Oh, no - they haven’t delivered on much that I care about - instead they tried to bring back fossil gas and spent money taking out bike lanes. Fortunately the party isn’t monolithic (as Rebecca’s departure, and peter and Lisa’s votes on gas illustrate). - ThreadSky

lanefab.com • 25 days ago

Oh, no - they haven’t delivered on much that I care about - instead they tried to bring back fossil gas and spent money taking out bike lanes.

Fortunately the party isn’t monolithic (as Rebecca’s departure, and peter and Lisa’s votes on gas illustrate).

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vanpolimorphus.bsky.social•25 days ago

"Removing a temporary bike lane", you mean. Hundreds of orange cones removed from a park is a good thing (but perhaps we should stick to housing!)

seanorr.bsky.social•25 days ago

And how much did that cost Dave?

vanpolimorphus.bsky.social•25 days ago

It was meant to be a *temporary* response to the pandemic. How much to install it, and did you object to the cost then? How much would it cost to make it permanent? Surely we don't want hundreds of orange cones in the park forever. There are costs associated with all options.

lanefab.com•25 days ago

someone must have those numbers... the cost to set up the temp lane, and the cost of the proposed permanent alternative?

vanpolimorphus.bsky.social•25 days ago

The cost to install was about $750k, not including over $3 million in lost parking revenue when vehicle access was restricted. The cost to remove was estimated to be about $300k.

lanefab.com•25 days ago

I was under the impression that the removal was much more

(and I'm not sure the parking revenue angle is that compelling... there's a reason the whole peninsula isn't just a parking lot)

lanefab.com•25 days ago

haha - well I'll leave the bike lane issue for ABC and TEAM to debate @lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social and @annettereilly.bsky.social

As for housing, car and bike parking are very much entwined with our zoning rules, and the uptake of bikes as a car alternate is tied to safe lanes.

lanefab.com•25 days ago

At least they haven’t tried to roll back plexes or overly focus on ‘character’ at the expense of housing… but that should be a minimum bar for all parties at this point.

lanefab.com•25 days ago

The mayor’s approach to climate, though, was very distressing and borderline nonsensical

lanefab.com•25 days ago

And the whole “permit expediting” piece is an absolute joke relative to the big talk during the election

vanpolimorphus.bsky.social•25 days ago

That's really what I'm asking. The other stuff are other topics, however I will say that there are some counter issues to the whole banning gas in houses thing. Namely, that we are currently buying excess electricity from coal fired generators. Hardly green. https://thenarwhal.ca/clean-b-c-is-quietly-using-coal-and-gas-power-from-out-of-province-heres-why/

lanefab.com•25 days ago

There was always a bit of fossil fuel on the grid. This isn't a new thing, or a compelling reason to keep putting gas in buildings.

The goal is to phase the grid down faster than we turn over new buildings, and to remove point source pollution from in the city.

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