What People Get Wrong About Apartment Living YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

What People Get Wrong About Apartment Living

Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PM

“[Artemis astronaut] Hansen appears to treat French as part of the job of representing Canada and Air Canada’s chief seemed to treat the language as optional.”

"geopolitics aren't real" i assure myself as i turn off my transponder and run the strait of hormuz with my oil tanker

Steps from the west LRT and Jasper Place transit centre. 4 x 8 townhouse complex.

This is density “where it makes sense”. This is affordability and climate action enabling car—light or car-free living.

C'est le genre de discours qu'on a tristement normalisé. La CAQ y a largement participé. Les mots de M. Primeau en sont le reflet. C'est d'une violence inouïe ; 40% des ménages au Québec sont locataires, mais ils ne méritent pas d'aide ni de considération, parce qu'ils font pas "rouler le Québec".

Doesn't this just suggest a massive shortage of land zoned for apartments in general?

It can't be the case across the world that single-stair buildings only get built if you ban beefier buildings on the lot.

Personally, I understand voters in a riding getting frustrated when the person they vote for switches sides.

But I don't think it's practical or desirable to ban it or anything.

Whenever I go on there, I see stuff like this. (This one was said to a housing advocate in Toronto.)

I genuinely don't know how people see that as a normal forum to participate in.

The problem with banning or regulating floor crossing:

Does your rule also stop MPs from leaving a party to sit as an independent?

Can you stop people from simply voting with another party, while technically keeping their affiliation?

Most of this seems to be coming from English people though!

All valid. But, for example, every Canadian province (and territory) has its own healthcare system!

The funny thing though: this seems to be mainly coming from English people!

What People Get Wrong About Apartment Living YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

What People Get Wrong About Apartment Living

Referring to the United Kingdom as one country continues to be a surprisingly touchy subject.

Having a kid made me more attuned to crime and antisocial behaviour. It’s just harder to brush off.

But also more appreciative of social programs like universal healthcare, guaranteed parental leave, and subsidized daycare.

So, a mix I guess.

I live in a quite safe city and I’m thankful for that.

But I’ve become more aware that this isn’t the case everywhere. From travel and from statistics.

And I don’t feel I have a great sense of why the differences. Economics? Drugs? Policing practices?

How did NYC get so much safer since the 70s?

Having a kid made me more attuned to crime and antisocial behaviour. It’s just harder to brush off.

But also more appreciative of social programs like universal healthcare, guaranteed parental leave, and subsidized daycare.

So, a mix I guess.

La vie après l’auto, est-ce possible? Ils y croient Les auteurs du livre Life After Cars veulent déconstruire le réflexe du tout-à-l'auto, qui nuirait à notre environnement, à notre santé et à notre façon d'être.

Rafraîchissante discussion sur notre rapport à l'auto (et notre difficulté à s'en défaire) avec Sarah Goodyear et Doug Gordon du balado @thewaroncars.bsky.social, qui signent Life After Cars : Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile 🚗🚌🚲
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(The train in my shot was going to Toronto.)

In Montreal, the parking typically stops as you approach the intersection and you get a turning lane for cars, bus stop, or concrete alongside the bike lane.

And those have the effect of: a potentially substantial reduction in the average speed of the trip. A fast train doesn’t just refer to top speed!

The main HSR potential in Canada is the Quebec City to Windsor Corridor.

Then maybe Calgary-Edmonton and a few US connections (like Vancouver-Seattle-Portland).



I’m not aware of serious proposals for cross-country or anything like Toronto to Winnipeg.

“This country is too big for trains.”

Have we tried making them fast?

Shawn Micallef: Toronto’s main drag is a real drag. So why is the Yonge Street redesign taking the slow road? The sluggish pace of the transformation Toronto’s most famous street is in sharp contrast to how quickly Church Street is set to become pedestrianized.

In the @thestar.com I write about how Toronto lags behind other cities & the dismal watering down of yongeTOmorrow. A big chance to catch do something really great, yet thwarted by status quo inertia. There’s hope w the Church St pedestrian plan but both need your vocal support. Read & share. 💪

Interesting to compare and contrast given the Toronto system has basically the same number of active docks (1030)

I used BIXI all through winter on the reduced winter network. But a lot of people didn't, or they were outside its coverage zone.

Happy to have the summer network back, and summer volumes!

We are so back.

Lots of countries have regions/provinces/states with distinct histories, identities, and political autonomy. Including where I live: Quebec, the French-speaking part of Canada.

Obviously, England, Scotland, Wales, and NI have their own histories, identities, & some political autonomy.

But the same can be said for lots of sub-national divisions. Provinces in Canada have a lot of autonomy, some different histories. Quebec has a very strong identity.

Interesting responses: “actually, England is the densest country in Europe”.

I know the UK refers to its constituent parts as “countries” and they’re separated for things like sports.

But to me that’s not a natural way to talk about them. And it’s normal for data to group them as the UK.