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network design for high ridership, a dense city example by Jarrett at HumanTransit.org 1 person liked this – you How do transit network designers go about their task? Surprisingly little has been written about this. You can pick up books that appear to cover the “network planning” process and find

Killing Development Dead from RSS Feed | Raise The Hammer by Ryan McGreal Our Zoning By-Law is an autoimmune disease that turns the City’s defences against its own urban tissue, mistaking healthy developments for pathogens, destroying valuable assets and debilitating the city as a whole. Recently demolished building at 30

Hero Cops Escort Cellphone Loudmouth Off Train [Justice] from Gizmodo by Seth Abramovitch People who carry on high-volume conversations on their cellphones in public places are the worst. THE. WORST. Which makes Lakeysha Beard the worst of the worst of the worst. For sixteen solid hours after she boarded an

Gardening for food banks from Www.thespec.com – news local Bill Wilcox has been busy cultivating community gardens to grow produce for local food banks and soup kitchens.

NDP recruiting activist Matt Jelly to run in Ontario election: “ Community advocate touted for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale “ NDP recruiting activist Matt Jelly to run in Ontario election Jelly considers running in provincial election Matt Jelly has been approached to run in the Oct. 6 provincial election, in the riding of

Is central air conditioning more energy-efficient than window units? from Slate Magazine by Brian Palmer For many urbanites, summer means being constantly dripped on from the air conditioners that fill virtually every city window. These ubiquitous boxes must consume a tremendous amount of energy. From an environmental perspective, aren’t central

Canadian federal election, 2011 2008 ←members May 2, 2011 (2011-05-02) → 42nd (expected 2015) 308 seats in the House of Commons of Canada155 seats are needed for a majority Opinion polls First party Second party Third party Leader Stephen Harper Jack Layton Michael Ignatieff Party Conservative New Democrat Liberal Leader

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‘Look to Jack Layton and the New Democrats’: “The Toronto Star endorses the NDP.The New Democrats have been reinvigorated under the leadership…“

Tories and NDP neck and neck on election eve: “Either party could form a minority on Election Day: poll“

Orange prudence: “Toby Sanger argues that the NDP has the most fiscally responsible record.Of the 52…“

NDP Nominates Record Number of Women, First to Field Full National Slate The NDP will run 123 women on its slate of 308 candidates, a record 40% female candidates for any party, up from 34% for them in 2008, and returning the party to top spot on this measure which

Alex’s Blog Red Tory: A New Lament For A Nation Posted by himelfarb on March 27, 2011 · 5 Comments Phillip Blond, the main architect of U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s “big society”, is coming to Canada this week. The timing couldn’t be better as our political parties get set

If you haven’t checked out HumanTransit blog, please do so! From his blog, Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy. He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. His latest

Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. I personally think of project management as thinking critically and analytically about the task you want to complete. I’m going to go through both the Ti-Cat and

If you haven’t been following this saga in Hamilton, here are few links: Interview with Ti-Cats owner Bob Young Overview article from the Hamilton Spectator This isn’t going to be yet another editorial/rant about which location makes the most sense for a sports stadium. I’m just going to put forward

This is acutally an important – although not sexy – policy the NDP should champion. From Stephen Gordon: There is no exaggerating the boneheadedness of this decision: Tories scrap mandatory long-form census: For the first time in 35 years, the census will not feature a detailed, long form that Canadians

I LOVE this picture. Pretty much sums up my thoughts on le Bloc Noir: By the by, this shot also alone shows just how rinky-dink Toronto is. They can’t even really get a serious riot going. People are too busy filming it and don’t care (hi there white shirted by-standard).

Time to review the latest in economic downturn budgetting from around the country. 1. The NDP government in NS brought down a budget that includes: An increase in the HST by two percentage points Measures to compensate low-income households Business taxes not increased; scheduled decreases not canceled 2. The Liberal

Traditionally, David Agus explains, cancer treatments have had a short-sighted focus on the offending individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling and protein analysis to treat and analyze the whole body. My question is this – how can public policy help facilitate this new