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Ask for more bikeshare glam shots and you shall receive
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Ask for more bikeshare glam shots and you shall receive
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Mike Colle's AI generated version of people walking hand in hand in a plaza vs. reality. And since it's Mike Colle NIMBYism the instagram post starts of course with we don't need more condos.
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Mike Colle's AI generated version of people walking hand in hand in a plaza vs. reality. And since it's Mike Colle NIMBYism the instagram post starts of course with we don't need more condos.
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My @thestar.com column this week: A third-party review says Toronto’s streetcars are among the slowest in the world. But they don’t have to be.
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Toronto’s streetcars are some of the slowest in the world. Here’s how the city could speed them up
The TTC likes to blame the sluggish pace of streetcars on things beyond its control, but the data tells a different story.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My @thestar.com column this week: A third-party review says Toronto’s streetcars are among the slowest in the world. But they don’t have to be.
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I will say given current political equilibria both provincial and municipally around where growth is allowed to happen, I do expect car trips in Toronto to go down over time and transit, walking, and bike trips to go up. Would be nice if governments supported that but I think it's still happening.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I will say given current political equilibria both provincial and municipally around where growth is allowed to happen, I do expect car trips in Toronto to go down over time and transit, walking, and bike trips to go up. Would be nice if governments supported that but I think it's still happening.
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It's official, we've adopted a 10-Year Circular Economy Road Map, marking a major milestone in rethinking how we consume and manage resources.
Learn more: https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/waste-management/working-toward-a-circular-economy/
Learn more: https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/waste-management/working-toward-a-circular-economy/
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It's official, we've adopted a 10-Year Circular Economy Road Map, marking a major milestone in rethinking how we consume and manage resources.
Learn more: https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/waste-management/working-toward-a-circular-economy/
Learn more: https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/waste-management/working-toward-a-circular-economy/
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"zoning isn't a constraint in Toronto, the business cycle is"
in a catastrophic housing market a project near my house happens to be inside the recently-designated major transit station area and when the new policy came into effect this summer the developer re-applied for 22 more storeys
zoning!
in a catastrophic housing market a project near my house happens to be inside the recently-designated major transit station area and when the new policy came into effect this summer the developer re-applied for 22 more storeys
zoning!
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"zoning isn't a constraint in Toronto, the business cycle is"
in a catastrophic housing market a project near my house happens to be inside the recently-designated major transit station area and when the new policy came into effect this summer the developer re-applied for 22 more storeys
zoning!
in a catastrophic housing market a project near my house happens to be inside the recently-designated major transit station area and when the new policy came into effect this summer the developer re-applied for 22 more storeys
zoning!
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Two funny (to me) consequences of neighbourhood retail:
-The west side of Roncy now allows retail after it was considered impossible for years
-The eastern side of Parkside now also allows retail, further complicating everything going on with that road.
-The west side of Roncy now allows retail after it was considered impossible for years
-The eastern side of Parkside now also allows retail, further complicating everything going on with that road.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Two funny (to me) consequences of neighbourhood retail:
-The west side of Roncy now allows retail after it was considered impossible for years
-The eastern side of Parkside now also allows retail, further complicating everything going on with that road.
-The west side of Roncy now allows retail after it was considered impossible for years
-The eastern side of Parkside now also allows retail, further complicating everything going on with that road.
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Streets I'm most excited to see what happens to following neighbourhood retail permissions:
Lansdowne, Dufferin south of Bloor, Annette, Harbord, Royal York around Bloor, Dupont, Dundas East, Broadview south of Danforth, Jones, Mortimer, Weston, Woodbine.
Lansdowne, Dufferin south of Bloor, Annette, Harbord, Royal York around Bloor, Dupont, Dundas East, Broadview south of Danforth, Jones, Mortimer, Weston, Woodbine.
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Streets I'm most excited to see what happens to following neighbourhood retail permissions:
Lansdowne, Dufferin south of Bloor, Annette, Harbord, Royal York around Bloor, Dupont, Dundas East, Broadview south of Danforth, Jones, Mortimer, Weston, Woodbine.
Lansdowne, Dufferin south of Bloor, Annette, Harbord, Royal York around Bloor, Dupont, Dundas East, Broadview south of Danforth, Jones, Mortimer, Weston, Woodbine.
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So the neighbourhood retail saga ended with a weird complicated compromise (pour one out for the journalists who have to explain it) but I am getting some decent Schadenfreude from knowing the Beaconsfield RA people who led the opposition got nothing that they wanted in their area.
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
So the neighbourhood retail saga ended with a weird complicated compromise (pour one out for the journalists who have to explain it) but I am getting some decent Schadenfreude from knowing the Beaconsfield RA people who led the opposition got nothing that they wanted in their area.
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A win! But it took thousands—including petition signatories, tour participants, emailers, Matlow’s staff, the mayor’s staff, the councillors themselves, and some I surely forgot—to keep momentum and morph this into consensus. Thank you all.
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A win! But it took thousands—including petition signatories, tour participants, emailers, Matlow’s staff, the mayor’s staff, the councillors themselves, and some I surely forgot—to keep momentum and morph this into consensus. Thank you all.
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This man has just described the quality that makes cities distinctive and wonderful - and he hates it.
Councillor Holyday worries about retail stores that "sell some zany thing that has very little value." He wants to know if council could define a list of what stores can sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This man has just described the quality that makes cities distinctive and wonderful - and he hates it.
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I look forward to hearing how city staff bog this down on years of process and every time somebody actually makes something a local sourpuss complains that they weren't included in the consultation.
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I look forward to hearing how city staff bog this down on years of process and every time somebody actually makes something a local sourpuss complains that they weren't included in the consultation.
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I love (hate) how Holyday is such a contrarian that he regularly votes against reports.
He’s so committed to the bit.
He’s so committed to the bit.
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I love (hate) how Holyday is such a contrarian that he regularly votes against reports.
He’s so committed to the bit.
He’s so committed to the bit.
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GOOD NEWS!!!
We're almost ready to become a real city!
We're almost ready to become a real city!
The neighbourhood retail report as amended CARRIES 23-2.
Toronto Council votes to permit corner stores in all Old Toronto & East York wards, and expands permission for retail on some (but not all) major streets city-wide.
Toronto Council votes to permit corner stores in all Old Toronto & East York wards, and expands permission for retail on some (but not all) major streets city-wide.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
GOOD NEWS!!!
We're almost ready to become a real city!
We're almost ready to become a real city!
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But I still think it’s extremely funny that, three decades on, absolutely no one is acting as if this is an amalgamated city
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
But I still think it’s extremely funny that, three decades on, absolutely no one is acting as if this is an amalgamated city
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He was voting no on everything, including on motions that said opposite things. Guy was just having a tantrum.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
He was voting no on everything, including on motions that said opposite things. Guy was just having a tantrum.
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Of course Holyday votes no.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Of course Holyday votes no.
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Modernist planning's latest blow: being endorsed by Stephen Holyday.
Holyday explains his opposition to expanded retail is linked to a 1933 theory called "Neighbourhood Place Theory." He holds up some kind of diagram? Sure, okay.
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Modernist planning's latest blow: being endorsed by Stephen Holyday.
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Ha ha! Because gods forbid we should attract "outsiders" to come and spend money in our neighbourhoods.
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ha ha! Because gods forbid we should attract "outsiders" to come and spend money in our neighbourhoods.
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3 councillors opposing 6 storeys near Islington station. Time for all three to go.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
3 councillors opposing 6 storeys near Islington station. Time for all three to go.
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Another form of “The Populist Playbook.” The fake, unrepresentative, but impressively titled “organization.”
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Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Another form of “The Populist Playbook.” The fake, unrepresentative, but impressively titled “organization.”
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Another form of “The Populist Playbook.” The fake, unrepresentative, but impressively titled “organization.”
bsky.app/profile/bren...
bsky.app/profile/bren...
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Some random group of NIMBYs, claiming to speak for all of Toronto, is deeply concerned about neighbourhood stores.
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Some random group of NIMBYs, claiming to speak for all of Toronto, is deeply concerned about neighbourhood stores.
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org