Andrew McCurran is Director, Strategic Planning & Policy at TransLink. Ian talks to him about Transport 2050, the current consultation toward a long term vision to solve the multimodal transportation challenges Metro Vancouver might expect over the next 30 years.

Shout out to ELMTOTs for inspiring some of these questions.

Learn more:  https://www.transport2050.ca/ 

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Ian and Matthew are back in the post-Patrick podcast epoch to talk about the City-wide Plan and more.

* City-wide Plan goes to a vote, which we correctly predict the outcome of* 10m53s Commercial property tax changes* 15m10s Development hope and federal election spillover* 23m49s Charts on a podcast redux – the market rental voting record edition* 31m43s A Brightside proposal * 33m14s Great Translink Non Announcement of 2019 and how we’re always wrong about ridership estimates* 36m38s Port Moody: “More than a Bedroom Community! Building a Tech & Innovation Hub that Revitalizes Port Moody with Great Jobs!”* 40m26s Vancouveratta: Burrard Bridge Bike Lanes turn 10

Is Vancouver ready for a shock like the next big earthquake? What about the longer-term stresses like affordability, inequality and racism? Can our sewers manage the poo?

In 2016 Vancouver joined the 100 Resilient Cities program and hired its first Chief Resilience Officer, Katie McPherson. Since then she’s led a consultation that culminated in a Resilient Vancouver Strategy and a toolkit for neighbourhoods to use to build resiliency.

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Patrick bids adieu to the Cambie Report, for now, but first we talk about Vancouver City Council’s decision to reject a townhome project on Granville Street following concerns by the neighbouring hospice.

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Vancouver councillors have introduced around 75 motions in under a year, raising the question of whether they’re actually able to find the time to get everything done. And we dig into everything else that’s been happening around the region.

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* Council dealing with too many motions* 19m55s Carr’s motion on election candidate requirements * 23m56s Community Garden tax break issue* 31m21s TransLink AGM highlights* 35m28s TransLink running late night, to be announced Thursday * 36m38s SNC makes Broadway subway shortlist* 39m39s Electoral District A byelection* 40m49s DNV notice when developer gave campaign contributions* 43m25s Mayor Brad West wants to end Chinese luncheon at FCM* 46m44s Vagramov no longer taking a salary * 47m25s Vancouver School Board to remove Cecil Rhodes statue* 51m14s Richmond rainbow Crosswalk inanity* 56m29s Surrey Canal* 1h00m01s Vancouveratta: The Cambie closes its doors

Zoe Ferry (@zoe_ferry), cohost of The Majority of BC podcast, joins us to break down the latest municipal politics news.

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4m06s MMIWG Final Report

15m24s Homelessness Count Update

22m54s Changing the Cheque Day

25m27s Cannabis exclusion zone in the DTES

29m23s Maple Ridge Overdose Prevention Site

32m29s Port Moody climate motion (it passed)

35m17s Rental Reports: Tenant Protection & Renters Office Report

51m00s Anmore Mega-Party

56m19s Vancouveratta: Whales in False Creek

From outbursts on Vancouver council to gondolas to SFU to money laundering and the latest political sports news.

04m06s Marathon council session comes to explosive end13m36s Developer withdraws from Rental 100 DCL waivers18m46s Burnaby council approves gondola to SFU24m40s COPE apologizes to Diana Day30m09s Peter German briefs Vancouver council on money laundering34m43s Aquilinis under fire for labour abuses39m35s Whitecaps launch independent investigation into sexual harassment40m59s Chip Wilson had a blog43m31s Chilliwack school board approves dress code45m50s Kathleen Bartells out as VAG director49m53s Women4Politics applications open51m27s Vancouveratta: Hotel Vancouver (the third) turns 80

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* Ian & Stewart’s political science panel* Call the Question podcast* Taran Parmar’s coverage of Chilliwack school board

Ian and Patrick break down the latest municipal politics news.

* Updates on the Whitecaps and 4/20* Controversy in English Bay* Council shifts taxes from businesses to homeowners* Pete Fry wants everyone to slow down* Burnaby task force releases 10 quick wins – Take the survey* New West topples hanging judge statue* Surrey unveils its first police cruiser

Here it is. Surrey unveils municipal police cruiser. The transition from the RCMP to a city police department has yet to be approved. Perhaps we will learn more about report detailing the cost, etc. today. @BT_Vancouver @CityNewsVAN pic.twitter.com/46lHXz7Tw4— Greg Harper (@GS_Harper) May 7, 2019

* The North Shore gets a fixed rail study* Vancouveratta mascots

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Patrick interviewed Vancouver’s Transportation Manager, Dale Bracewell, as well as long time climate activist Tzeporah Berman to talk about what the recent climate change report at the City of Vancouver will mean.

0:00 – Rebecca, high school student, speech at council

4:47 – Dale Bracewell City of Vancouver

32:07 – Tzeporah Berman

The Report approved by council:  https://council.vancouver.ca/20190424/documents/cfsc1.pdf 

This episode is a bit delayed due to some issues editing, however we go through a number of issues including the fallout from 420, the ongoing scandal with the Whitecaps and a number of transit issues, including the movement towards free passes for youth and low income individuals.

Our Vancouveratta this week is the ongoing fundraiser for The Dude at Dude Chilling Park, check out the Indiegogo campaign here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dude-chilling-park-return-of-the-dude#/