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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 3h

Jocelyn adding some Toronto material to my thread on the history of bikeshare in Montreal from yesterday. IIRC, Toronto had to adjust to PBSC's disruption for a similar reason to Montreal: it wasn't just a customer; it also had to cover millions in debt owing to TO if it wanted to proceed. 1/4

Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 3h

The Toronto Star wrote up a history of TO Bike Share, an interesting complement to @stateofthecity.bsky.social's thread on saving Montréal's bike share. TO followed in making it a public system after PBSC went bankrupt. (Plus, adorable bike graphics!)

(Article accessible with library card)

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 1d

Praise for Montreal's bike-share system, from TIME. Worth a holiday thread on a couple of operational + political aspects of Bixi's history that are intriguingly left unsaid.

Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 1d

“Montreal revolutionized the bicycle-sharing trend. The tech behind BIXI became the backbone for bike-sharing programs in London, New York, Chicago and dozens of other places, turning two wheels into a genuine option for navigating cities.”

BIXI named among top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine

TIME magazine has released a list of the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years, and Montreal's bicycle-sharing system BIXI is on it.

cultmtl.com

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 11h

Finally got around to playing with TransLink realtime GTFS data. Kind of fun. Transit in Vancouver is looking pretty good, especially considering this is an hour midday on a holiday weekend, with some lines not running (hello 44) and not all buses reporting real-time information.

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 23h

Not just you, polling showed widespread support for ASE. Hard to judge, as you say, but I think the Tories have put themselves into a losing or difficult position

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful, a work of art, a masterpiece

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 2d

“Those who are using terms like ‘nanny state’, and this is a ‘cash grab’, I hope they look at these numbers and realize this is absolutely not. This is about the safety of our most vulnerable, including little kids to older adults and everybody in between." -Waterloo mayor McCabe

Regional committee discusses speed cameras

Regional committee members discussed how the speed camera enforcement program has progressed in its first six months of operation at a meeting on Tuesday.

kitchener.citynews.ca

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 2d

“buried in the modelling results” of the LinkNS report is “that even if the government pulled off its fantasy plan, congestion would still get worse.”

“There is simply no plan to keep Halifax moving, but the premier would rather distract you with a bike lane drama to distract from his inaction.”

Deny Sullivan: Halifax bridge toll blunder: Houston’s election gimmick worsens gridlock

The promise to save drivers time is backfiring. The reason? Simple economics.

www.saltwire.com

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 2d

I guess the other thought I have is that it's to our country's advantage to draw every negotiation out, longer and longer. The great weakness of the american presidents is time. But that's not the same as us procrastinating on making needed policy changes

Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 2d

I get the draw of the default option (no one gets fired for continuing with the status quo, etc) but long term, one way or another, the status quo is going to shift irrevocably

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately, I think that's right. There's a real disconnect between most Canadians and the few people who are really driving this country's policies

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 2d

A sustained ~40% drop in trips is incredible, going to be some real non-trivial effects down south

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 3d

The Alberta post-secondary review is out. For the most part this is a very sensible set of recommendations. I would hazard a guess that it is not quite what the provincial government was expecting.

Alberta panel suggests new post-secondary funding model, institutional neutrality | CBC News

A panel that studied Alberta's post-secondary institutions has released its recommendations, which include replacing the funding framework, providing more assistance like grants and scholarships to st...

www.cbc.ca

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 3d

This is utterly fascinating stuff!

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Andrew Lodge @andrewwj.bsky.social · 3d

corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2022/12/08/h...

How Peter Drucker Revolutionized Canada’s Public Sector Pension System: Lessons for Americans

“They own assets all over the world, including property in Manhattan, utilities in Chile, international airports, and the high-speed railway connecting ...

corpgov.law.harvard.edu

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Andrew Lodge @andrewwj.bsky.social · 3d

Very good. The Canadian model is clearly excellent, in terms of governance & staffing. Have you read Keith Ambachtsheer (Canadian pensions legend) on the history? Apparently it was Peter Drucker’s 1976 Unseen Revolution which influenced the Ontario pension reforms in 1980s, which led to CPPIB etc

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 3d

Fascinating interview about pension plans from the Canadian perspective

Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 One for the pensions geeks, and those who look to Canada as a model for the UK pension system. on.ft.com/4h0cXG6

FTAV Q&A: Michelle Ostermann

The UK Pension Protection Fund’s chief talks Canada envy, risk, reform, and public sector consolidation

on.ft.com

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 4d

Such a big difference between most people's views and what the people operating the machinery of government seem to be defaulting to

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 4d

It was ok in terms of summarizing events, but missing a lot of insight as to why and had nothing useful to say about the near future. Even if there's no firm date set, it's clear the project is (finally) at the end.

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 4d

We've got a good province here

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 4d

I just have a hard time believing that

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 4d

Well, well, well. 👀

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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 4d

New: Ontario's labour minister said he was personally involved in picking “lower-scoring” Skills Development Fund recipients.

He held up one whose lobbyist's wedding he attended as an example of a lower-ranked applicant with sizeable impact.

#onpoli

www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...

Labour Minister David Piccini said he was personally involved in picking “lower-scoring” recipients of a $2.5-billion training fund that the province's auditor general recently labelled "not fair, transparent or accountable."

The auditor general found that less than half of the recipients of the Ministry of Labour's Skills Development Fund (SDF) were given "high" scores on their proposals by non-partisan civil servants who evaluated them, while the majority — 54 per cent — were ranked as having “lower” quality proposals.

Piccini defended the fund in a Newstalk 1010 radio interview on Wednesday.

"I mean, there were projects that were lower-scoring that we did select — and that's a conversation I have with our officials here — that align with government priorities,” he said.

“I mean, Peel Police — we supported (a) lower-scoring project. It supports mental health. Our first responders are more likely than the general population to commit suicide. That's a real reality,” Piccini added.

The minister was referring to a project by Keel Digital Solutions — the company represented by the lobbyist whose Parisian wedding Piccini attended this past weekend.

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 4d

Yikes, not a good way to vote

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 4d

Three cheers to, uh, Mike Colle, for truly getting to what this debate is actually about.

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 4d

"If you take away the cameras, it's gonna kill kids! Simple as that. Kids are gonna die. So the premier is willing to allow that to happen, because his election polling tells him his voters love this," declares Councillor Mike Colle.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 4d

Say what you will about city councillors, but they generally have a pretty good sense for when issues are radioactive with voters. I've seen no signs of any worry in this debate — even from the suburbanites — that support for speed cameras will cost them support in next year's election.

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