And when I say “Chretien won”, I obviously mean his party won and he became prime minister. We don’t directly elect PMs!
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And when I say “Chretien won”, I obviously mean his party won and he became prime minister. We don’t directly elect PMs!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%...
Wow, I didn‘t realize John Tory (last Toronto mayor) was the one behind one of the most infamous political ads in Canadian history back in the 90s.
The ad said “is this a Prime Minister?” and seemed to highlight Chretien’s facial paralysis (Bell’s palsy).
Chretien won.
i spent all summer organizing for dedicated transit lanes against typical toronto nimbys who claimed that "emergency vehicles would get stuck in traffic and more people would die"
anyways, here's real life:
So Ukraine helps the US beat Shaheds and the US helps Russia kill Ukrainians.
I like living in low-rise walk-up apartments myself but I don’t try to turn that into the law because:
1. Other people have different needs and preferences.
2. It’s not my only priority. I’d absolutely consider living taller if the price, size, location, or set of amenities was more appealing.
Canada seems to have fewer large SUVs than the states but we have plenty of F-150s
in this thread: decadent Yankees worried that gas now costs $1.14 per L
You've heard tourists praise for the public transit in Medellín, Colombia, but how well does it work for the locals? My deep dive into a fascinating city and network, available in English and Spanish. humantransit.org/2026/03/mede...
A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best
Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best
Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!
Pew Research survey of 25 countries asking people whether their fellow citizens are morally good or bad.
Not sure I expected the US and Canada to be at the literal two opposite extremes!
Big differences in Europe too that I don’t totally understand.
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It’s our blunt NEW @usa.streetsblog.org op-ed sharing why we’ve created @urbantruth.bsky.social. SPOILER: We need to call out the lies and tell the truth much more persuasively!
Interesting how one reason people buy large suburban houses (seemingly bigger than their household needs) is to host extended family visiting every so often.
It’s more convenient and it saves the family having to get a hotel.
But probably results in more money being spent overall.
Unfortunately, it’s harder to find data at the urban area / pop centre level.
Fortunately, because rural areas are a lot of land for not a lot of people, this skews density calculations more than other things.
Still, cross-country comparisons are never perfect.
Metro areas in Canada + US also don’t stop at suburbs. They can include significant amounts of rural areas. Some more, some less — they’re based on counties in the US, and municipalities in Canada.
The geography that stops at suburbs is called an urban area in the US and population centre here.
The City of Encinitas, California (north of San Diego) is removing what looks like a really nice protected bike lane to replace it with a painted bike lane.
Cost? More than $3 million.
“Travelling five times a year, maxing out her TFSA, building an emergency fund, and having the freedom to see her friends when and how she wants: Those are just a few ways Deeksha Singh [of Calgary] said she can use the estimated $14,000 a year she saves by not owning a car.”
How it started -> how it's going
Number of passages on weekdays on Montréal's STM lines 55 and 80+535/435/480 in 2010, 2013 (network 10 minutes max) and 2025.
It's brutal.
Now I know why I've stopped riding bus 80 and why I take the 55 much less...
I didn't mention it in the video but one reason I wanted to run the numbers was to see if this list of countries by vehicles per capita lines up. And it also has this same general pattern (except Ireland is the lowest car country of those).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
I didn't say there's nobody talking about safe streets or urbanist topics from NYC. I said there are fewer urbanist YouTube channels than you’d expect.
The US has 1/3 to 1/2 of all US transit ridership (massive!), but not that same proportion of urbanist YouTube channels.
The Most (and Least) Car-Free Cities in the Anglosphere
Cheap rent enables so much creativity, risk-taking, etc.
I’ve sometimes wondered if the relative lack of urbanist YouTube channels based in NYC — given the population and enormous transit ridership — is related to housing being so expensive.
I was just in Canada (Toronto) for work three weeks ago and people were nothing but kind and understanding and ready to be angry along with me. Going to Montreal in April (also for work) and I can't wait. Canada is a relief from our day to day here.
Reading Michael Barclay's fantastic history of Canadian music from 2000-2005 (Hearts on Fire).
One thing that really jumps out is how often musicians of the era credited their success to cheap rent. Small grants and a few bucks from shows go a long way when you're paying three hundred a month!
I have friends who work at restaurants on the waterfront. Some visitors get mad that they don’t accept American money!
Totally understandable, but it’s judging them on their individual actions
I’m also disappointed he put out that statement.
Yeah that would be an example of #3 to avoid
So my tips for Americans visiting:
1. Don’t be MAGA (obviously)
2. Don’t tell people it’s just a joke or distraction
3. Don’t try to downplay Trump’s win by saying things like “he only got 49.8% of the vote” or “you Canadians almost elected a conservative too”.
And you should be fine.
