For years, longtime public transportation advocate Nathan Davidowicz has been providing an immense public service, entirely voluntarily, by compiling and circulating the Weekly Alternative Buzzer (WAB). The WAB is a mix of everything – a transit newsletter, an events board, a service bulletin, fun stories, interesting factoids, a treasure trove of links, and more!

If the topics interest you, please write Nathan directly (nathandavidowicz2@gmail.com) to sign up for free e-mail delivery. You can also find his content on these platforms:

Facebook: “We Ride Public Transit Vancouver”

X (Twitter): NathanDavidowi1

Reddit: r/transit  and r/VictoriaBC

LinkedIn: Nathan Davidowicz

Instagram: nathandavidowicz2

Bluesky: @nathandavidowicz.bsky.social

Read the Weekly Alternative Buzzer on this screen, or download PDF (link here).

This week Nathan draws attention to these five items:

No extra money for urban transit in the new Federal government budget. Just the same amount that was previously promised by the former Prime Minister.https://budget.canada.ca/2025/report-rapport/pdf/budget-2025.pdf

It is worse in the City of Vancouver where it is proposed to cut the 2026 budget.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ken-sim-interview-2026-budget-9.6968795https://council.vancouver.ca/20251112/documents/spec1g-Appendix1-Proposed2026Budget.pdf

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CRISIS: Webinar by Angie SchmittTuesday, November 11th, 2025,   11:00 am EST / 3 pm UTC. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5DxfxJp5QHSZ9NAz9TX69Q#/registration

Nov. 12, 2025  :  If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy Nov. 12, 1 p.m. Eastern With insights from more than 100 initiatives, transportation advocate Carter Lavin will share practical tools and strategies to help you build power and win real change. https://nextcity.org/events/rsvp/if-you-want-to-win-youve-got-to-fight-a-guide-to-effective-transportation-ahttps://bsky.app/profile/movementyvr.bsky.social/post/3m3y6lgegdr2s

Transit funding by Movement:Nov. 14, 2025   230 pm at SFU Surrey https://topfundingmodel.ca/

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