Mumen Rider
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Mumen Rider
@mumen-rider.bsky.social
J’aime parler de transport actif/micromobilité, transports en commun, de logement/YIMBY, d’environnement, de santé, d’actualités, de hockey, de sports, de culture, de jeux vidéos, et de science. Pharmacien montréalais 🧡
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If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.
January 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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A first for the Missing Middle! We had a video banned on TikTok. Looks like somebody didn't like me talking about Trump Tariffs.

Sadly I expect we'll see more of this censorship going forward.
January 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Il y a quelque chose qui cloche dans la formation Hockey : la Lettonie et la Suède avant le Canada ? - La Presse+
plus.lapresse.ca/screens/e969...
January 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Ok, think about what this message is saying.

Wow.
Well this is a bit dark
January 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Rankings are BS most of the time. Clickbait.
But The Athletic ranking Hutson 39th among prospects under 23 is worse - it's unprofessional. If you're not going to pay attention, then don't set yourself up as the arbiter of all prospects. Someone should get fired for this.
January 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Les barrières au commerce interprovincial à l'intérieur du Canada constituent l'équivalent d'un tarif douanier de 21 % selon la Banque nationale. L'élimination de cette entrave permettrait une croissance de 3,8 % du PIB par habitant. t.co/Hhm859x6IX
January 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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IMPORTANT: If you live in the United States or Canada, you’ve probably heard Trump‘s constant claim that the United States is “subsidizing” Canada. It’s wrong of course, but here’s the best explanation I’ve seen about how & why it’s wrong. PLEASE WATCH & SHARE IT A LOT. Kudos to Andrew Chang & CBC.
Is Trump right about the U.S. 'subsidizing' Canada? | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
January 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack urban biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” #CityMakingMath
dailyhive.com/vancouver/bi...
Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized
The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.
dailyhive.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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One thing I really didn't anticipate with social media was hate speech becoming, I guess, really profitable. I also assumed that a sufficient majority of people researched things they read/watched. I guess propaganda/misinformation really does work (which I already knew but didn't really understand)
January 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Un péage serait la meilleure façon de diminuer la congestion et la pollution sur l’île de Montréal, en plus de finalement faire payer au banlieusards leur juste part des dépenses en infrastructures de la ville.

Les Montréalais ne peuvent pas payer indéfiniment pour le mode de vie des “expatriés”…
Luc-Normand Tellier est mon ancien prof. Ça fait des années qu’il milite pour un péage sur l’île de Montréal: « New York a recouru au péage urbain avant Montréal! | Le Devoir » https://www.ledevoir...
New York a recouru au péage urbain avant Montréal!
Le caractère insulaire de ces villes constitue un grand avantage pour l’implantation d’un tel système.
www.ledevoir.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Luc-Normand Tellier est mon ancien prof. Ça fait des années qu’il milite pour un péage sur l’île de Montréal: « New York a recouru au péage urbain avant Montréal! | Le Devoir » https://www.ledevoir...
New York a recouru au péage urbain avant Montréal!
Le caractère insulaire de ces villes constitue un grand avantage pour l’implantation d’un tel système.
www.ledevoir.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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this is INCREDIBLE, congestion pricing is already working wonders

traffic at 4PM on the average Sunday vs today

Holland Tunnel: 30 mins ➡️ 10 mins

Lincoln Tunnel: 10 mins ➡️ 4 mins

Williamsburg Bridge: 10 mins ➡️ 5 mins
January 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Oh la la, ça doit être à cause d'une abondance de logements sociaux et hors-marché ! Nous venons de découvrir la loi de l'offre et de la demande ! (Sarcasme)
January 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Selon certains ingénieurs qui donnent leurs opinions dans la Presse, nous avons 6 mois de froid glacial..... 30 décembre et 0 neige.....
December 30, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Le cybertruck est tellement mauvais que même les travailleurs de Tesla ne l’utilisent pas 🤣 On ne le voit pas bien sur l’image, mais le travailleur pourrait bel et bien un uniforme Tesla!
November 22, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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Le 250$ offert par Trudeau au printemps va aller, en ce qui me concerne, à un organisme qui aide les gens qui en arrachent et pour qui ça va faire une vraie différence. Je suis convaincue que je ne serai pas la seule à faire pareil.
November 21, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Non au zonage restrictif unifamilial et aux restrictions sur l’espacement minimal des immeubles!
now we just need to undo all the various crap which has prevented us from constructing the nice 3- and 6-flat buildings that dot older parts of practically every town around where I live but for *some reason* we have decided don't deserve to be built anymore.
November 22, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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There is far more money to be made in housing than rocket launches. The reason there is no Elon Musk of housing is that it is several orders of magnitude harder than rockets.
November 22, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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Portant toujours un chandail interdisant les contacs, Patrick Laine a participé à toute la séance d'entraînement avec ses coéquipiers, c'est-à-dire cinquante minutes.

La progression se poursuit...
November 22, 2024 at 4:23 PM
C’est important d’écouter les problèmes, car même si un politicien n’est pas d’accord avec une solution proposée par un citoyen, il peut en apprendre beaucoup sur ses problèmes en l’écoutant, et ainsi trouver une solution, même si elle est différente! Un chialeux n’a que rarement tort à 100%
Pro tip to those in leadership: If someone comes asking for you to do more to protect/help themselves, their kids, vulnerable or marginalized residents, don’t tell them what you’ve already done, just listen to what they’re asking for.
November 20, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Construisez et ils arriveront! 💪🏻 Personne n’y aurait cru il y a 10 ans!
READ: “3,337 Parisians were equipped with GPS trackers to record their journeys…for journeys from the outskirts of Paris to the center, the number of cyclists now far exceeds the number of motorists, a huge change from just 5 years ago.”

Evidence of leadership.
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
French Revolution: Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In Paris
Official measurements have found that Paris is rapidly becoming a city of cyclists.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM
J’adore the Beaverton 😆
November 20, 2024 at 8:25 PM