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A few more pics of the Mission street bridge. It has a much nicer feel in person than the previous setup.

I may be revealing my generation, but the correct answer for any of these infill 6 storey apartment retail blocks is: a daycare a cafe...

It isn't a matter of efficiency. Spending is not rising faster than population growqth + inflation. The amount of revenue the city...

From the article: I get that it's 2025 and hyper-partisan hyperbole is the name of the game.... but we need to remember that we are...

Without a point in time estimate for the tunnel, the problem is assuming tunnel costs from 2023 versus elevated costs from 2026.

I am more curious what happens if/when the elevated line also comes in over-budget and delayed. Again, all we have really seen is the...

Your are right - that's probably why the focus on Heritage, it's a tactical decision based on existing conditions but it's also pretty...

The traditional 3 to 4 storey walkups of Montreal do a few other things right by having so many of them be zero-lot line and with...

This one will be great - boring, functional high density urbanism. Doesn't need to be sexy, just needs some scale to kick-start a market...

Housing supply is a cumulative exercise because even at very fast growth rates most houses already exist. Montreal doesn't build a ton...

Heritage has got to be one of the wilder bus loop designs we have - it's clearly been reorganized a few times and and has lost a ton of...

It's all debatable, but underground is probably the best option on most dimensions apart from cost, but its outrageously expensive so...

Had they gone with Alberta's official motto (as in the Latin one), I could have gotten behind the rebrand. Using the English...

It's a tricky one - at crux of the problem, CAs and communities are simply too small to be effective at representative decision-making...

Great numbers for YYC, although I have to say I’m surprised that transporter traffic is still up even if it’s only 1.5% Is this because...