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more bikes, more trains, more housing. Dosage may vary depending on severity of symptoms. đź“ŤMontreal / TiohtiĂ :ke
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One of the signs of Bixi's growing success is that advertisers are willing to make custom ads to target their users.

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Courts says that it's the job of the federal government to solve the ongoing dispute between ViaRail and CN about speed restrictions imposed by CN. The federal government will hate it. There is nothing they hate more than actually governing when it comes to rail ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/216...

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Pour désengorger les hôpitaux, il faut mieux aménager nos villes: « Une augmentation de 55 % de la “marchabilité” du quartier environnant se traduirait par une augmentation de 23 % des déplacements à pied, soit 19 minutes par semaine pour chaque habitant. » www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2...

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

"Programming" energy should be for contentious space conversions where you need to help people think of a space differently (ie. Parking or street to activity space). People inherently know what to do when presented with some nice trees and a quiet patch of grass.

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The Canadian mayors are alright đź‘Ť www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Sprawl “solves” the housing crisis by turning it into a transportation crisis.

submitted 30 days ago • 21 comments

"In the same way that you can’t spend your way out of debt, #Canada can’t lessen its economic dependence on energy exports with new pipelines" Don’t believe the hype: there is no export market for Canadian fossil fuels Latest @theglobeandmail.com #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Also important to note that when Trump gets UAW cheering on tariffs, he is gleefully stabbing a wedge between the workers and Unifor on the Canadian side of the border.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Love this paper - always keep it locked and loaded in my Zotero.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Tariffs are DEI for American Auto

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Are there any urbanism podcasts specific to Montreal or Quebec ? I follow a few Canada/US shows but find it hard to follow what's going on here.

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