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Press conference about to start for the @TransLink double decker bus pilot project. The star of the show has arrived. #transit pic.twitter.com/8TSjPlptTi — Jennifer Saltman (@jensaltman) November 16, 2017

The buses will be tested on a number of highway routes, but fret not: TransLink has already checked to ensure they fit under overpasses. They won’t be discovering otherwise with you onboard.

“Yes, these buses actually do fit through the Massey Tunnel,” said Dan Savitsky, vice-president of maintenance for Coast Mountain Bus Company. “I’m sure there will be several people ducking if they’re sitting on the upper deck the first time they go through, but the buses were specifically selected because they do fit through the tunnel.”

I’m excited to ride one of these, if for no other reason than to assuage my illogical concern that people in double-decker buses have to lie flat because the roof is so low.

John Horgan meets with Justin Trudeau, probably about housing

What did John Horgan and Justin Trudeau talk about at a private meeting Thursday in Vancouver? They weren’t super forthcoming, but we can probably assume it was housing.

On Wednesday, a report from Ottawa-based research foundation Macdonald-Laurier Institute suggested a shift in thinking about the country’s hot housing markets.

Per the report: “While the affordability challenges are localized — that is, it is principally a problem in Toronto and Vancouver and their surrounding areas — they can have national implications. These are our two most dynamic, job-creating cities and home to more than half of all home sales and a disproportionate share of jobs. If low- and middle-income Canadians cannot afford to relocate or live in these cities, the opportunity costs in the form of less economic activity and fewer jobs are national in scope.”