Conrad Peart
@conradpeart.bsky.social
architect • former city councillor • early adopter // architecte • ancien conseiller municipale • cobaye
It’s a hilarious scene from Zootopia 2. My kid loves it too.
February 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It’s a hilarious scene from Zootopia 2. My kid loves it too.
My 10-year-old niece says, “Don’t yuck my yum.”
Sometimes, kids know better than we do.
Sometimes, kids know better than we do.
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
My 10-year-old niece says, “Don’t yuck my yum.”
Sometimes, kids know better than we do.
Sometimes, kids know better than we do.
Yikes. Spurs into Montreal and Ottawa. The path is starting to resemble barbed wire. Feels suboptimal … but keeping an open mind.
February 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Yikes. Spurs into Montreal and Ottawa. The path is starting to resemble barbed wire. Feels suboptimal … but keeping an open mind.
Truth-telling: “Sky-high housing prices also suck up valuable capital – capital that is then not deployed in more productive ways, such as business investment, which tends to raise incomes.”
The policy and regulatory frameworks need foundational recalibrating.
Housing values might need to fall 😬
The policy and regulatory frameworks need foundational recalibrating.
Housing values might need to fall 😬
February 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Truth-telling: “Sky-high housing prices also suck up valuable capital – capital that is then not deployed in more productive ways, such as business investment, which tends to raise incomes.”
The policy and regulatory frameworks need foundational recalibrating.
Housing values might need to fall 😬
The policy and regulatory frameworks need foundational recalibrating.
Housing values might need to fall 😬
IMHO, the Ottawa central station would only make sense if the line was through-running, and not a spur terminal to/from Toronto.
My limited imagination doesn’t see that option without horrifically expensive tunneling.
Tunneling to downtown Montreal is already scope-worrisome.
My limited imagination doesn’t see that option without horrifically expensive tunneling.
Tunneling to downtown Montreal is already scope-worrisome.
February 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
IMHO, the Ottawa central station would only make sense if the line was through-running, and not a spur terminal to/from Toronto.
My limited imagination doesn’t see that option without horrifically expensive tunneling.
Tunneling to downtown Montreal is already scope-worrisome.
My limited imagination doesn’t see that option without horrifically expensive tunneling.
Tunneling to downtown Montreal is already scope-worrisome.
Research paywalled, can't comment specifically.
I'm pro-inclusionary zoning in principle, skeptical in practice. Developers tell me affordable unit costs don’t come from their profits, but get baked into remainder market units instead.
Higher prices for everyone else.
Progress, or cost-shifting?
I'm pro-inclusionary zoning in principle, skeptical in practice. Developers tell me affordable unit costs don’t come from their profits, but get baked into remainder market units instead.
Higher prices for everyone else.
Progress, or cost-shifting?
January 29, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Research paywalled, can't comment specifically.
I'm pro-inclusionary zoning in principle, skeptical in practice. Developers tell me affordable unit costs don’t come from their profits, but get baked into remainder market units instead.
Higher prices for everyone else.
Progress, or cost-shifting?
I'm pro-inclusionary zoning in principle, skeptical in practice. Developers tell me affordable unit costs don’t come from their profits, but get baked into remainder market units instead.
Higher prices for everyone else.
Progress, or cost-shifting?
I had no idea this was so. Thx for the reveal and the easy fixes.
January 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I had no idea this was so. Thx for the reveal and the easy fixes.
Stair and elevator reform have the potential to be big unlocks for missing-middle, more affordable, more abundant, family-attractive housing units where they are most needed.
January 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Stair and elevator reform have the potential to be big unlocks for missing-middle, more affordable, more abundant, family-attractive housing units where they are most needed.
Who will be the first to reverse-engineer these maps into GIS-ready boundaries?
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Who will be the first to reverse-engineer these maps into GIS-ready boundaries?
Also withholding judgment. Maybe the Laval pit-stop is all just some kind of misunderstanding. Montreal’s downtown has to be part of the picture, right? Right?
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Also withholding judgment. Maybe the Laval pit-stop is all just some kind of misunderstanding. Montreal’s downtown has to be part of the picture, right? Right?
I’m seeing mixed reporting on whether Laval will be in between Ottawa and Montreal or after Montreal. I can’t imagine a viable version of the in-between option. Any insights @rmtransit.bsky.social ?
December 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m seeing mixed reporting on whether Laval will be in between Ottawa and Montreal or after Montreal. I can’t imagine a viable version of the in-between option. Any insights @rmtransit.bsky.social ?
First time that I see that sequence. Typically, it’s technical first, price 2nd. The ‘holdback’ might mean that the feds will deduct any amount owed to the fed for, say, taxes due by the company? Dunno. Best of luck with your proposal.
September 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
First time that I see that sequence. Typically, it’s technical first, price 2nd. The ‘holdback’ might mean that the feds will deduct any amount owed to the fed for, say, taxes due by the company? Dunno. Best of luck with your proposal.
Was thinking the same.
September 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Was thinking the same.
This touchstone will be put to the test this week when we hold a public assembly on the proposed zoning changes in our long-struggling Southeast Sector of the city.
westmount.org/en/events/mu...
westmount.org/en/events/mu...
Public Assembly: Imagine Westmount Southeast | City of Westmount
Learn more about the event "Public Assembly: Imagine Westmount Southeast" taking place in the City of Westmount.
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June 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This touchstone will be put to the test this week when we hold a public assembly on the proposed zoning changes in our long-struggling Southeast Sector of the city.
westmount.org/en/events/mu...
westmount.org/en/events/mu...
I don’t understand Italian operas, but can definitely appreciate them.
June 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I don’t understand Italian operas, but can definitely appreciate them.
We experimented with a modified version this on a recent street reconstruction on Grosvenor Ave below The Boulevard. Reduced the cross slopes for wheeled equipment (walkers & strollers). Nicer to run on too.
June 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We experimented with a modified version this on a recent street reconstruction on Grosvenor Ave below The Boulevard. Reduced the cross slopes for wheeled equipment (walkers & strollers). Nicer to run on too.
True. Every. Single. Day.
March 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
True. Every. Single. Day.
Makes sense. Unfortunately, neither option was presented to us.
November 21, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Makes sense. Unfortunately, neither option was presented to us.
Would it help to run the bus lanes down the center instead, restricting left-hand turns across the transit lanes? But that might be challenging/expensive to add the necessary service islands in the limited road width.
November 21, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Would it help to run the bus lanes down the center instead, restricting left-hand turns across the transit lanes? But that might be challenging/expensive to add the necessary service islands in the limited road width.
If anyone ever figures that out, I hope that they will share. Until then, pick any two.
November 21, 2024 at 10:46 AM
If anyone ever figures that out, I hope that they will share. Until then, pick any two.