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Brian Doucet
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Planning Prof at the University of Waterloo studying housing, displacement, transportation & how they are related. Also cycling, curling, baseball & photography
I was born in Toronto, now live in Kitchener & have lived in Scotland & the Netherlands
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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hi everyone!
I'm a planning professor at the University of Waterloo, researching housing, transportation & how they relate to each other.
I'm moving from Twitter & I'll post more here soon.
Here are links to some stuff I've written:
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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 1h
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Bronx dog-walkers in the rubble of a dangerous New York: Camilo José Vergara’s best photograph
‘Huge parts of the city were being destroyed. This was part of my attempt to preserve the whole damn thing. The area became a juvenile prison’
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 1d
Wow! Great to see this kind of transit priority on what has long been a very congested part of Bathurst Street!
The solutions to speed up transit are well known and aren’t that complicated!
auguststreet.ca august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 1d
bathurst streetcar whizzing by sunday evening traffic on dedicated lanes!

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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 1d
bathurst streetcar whizzing by sunday evening traffic on dedicated lanes!

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 3d
Happening today at Church of the Holy Trinity in downtown Toronto. The film starts at 1:30 with a Q&A to follow.
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If you're in Toronto and looking for something to do tomorrow, we will be screening my documentary film about affordable housing at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Starts at 1:30 and I'll be there for the post-film Q&A. Info & free registration here:
holytrinity.to/events/think...
Thinking Beyond the Market Film Screening
Join us January 11th 2026 for a special screening of Thinking Beyond the Market with
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 3d
Jan 10, 1964: an article in the Globe and Mail anticipates the demolition of Toronto Union Station: ”that grimy looking pile of stone with the massive pillars standing like sentinels at its main entrance is slated to go the way of all structures that have outlived their usefulness.” 1/3
Two photos and part of an article from page 33 of the January 10, 1964 edition of the Globe and Mail. The first phot shows Union Station's Great Hall along its long axis, seen from one end, the second shows part of the Front Street colonnade with one of the station's entrances behind it. The headline says "Union Station Will Leave Memories by the Trainload."

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 3d
A fun afternoon watching the Ontario curling championships. And since it’s in Elmira, of course the mascots are pancakes and maple syrup!
Team Mooibroek won the 1-2 game today and booked their ticket to the finals. Good luck tomorrow guys!

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 3d
If you're in Toronto and looking for something to do tomorrow, we will be screening my documentary film about affordable housing at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Starts at 1:30 and I'll be there for the post-film Q&A. Info & free registration here:
holytrinity.to/events/think...
Thinking Beyond the Market Film Screening
Join us January 11th 2026 for a special screening of Thinking Beyond the Market with
holytrinity.to

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4d
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 5d
I love how you can associate cities with their transit door chimes. Here’s Montreal, another classic sound

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 5d
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
The Timberwolves should not play until ICE violence in Minneapolis is held to account | Lee Escobedo
After a woman was fatally shot by ICE during a raid in Minneapolis, the Timberwolves face a choice: play on and normalize it, or refuse and force a reckoning
www.theguardian.com

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 7d
I recently spoke with @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social from @nbmediacoop.bsky.social about my documentary film in advance of the New Brunswick premiere in Moncton! Here's a link to our conversation.
The screening is Sunday 11 Jan 1pm at Moncton Public Library. Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 8d
In an op-ed today, @seanyyz.bsky.social argues that the best way to improve transit in Toronto is to focus on affordable, quick, and effective solutions spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
OP-ED: Toronto transit needs to build on what we have, not fall for old tropes - Spacing Toronto
Transit planning is a long-term endeavour, not a one-time project with a single solution. In a municipal election year, we need to demand more from leaders and those charged with planning and running ...
spacing.ca

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 8d
Solutions to housing crisis 'hidden in plain sight,' says planning prof turned filmmaker
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Solutions to housing crisis 'hidden in plain sight,' says planning prof turned filmmaker
YouTube video by NB Media Co-op
www.youtube.com

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 9d
Toronto is generally allergic to data when it comes to traffic planning, but the NYC congestion pricing experiment has basically been a slam dunk: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed.
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com

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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 9d
Jan 4, 1926: the Canadian Pacific Railway begins operating a through sleeping car between Toronto and Philadelphia. The car ran via the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo, Michigan Central and Pennsylvania railroads. It left Toronto at 5:00 PM and arrived in Philadelphia at 9:33 AM. 1/2
The 1896-1927 iteration of Toronto Union Station, looking west from York Street past the train sheds on a snowy winter day in 1908. Many passenger cars are visible in the coach yards to the south of the station as well as on the station platform tracks. City of Toronto Archives photo. The headhouse of Philadelphia's Broad Street Station as seen from Filbert Street on a snowy winter day in 1903. Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 10d
A full house in Hamilton for the PWHL takeover tour game between the Toronto Sceptres & Seattle Torrent. Great atmosphere and great hockey!

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 12d
The parents of the first baby born in 2026 in this county outside Baltimore got their name ideas from ChatGPT. Hudson Oakley Winkler.
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
ChatGPT named Carroll County’s first-born baby in 2026
The first baby born in Carroll County in 2026 was named with help from ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot.
www.baltimoresun.com

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 12d
When people get even a hint of positivity like this… it is impossible to stop them wanting more.

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 12d
Seems like this is an error in the schedule and this train (and the others left off the official PDF timetables) will be running.

Let’s hope Metrolinx has ‘fixing schedule errors’ on their New Year’s resolution list.
briandoucet.bsky.social Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 13d
Unfortunately in the new 3 January 2026 timetable, this has been cancelled. The 22:34 Kitchener Line train from Union Station will once again only run as far as Guelph.
A huge disappointment that hopefully gets corrected in future timetable changed, especially when baseball season starts again.
briandoucet.bsky.social Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · Nov 13
Let’s GO (train) Blue Jays!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 12d
I was looking at the official Metrolinx pdf of the new schedule. Hopefully this is an error on their part.

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 13d
Unfortunately in the new 3 January 2026 timetable, this has been cancelled. The 22:34 Kitchener Line train from Union Station will once again only run as far as Guelph.
A huge disappointment that hopefully gets corrected in future timetable changed, especially when baseball season starts again.
briandoucet.bsky.social Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · Nov 13
Let’s GO (train) Blue Jays!
Good news for Kitchener-Waterloo residents who like watching big league sports in Toronto:
The 22:34 Kitchener Line train that used to end (frustratingly) in Guelph, will be extended to Kitchener from 22 November. Attending weekday ballgames will be easier next season!

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 13d
Best door chime music of all time:
Montreal metro
Volume up for this video
Happy New Year!
Dou dou douuuuuuu!

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d
Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us | Robert Reich
Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us | Robert Reich
I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future
www.theguardian.com

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 18d
A ‘South Park’ Writer Predicted Trump Would Rename the Kennedy Center and Bought the URLs in Advance

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 19d
This article discusses some of the big reasons why I don’t permit AI and ChatGPT in any of my planning courses, especially first year courses where critical thinking skills are nurtured, developed and challenged.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Aricie | 아리시 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @parisien.cc · 20d
The only true way is the Canadian way

(As much as I wish it was a joke, it is in fact not one and this is exactly how it works here)

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 20d
Streetcars and skating and a sunny winter sky,
These are a few of my favourite things!
Ding ding, 🚋
Skate skate! ⛸️
Merry Christmas! 🎄

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 20d
Six years ago this month, I spent a lot of time photographing the final days of the CLRV streetcars. It wasn't that long ago, and still within memory of most people, yet so much has changed in the city and the wider world.
A good time to revisit these photos!
Exiting Bathurst Station, December 2019.

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 20d
Lots of film screenings in the New Year:
Toronto, 11 Jan
Moncton NB 11 Jan
Cambridge ON, 15 Jan
Newmarket, ON, 19 Jan
Kitchener 25 Jan
Wolfville NS, 4 Feb
Guelph, ON 5 Feb
Kingston ON, 9 Feb
Cornwall ON, 10 Feb
Burlington ON, 19 Feb
London ON, 2 Mar
Info & links to register at www.housingfilm.ca