Is making public transport free “effective?”
“…the relatively small difference between Victoria and NSW suggests price is not the main constraint on mode shift. Access, travel time, service reliability and the ability to make specific trips appear to matter more.”
Via @theconversation.com
1. Here’s a thread on #NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) and the challenges of change in cities:
First off, although it might feel that way, NIMBY isn’t unique to your city, and it’s (probably) not worse in your city than anywhere else. It’s also not surprising, since it’s largely about human nature.
This is a bang on thread from @brenttoderian.bsky.social about how politicians need to get smart on how to listen to residents but also lead and deliver at pace. All too often 'consult more/better' is code for delay, weaken, cancel action & favour the status quo while our cities stay broken...
Froh: I think we have more drive thrus & fast food restaurants & strip malls to last 10 lifetimes but that doesn't mean I'm right. #yqrcc
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
I read these 2 headlines one after another btw
Which leads to a situation where the minority of council represents districts who generate massive revenue surpluses, and the majority of council represents districts who are subsidized by downtown's revenues. This sets council up to (usually) vote to loot downtown to keep taxes low
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What a mystery. Both the Harbor Landing and Skywood developers say that people only want to live in new houses. And... they want to build greenfield! What a funny coincidence.
No bias at all!
Induced Council Discourse is the phenomenon where even if you have a very short council agenda, councillors will expand discussion until they use up all available time.
Here it is in action at Regina City Council today… #yqrcc
This budget season is just a lot of
Council: can we get a report on this?
Staff: it's in your hands?
Council: oh, I meant like the same report but with better numbers
S: nope. Those are the numbers. We need a decision.
C: hmm a new report may have better numbers
S:...
C:... Report it is!
“OUR city isn’t [insert name of a much more livable & successful city here].”
Trust me, we know that. It’s abundantly obvious that you’re not that city.
That city made, and continues to make, much better choices with fewer excuses.
The real question is, do you want YOUR city to be better or not?
Every single community group would get $100K with no questions. I would build benches for bus stops and fund block parties for every single street in Cathedral.
Like, wouldn't that be more fun than a single baseball stadium?? I would want to make Regina the coolest, weirdest place I could imagine
I don't know what it says about me, but if I was suddenly a million/billionaire, I would spend my money on building tool libraries, co-op kitchens, weird housing, and libraries. Who needs a yacht when you could create a spray art park, or a test kitchen in the community centre?
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A promotional text message from SaskTel starting with the line "Travel worry-free in the U.S.!".
Hey SaskTel I don't think the roaming rates are what I'm worried about.
Gawrsh! US emissions rising? China's falling? What are Sask's good ol'boys going to do when they can't say "But what about China??!?!" any more?
Rain in November rain in December rain in January aaaaaaaaaaaaa
i love furniture restoration videos because they show how quality is important and you can get some really beautiful, overlooked furniture if you learn certain skills
IG savedbydesign.tn
I miss Tramps
Every single one of the councillors that ran on municipale inefficiencies are not talking through their amendments with city admin beforehand, creating huge time/money wastes. THEY are the inefficiencies! "efficiency vampire" councillors.
#yqrcc #thecstandsforcircus
Since we are talking about transportation plans from the 80s, I'm pretty sure the road network plans for Cathedral included cutting off 13th from Lewvan and possibly removing north-south access from Sask Drive. Is that going to happen too? 🤪
Attendance isn't rising on a deteriorating pool that's hanging on by the skin of it's teeth. You don't say.
That's everyday.
here… an hour of the watermain outside my house after the first break
it was fixed and then a few days later it blew somewhere else nearby #yqrcc
youtu.be/KFwsPIvdzkQ?...
My analogy is that budget deliberations just follow induced demand. Council will use all available time, regardless of if the conversation is efficient or productive.
It's not just a hypocrisy. It's a ridiculous, foolish hypocrisy.
But also very revealing. Shows how Certain Types Of Councillors are easily suckered by Certain Types of empty business sophistry. #yqrcc
You know what would make it easier to redirect what EDR is doing? Absorbing them into the city. This idea that council needs to micromanage an outside org because they have no clue what they are doing but they should remain autonomous is frankly ludicrous.
CFO: Neglecting asset maintenance & draining reserves is not prudent. Finding more efficiencies to offset these capital cost is not possible. #yqrcc
