{"id":350,"date":"2024-05-16T02:16:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T02:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denisagar.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:36:49","slug":"hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denisagar.com\/?p=350","title":{"rendered":"Hello!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1039\" src=\"https:\/\/denisagar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351\" style=\"width:252px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/denisagar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/headshot.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/denisagar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/headshot-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/denisagar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/headshot-768x700.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Somehow, you&#8217;ve found my website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I am an urban planner in Vancouver, BC, Canada with 10 years experience working at <a href=\"http:\/\/translink.ca\">TransLink<\/a>, the regional transportation agency. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I quit TransLink to become the Executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/movementyvr.ca\">Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders<\/a>, which is a non-profit focused on fighting for better transit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I generally love talking about transit, and about how to make bus networks better.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&#8217;ll probably learn more about me from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/denisagar\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> than from here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Here are some things I would love you to do:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Donate <\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Interac e-transfer to <a href=\"mailto:hello@movementyvr.ca\">hello@transitmovement.ca<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=VNJP69KT93VWJ\">Paypal (allows recurring monthly donations)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our partner <a href=\"https:\/\/smallchangefund.ca\/project\/building-a-movement-for-better-transit-in-metro-vancouver\/\">Small Change Fund<\/a> is running a project with Movement and can issue charitable receipts (BC residents who have income get 20% back on the first $200 they give and 45.8% back on anything above $200!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hire me to do planning work<br><\/strong>I am offering my services part time. I know a lot about overcoming the barriers to better transit service. Reach out at <a href=\"mailto:denis.agar@gmail.com\"><a href=\"mailto:denis.agar@gmail.com\">denis.agar@gmail.com<\/a><\/a> if you want to talk about it!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hire me to speak<\/strong><br>I do panels, keynotes, birthday parties, etc! Reach out at <a href=\"mailto:denis.agar@gmail.com\">denis.agar@gmail.com<\/a> if you want a contagiously passionate nerd to talk about the boundless potential of transit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somehow, you&#8217;ve found my website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hello! - Denis Agar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/denisagar.com\/?p=350\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hello! 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