many people will die in car crashes in the world in next 24 hrs. In spite of this week's tragedy, planes remain safe. The most dangerous part of any flight: the drive to the airport.

Towers for people, towers for bikes #NYC

oh DO they now

I met some nice folks petitioning against the 5-story rental apartment in Kits. Homeowners, of course. “I hope you get to live in Kits again,” one of them said to me, while campaigning against exactly the kind of project that would allow renters like me to return.

What a glorious day to launch #RTBCcarfreecommutes! Tip to Vancouver cyclists: if you take the viaduct bike path at off-peak hours (especially on a sunny day), you feel like have a freeway straight to heaven all to yourself!

There are simple joys in life. One of them is going faster on a bike than cars stuck in traffic. Reasons to be Cheerful #RTBCcarfreecommute

#RTBCcarfreecommute, the Canadian edition Reasons to be Cheerful

Excavating your freezer to #HackYourFridge for Reasons to be Cheerful’s food challenge gets a little weird here on the west coast. You just never know what you’ll find in there.

How about Reasons to be Cheerful #hackyourfreezer? Take one bunch ancient black bananas exhumed from the freezer. Mash. Mix w/ enough oats to make it thick enough for patties. Either bake 20-25 mins at 350 for cookies or fry in the morning for pancakes. Lux option = add chocolate chips