Brian Doucet

@briandoucet.bsky.social

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Planning Prof at the University of Waterloo studying housing, displacement, transportation & how they are related. Also cycling, curling, baseball & photography
I was born in Toronto, now live in Kitchener & have lived in Scotland & the Netherlands
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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi everyone!
I'm a planning professor at the University of Waterloo, researching housing, transportation & how they relate to each other.
I'm moving from Twitter & I'll post more here soon.
Here are links to some stuff I've written:
theconversation.com/profiles/bri...

spacing.ca/toronto/auth...

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 9h

Just in time for today's Toronto premiere of my housing film, I wrote this piece in The Star. It gives a good overview of the main messages and insights from the documentary.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

The market alone isn’t going to fix the housing crisis. These Canadian towns are showing us how it’s done

We need a variety of approaches to our inescapable housing problem.

www.thestar.com

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Cas Mudde, Ben H. Ansell , and 68 more Jonathan Portes, Cas Mudde, Ben H. Ansell, Richard S.J. Tol, Dorothy Bishop, David M. Farrell, Will Jennings, Stefan Rahmstorf, David N. Thomas, Gavin A. Schmidt, Patrick A. Jansen, John Horgan, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott, Colin Murray, Mark D. White, Huw Price, Rosemary A. Joyce, Dirk Pilat, Charles West, Martijn W. Hesselink, Chris Hanretty, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Alison Phipps, Mary Corcoran, Anand Menon, Michelle Everson, Rebecca Tushnet, Ben Worthy, David R. Miller, Robert Wolfe, Gary D. Rawnsley, Aileen McHarg, Jacob T. Levy, Simon Glendinning, Scott A. Imberman, Julie Cupples, Lyndsey Stonebridge, Stephen Ryan, Samantha Brennan, Jonathan Birch, Anne Norton, Hubert Zimmermann, Leo McCann, Manuel Puppis, Graeme Warren, David Bartram, Lisa Diedrich, Brian Doucet, Ann Bartow, Stuart White, Pauline Stafford, Clayton Littlejohn, Rense Corten, Greg Linden, Jack Stilgoe, Jon Dean, Klaus Oschema, Christina Pagel, Daxton R. Stewart, Rune Møller Stahl, Olivier Mannoni, Camille Lefebvre, Aviel Roshwald, Colin Talbot, Tarik Abou‐Chadi, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Jeroen Van Bouwel, David Spurrett, François Guesnet, Speranţa Dumitru

Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 12h

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Reposted by Loretta Lees

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 18h

Build it and they will come!
Or phrased another way:
Run even a basic and limited weekend train service and they will ride!
Around 400 people boarded the first regular weekend GO Train from Kitchener to Toronto Sunday morning.
More trains please!

www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Kitchener sees hundreds ride first weekend GO train to Toronto

With Metrolinx’s latest service expansion, the amenities of Canada’s biggest city are now a one-hour and 45-minute train ride away for a return fare of $10.

www.therecord.com

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 1d

Happening tomorrow!!
The Toronto premiere of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing' will take place Tuesday 25 November at 6pm (doors open 5:30) at Toronto City Hall
This free event is in partnership with ULI Toronto. Register here:
toronto.uli.org/events/detai...

ULI Toronto: FREE FILM SCREENING: TORONTO PREMIERE: Thinking Beyond the Market: A Film About Genuinely Affordable Housing A Film by Brian Doucet | ULI Toronto

toronto.uli.org

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never used Facebook and don’t feel I missed much!

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 1d

It was a unique cookie cutter stadium!

Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 1d

What's left of the original RFK Stadium in DC.

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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 1d

What's left of the original RFK Stadium in DC.

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 2d

Provide more transit and people will come!
Induced demand also works for trains!
New journeys, trips and adventures are created when new weekend trains are introduced.
More of this please!

Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, big crowd out here in Guelph for the first weekend train. Lots of happy commuters and families going to Toronto for the day.

Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.

Mike posing with 6 adults and two children on the GO train platform in Guelph. Behind them crowds of people are waiting for their train.

Line ups of people waiting to get in the green GO train.

A crowd of people entering the open doors of a GO train

Reposted by Brian Doucet

Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 2d

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve got tickets to several Sceptres games this season and can’t wait. Looking forward to watching great hockey with a great vibe.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680... Why Toronto is a top women’s sports city (despite The Athletic’s snub)

Why Toronto is a top women’s sports city (despite The Athletic’s snub)

Despite not cracking The Athletic's list of top women's sports cities, Toronto boasts pro women's sports teams with passionate fan bases.

www.nytimes.com

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 2d

This wouldn’t be much of an issue in most other cities around the world with legacy streetcar/tram lines that now feature dedicated rights of way and priority signalling.
Brussels and Rotterdam spring to mind.
But since Toronto has virtually none of these, this must be a painfully slow ride.

Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 2d

The 506 Carlton streetcar is currently doing this ridiculous routing where it diverts to Dundas Street twice over a short distance due to two separate construction projects.

What’s the point of that short jog up Bay and back down Church?

The 506 diverts, from west to east, via College, down Spadina to Dundas, on Dundas to Bay, up Bay to College/Carlton, then back down Church St to Dundas, then back on route via Parliament and Gerrard.

A bus runs straight across College and Carlton between Spadina and Broadview

Reposted by Brian Doucet

Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 2d

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 2d

A great week of curling ahead!

Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 2d

What a fantastic evening crowd here in Halifax

5,593 fans here at Scotiabank Centre tonight to watch the opening men’s draw at the Olympic Curling Trials.

And being treated to some fine rock-throwing so far. Outstanding.

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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 2d

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 3d

In today’s least surprising local news, speed display signs aren’t enough to make our roads safer.

Speed display signs only slow drivers down by 1km/h: Halifax report

Halifax has installed nearly 50 speed display signs around the municipality, but on average they only slow down drivers by less than one km/h, according to a new staff report.

www.ctvnews.ca

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Joseph Schafer, Bonnie Honig , and 5 more Kim L. Scheppele, Joseph Schafer, Bonnie Honig, Michael Jones‐Correa, Brian Doucet, Adele Perry, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Peter Gratton

Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 3d

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?”
The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy.

‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly.

You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 4d

What an amazing evening at the resurgent KW Symphony! Such a special event and great to be back at Centre in the Square. Looking forward to many more concerts this season! Thanks to everyone who made this possible.

Reposted by Brian Doucet

TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 4d

Meet our panelists for this Sunday's Streetcar Summit!

We've got a mix of transit advocates and experts to discuss the state of the streetcar system and what needs to be done to fix it
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Graphic, with a simple blue and white illustration with a red streetcar in traffic with some buildings and the CN Tower in the background.

Text:

Meet our Streetcar Summit Panelists!

Cecil Community Centre (Spadina and Cecil), Sunday November 23, 1-5pm

Steve Munro (Author and Transit Advocate), Jonathan English (Transportation Policy Expert), August Puranauth (Transit Advocate)

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 5d

The Toronto premiere of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing is coming up soon!
In partnership with ULI Toronto, we will be screening the film for free at City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Queen St W on
25 November at 6pm.
toronto.uli.org/events/detai...

ULI Toronto: FREE FILM SCREENING: TORONTO PREMIER: Thinking Beyond the Market: A Film About Genuinely Affordable Housing A Film by Brian Doucet | ULI Toronto

toronto.uli.org

Reposted by Brian Doucet

Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 5d

Zwolle doing it right: a central busway flanked by traffic lanes and a separate cycleway, all buffered by trees that prevent overtaking. Buses speed through without getting stuck in traffic, people cycling have a safe route, and the narrower roadways reduce collisions. Amazing bit of street design.

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 5d

What a painting! A window into Toronto’s history. Note the early Toronto Railway Company electric streetcars which first arrived in the city 3 years before this was painted. I too hope it can remain on public view in Toronto.

Sold yesterday for $691,250

Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 6d

Heads-up! Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith’s 1894 “Lights of a City Street” goes up for auction today at 3:00 PM (Nov 19, 2025).

I hope this painting stays in Toronto and remains on public view.

Auction page: tinyurl.com/575z6jt8

#art #auction #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI

Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 5d

I think about this every g-ddamn day.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 6d

Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Janet Murray, Rebecca Tushnet , and 3 more Gavin A. Schmidt, Janet Murray, Rebecca Tushnet, Brian Doucet, Sarah Bracke, Dan Immergluck

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 6d

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 6d

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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 7d

Here's the info for the Ottawa screening! I'm looking forward to this event, especially since @cwhitzman.bsky.social & I will talk housing as part of the Q&A discussion after the film!
The event is free & all are welcome

Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, @waterloompp.bsky.social for sharing our film event & discussion in the Ontario legislature.
I would encourage all MPPs (regardless of which party) to get in touch. The film has valuable insights, lessons & solutions that get to the root causes of the housing crisis.
www.housingfilm.ca

Catherine Fife @waterloompp.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday, I presented the Stop Ford's Attack on Tenant Rights petition. On Sunday, I hosted a housing forum, inc the doc Thinking Beyond the Market. We'll never stabilize the economy without a strong housing strategy, which ON doesn't have. #onpoli @briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social

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Catherine Fife @waterloompp.bsky.social · 7d

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Brian Doucet, David Darmofal

Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 8d

The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.

Reposted by Brian Doucet

Catherine Fife @waterloompp.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to everyone who came to our free screening of the documentary "Thinking Beyond the Market" by Dr Brian Doucet. The panel discussion that followed left me feeling positive & optimistic about housing possibilities for the future. #onpoli

@briandoucet.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social #YWCAWR

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