@gamarad.bsky.social
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Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
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Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon
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The real galaxy brain Canada is to make London Ontario the biggest London, but Canadians are afraid to dream big
Tired: Maximum Canada
Wired: Maximum Waterloo Region
Wired: Maximum Waterloo Region
Carney needs to get on with the important business of funding ION light rail expansion
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The real galaxy brain Canada is to make London Ontario the biggest London, but Canadians are afraid to dream big
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“A large housing project delivering more than 500 homes in west London will no longer go ahead…Specifically, [the developer] claims that the most significant reason for its termination was the new requirement to provide two staircases in London for buildings over 18 metres.”
Developer Peabody pulls out of building 564 homes in Southall - BBC News
Hundreds of affordable homes will no longer be built in west London after Peabody withdraws plans.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“A large housing project delivering more than 500 homes in west London will no longer go ahead…Specifically, [the developer] claims that the most significant reason for its termination was the new requirement to provide two staircases in London for buildings over 18 metres.”
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I've done something that I don't do very often. I wrote a short, quick polemic post. It was prompted by a discussion in here.
It's about why I'm still skeptical about ALTO's HSR project and why there is no way around transparency in public projects.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
It's about why I'm still skeptical about ALTO's HSR project and why there is no way around transparency in public projects.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Why I’m still skeptical about ALTO’s HSR project
A reality check and a plea for transparency.
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I've done something that I don't do very often. I wrote a short, quick polemic post. It was prompted by a discussion in here.
It's about why I'm still skeptical about ALTO's HSR project and why there is no way around transparency in public projects.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
It's about why I'm still skeptical about ALTO's HSR project and why there is no way around transparency in public projects.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
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This is an incredibly absurd way to develop laws. It’s essentially a fact free vibes Only method of developing rules. It can’t go the way of the dodo fast enough.
My elevator car size item is coming up soon (G158-25). You can watch here: www.iccsafe.org/events/confe...
The proposal is here: 2023701800.sharepoint.com/sites/ICC-CS...
The proposal is here: 2023701800.sharepoint.com/sites/ICC-CS...
2025 Conference – Webcast - ICC
Home Register Event Info Agenda Key Events Ron Burton Golf Outing Education ABM Notice Hearings Hotel/Travel Sponsors Expo Expo Schedule & Floorplan Reserve Expo Booth Exhibitor Resources #ICCAC25 Web...
www.iccsafe.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This is an incredibly absurd way to develop laws. It’s essentially a fact free vibes Only method of developing rules. It can’t go the way of the dodo fast enough.
@alonlevy.bsky.social In your transit costs spread sheet, do you usually include things like operations and maintenance or just the capital cost?
October 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
@alonlevy.bsky.social In your transit costs spread sheet, do you usually include things like operations and maintenance or just the capital cost?
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Strange scenes at Planning and Housing Committee yesterday: a heritage listing of a 1930s 4plex in Leaside was upheld over objections of residents and neighbours. The residents clearly know what's up, even as the City sticks to canned lines that listing is no big deal, doesn't impede development.
September 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Strange scenes at Planning and Housing Committee yesterday: a heritage listing of a 1930s 4plex in Leaside was upheld over objections of residents and neighbours. The residents clearly know what's up, even as the City sticks to canned lines that listing is no big deal, doesn't impede development.
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The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
How This Small City Built Light Rail For Cheap
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
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Despite all of these junkets, I don’t think either the Austrians or the Americans really have a clue about what the circumstances are like in the other place. Neither understands the vast gulf in demand, shortage, or construction cost between the two places.
Hell Gate joined Austrian Vice-Chancellor Andreas Babler—leader of the country's Social Democratic Party—on a recent tour of Brooklyn rent-stabilized apartments, where he had some advice for New York lawmakers (and a warning for his fellow Austrians)
Leaders of Vienna, an Oasis of Affordable Housing, Tour NYC’s Grim Offerings
Austrian Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler had some advice for New York lawmakers after seeing the city's rent-stabilized apartments up close.
hellgatenyc.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Despite all of these junkets, I don’t think either the Austrians or the Americans really have a clue about what the circumstances are like in the other place. Neither understands the vast gulf in demand, shortage, or construction cost between the two places.
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In 2020 (technically it started in 2019,) I was at a New Year's Eve party hosted by some of Raman's campaign leads. Several people there were mad at me when they learned I did work for Abundant Housing LA.
What a gigantic difference five years makes!
What a gigantic difference five years makes!
Why is the rent so damn high in LA? Simple economics: the demand for housing is extremely high and our housing supply is extremely low.
August 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In 2020 (technically it started in 2019,) I was at a New Year's Eve party hosted by some of Raman's campaign leads. Several people there were mad at me when they learned I did work for Abundant Housing LA.
What a gigantic difference five years makes!
What a gigantic difference five years makes!
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so okay! first piece out from me at Common Wealth
"Beyond Bidenomics: On what is living and what is dead in economic policy"
the argument is that progressives should take credit for the successful parts of the pandemic policy response and build the next Thing
www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...
"Beyond Bidenomics: On what is living and what is dead in economic policy"
the argument is that progressives should take credit for the successful parts of the pandemic policy response and build the next Thing
www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...
Beyond Bidenomics | Perspectives
On what is living and what is dead in economic policy.
www.common-wealth.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
so okay! first piece out from me at Common Wealth
"Beyond Bidenomics: On what is living and what is dead in economic policy"
the argument is that progressives should take credit for the successful parts of the pandemic policy response and build the next Thing
www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...
"Beyond Bidenomics: On what is living and what is dead in economic policy"
the argument is that progressives should take credit for the successful parts of the pandemic policy response and build the next Thing
www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...
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Happy we got the transit lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin south of Bloor but this graphic from @chittimarco.bsky.social is going to be constantly on my mind when I use them.
July 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy we got the transit lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin south of Bloor but this graphic from @chittimarco.bsky.social is going to be constantly on my mind when I use them.
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@englishrail.bsky.social and I have a piece in the Globe & Mail about how Canada can make housing more affordable and accessible, and disentangle itself from its unreliable and hostile southern neighbor: give its elevator industry the option to use the European/global standard, not just the U.S. one
Opinion: Canada’s outdated elevator rules are adding to the housing crisis
The high cost of elevators is a barrier to the development of affordable, accessible homes
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
@englishrail.bsky.social and I have a piece in the Globe & Mail about how Canada can make housing more affordable and accessible, and disentangle itself from its unreliable and hostile southern neighbor: give its elevator industry the option to use the European/global standard, not just the U.S. one
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The Problem with Urban Planning: a professional silo is gatekeeping our nation's growth.
My new essay w/ @inflectionpoints.work
The problem at the heart of planning is not political—it's professional. 🧵
My new essay w/ @inflectionpoints.work
The problem at the heart of planning is not political—it's professional. 🧵
July 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Problem with Urban Planning: a professional silo is gatekeeping our nation's growth.
My new essay w/ @inflectionpoints.work
The problem at the heart of planning is not political—it's professional. 🧵
My new essay w/ @inflectionpoints.work
The problem at the heart of planning is not political—it's professional. 🧵
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Slide from a presentation I just did. “Fear of heights”…I gotta use this one again…
July 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Slide from a presentation I just did. “Fear of heights”…I gotta use this one again…
@alonlevy.bsky.social
Have you written anything about the cost-benefit of the lines proposed for the next phase of the Grand Paris Express? I recall that the cost-benefit for some of the lines in the first phase was weak
Have you written anything about the cost-benefit of the lines proposed for the next phase of the Grand Paris Express? I recall that the cost-benefit for some of the lines in the first phase was weak
July 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@alonlevy.bsky.social
Have you written anything about the cost-benefit of the lines proposed for the next phase of the Grand Paris Express? I recall that the cost-benefit for some of the lines in the first phase was weak
Have you written anything about the cost-benefit of the lines proposed for the next phase of the Grand Paris Express? I recall that the cost-benefit for some of the lines in the first phase was weak
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Under fairly reasonable assumptions about productivity growth, current fertility patterns mean the typical worker born today in a developed democracy will experience negative real wage growth their entire life.
tbh this is a why mocking pro-natalism is laughing past the graveyard.
June 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Under fairly reasonable assumptions about productivity growth, current fertility patterns mean the typical worker born today in a developed democracy will experience negative real wage growth their entire life.
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A depressing but unsurprising story of the DB-Metrolinx divorce
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if Canadian politicians want to improve in the fields where we aren't a frontrunner (e.g. transit ), they need to get rid of the current class of managers and their backward-looking culture
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if Canadian politicians want to improve in the fields where we aren't a frontrunner (e.g. transit ), they need to get rid of the current class of managers and their backward-looking culture
June 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A depressing but unsurprising story of the DB-Metrolinx divorce
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if Canadian politicians want to improve in the fields where we aren't a frontrunner (e.g. transit ), they need to get rid of the current class of managers and their backward-looking culture
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if Canadian politicians want to improve in the fields where we aren't a frontrunner (e.g. transit ), they need to get rid of the current class of managers and their backward-looking culture
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this post is a joke from a New York Times reporrter's work account about video of an infant being raped to death
every time someone comments on this thread, I earn a little bit of money under Bluesky's revised revenue program
I've spent years following a right-wing influencer who's made a career out of outrage. I wanted to understand why he does it. What does his career look like, his income? Here's what I found. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
June 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
this post is a joke from a New York Times reporrter's work account about video of an infant being raped to death
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[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near transit stops like train stations and rapid bus stops, has passed the Senate floor! Learn more:
SB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and Upzoning
SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...
cayimby.org
June 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near transit stops like train stations and rapid bus stops, has passed the Senate floor! Learn more:
Does anyone know of any jurisdictions which do land use planning and permitting at the state/provincial level rather than at the municipal level?
June 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Does anyone know of any jurisdictions which do land use planning and permitting at the state/provincial level rather than at the municipal level?
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It’s telling that Chow talks about development charges paying for affordable housing and shelters.
How it is logical to tax housing to pay for housing? Why are these programs funded from DCs at all?
The idea that DCs cover the “impacts” of growth is a sham.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
How it is logical to tax housing to pay for housing? Why are these programs funded from DCs at all?
The idea that DCs cover the “impacts” of growth is a sham.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
June 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It’s telling that Chow talks about development charges paying for affordable housing and shelters.
How it is logical to tax housing to pay for housing? Why are these programs funded from DCs at all?
The idea that DCs cover the “impacts” of growth is a sham.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
How it is logical to tax housing to pay for housing? Why are these programs funded from DCs at all?
The idea that DCs cover the “impacts” of growth is a sham.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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my takeaway from reading 150 years worth of historical transit and planning documents is that the solutions have been known the entire time and studies are just a way for people who don't want change to waste time
May 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
my takeaway from reading 150 years worth of historical transit and planning documents is that the solutions have been known the entire time and studies are just a way for people who don't want change to waste time