This week, Councillors Caradonna, Dell, and I will bring a motion that would be the first step toward requiring landlords to allow and/or provide cooling in Victoria’s rental buildings. In …
Local social media (you shouldn’t pay too much attention to social media) sometimes suggests that an overwhelmingly large proportion of BC’s unregulated drug deaths take place in Greater Victoria. The …
Above is a significant gap in our protected bike-and-roll mobility network – Pandora east of Cook to Fort Junction. (Blue is the protected network and orange is paint, and paint …
Image above: Protected bike lane built in 1967, from Getting around Davis, cited in Ashland News. Victoria is among the leading North American cities in building protected bike-and-roll lanes and …
City Council members are aware of the large number of motor vehicle crashes in Victoria – thousands every year. We are also aware of the City’s commitment to Vision Zero …
In 2024, ICBC data shows there were 13 casualty crashes at one Victoria intersection: Blanshard and Finlayson (including turning lane). Casualty crashes are defined by ICBC as “crashes resulting in injury …
What a boring title. Sorry. Maybe we can we spice it up by bringing out a “gotcha” talking point I used to see when I was on Twitter? Some people …
I’ve received a lot of emails about the Official Community Plan, encouraging me to support more AAA protected bike and roll routes. Writers have noted the many benefits, including safety, improved …
As noted last week, Council members unanimously supported the motion to have staff identify, accelerate, and pilot shared street and partial or complete road closures to create or enable new …
Here are my comments in support of today’s agenda item “Accelerating the network of greener quieter low-traffic streets.” I’m delighted that this motion passed unanimously. Streets are for people. Sometimes …