Recent content by ByeByeBaby

The downtown Bay in Winnipeg was transferred to an indigenous group with a plan for affordable housing as well as a mix of other uses; health, governance, cultural, retail. There's a crane up there now, but the project has also increased in budget (and timeline) substantially...

This is a little all over the place, but there's a new podcast by David Zipper (MIT senior fellow, mobility reporter at CityLab, Vox, Slate, etc.) and Wes Marshall (U Colorado Denver civil engineering prof, author of Killed By A Traffic Engineer). The third episode opens with a brief discussion...

I saw this article about an infill policy in San Diego and was shocked by it. ADUs in San Diego Yes, a lot of it is paint by numbers for any article on this topic; a city councilor who tearfully describes the horror of... multi-family housing. A description of infill as either luxury for elite...

Here's my take on densities, a similar but slightly different analysis. I calculated densities with three changes; I used buffered dissemination area dwelling unit density. The reasons: Census tracts can be quite large and often contain non-residential land, such as parks or employment areas...

A 50,000 seat stadium opened less than three weeks ago in Toronto. It's designed as a temporary 5-year facility, and it's only for concerts, but nonetheless it's fascinating to see the numbers worked out for that project.

Eyeballing the parcel they've identified, it looks to me to be in the 85-100K sq ft range. The Quarry Park rec centre is 75K sq ft on the ground (90K sq ft of space). QP has 6x25m pool plus small aquatic leisure area, one gym and a couple of studios, library, fitness area with running track (on...

I was wondering about this, and had a look at 2021 Census employment information: We're not wildly below our peers in the West (weird that the West seems to have a higher base rate, where Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg are at similar rates to Halifax and Québec, which seem like more...

The prices for a stay two weeks from now in Austin and Scottsdale: JW: 396, 289 W: 265, 202 Autograph: 219, 175. The Dorian is an Autograph hotel.

I love that toddler density map... here's how Calgary has evolved through time over the last 20 years (in order: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021), all with the same colour scale. I zoomed out a little to focus at the tract level on broader trends. The thing all of this got me thinking about is...

We'll never see 90 second LRT frequencies because there's not enough demand. 90 second LRT frequencies are on the order of 5x the capacity needed for opening day Green Line ridership (to Shepard) estimates. An LRT train costs ~$200 per hour to operate; at current fares, it can carry ~$2200 worth...

Low floor LRT cars make sense because that's what LRT cars are now. Seattle is a great example. Their main line starts elevated south of the airport, runs elevated for 17 km alongside freeways, then runs for 7 km at grade up the median of a 4 lane stroad (sort of like 36 St NE), then 2.5 km...

I mean, all 50 US states don't provide public health care even though doing it would save them money, as shown by Canada's lower health care spending as a % of GDP. Every single one of them could save money while resolving their health care problems. But some of the benefit would go to poor...

I posted about this earlier, but Top Chef was filmed in Canada this season; the bulk of the season took place in Toronto with a couple of side visits to Niagara Falls and a winery as well as Montreal and PEI themed challenges. But the 'semifinals' (two episodes with 6 and 5 competitors) were...

Unit #2 has been lingering on MLS for quite a while, if anyone has a mil burning a hole in their pockets (or just wants to see more useful photos rather than the archdaily "closeup of a corner of the roof" special).

This comment doesn't make sense to me. It's been a while (since there isn't one in the centre city!) but I thought Wal-Mart sold mostly clothing and general merchandise. And I haven't been to the No Frills, but I thought they were only groceries. If all Wal-Mart sells is groceries, then they...