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Brian Doucet
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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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Economics 30%
Sociology 19%
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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...

Great article in today's Waterloo Region Record about the Waterloo Premiere of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing.'
Sunday 16 November at 1pm at the Princess Twin in Uptown Waterloo
Register for free via. www.housingfilm.ca
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
‘I want to be optimistic’: New film by UW prof explores solutions to housing crisis
Brian Doucet’s new feature-length documentary, “Thinking Beyond the Market,” takes a cross-Canada look at solutions that can put housing in the hands of those who need it the most.
www.therecord.com

Suburban stadiums surrounded by parking lots hold spectators hostage with exorbitant parking charges!

A reminder that the stadium in downtown Toronto is on the GO Train network (which has ample free parking throughout the region)
Weekend network day pass $10

Downtown stadium in Vancouver similar
FIFA's current parking prices will cost more than some actual match tickets at previous World Cups.

Parking and transportation have long represented an imposing challenge for the World Cup’s 16 North American host cities.

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FIFA's current parking prices will cost more than some actual match tickets at previous World Cups.

Parking and transportation have long represented an imposing challenge for the World Cup’s 16 North American host cities.

Garbage Time started early in the Lions-Commanders game this afternoon!
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

Garbage time!

Does ‘garbage time’ begin once Trump comes into the commentator’s booth or does it only have to do with the football score?
JUST NOW: Donald Trump gets loudly BOOED by the crowd at the Commanders game. What a loser!
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

Evening trains at Hamilton’s West Harbour Station.

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Let me sum up the new "everything else seems old fashioned" campaign from BYD: Cars are cool everything else isn't. (breakthrough stuff here 🙄)

The only thing more old fashioned than riding a horse is positioning a car as the better way forward.

The Toronto Premier of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing' will take place at City Hall! We are partnering with ULI to bring the film to Canada's largest city.
Tuesday 25 November, 6pm, 100 Queen St W
Free registration here:
toronto.uli.org/events/detai...
GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney’s budget is blind to the real causes of Canada’s problems
The prime minister's first budget emphasizes infrastructure and resource extraction but fails to leverage our most significant economic drivers.
www.thestar.com

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I cannot emphasize enough how much Zohran Mamdani's campaign was very much about a platform focused on accountability, but also about having fun, fostering genuine connections with its citizens, and reminding people why they moved to New York City and should still want to live there

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"When students are caught cheating on exams, the punishments get stricter — we don’t get rid of exams. So why is it different for traffic rules?" asks a high school student. www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...
Speed cameras keep us all safer. It’s as simple as that
Ford government says speed cameras will be gone by Nov. 14, Oct. 30
www.thestar.com

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1/7 Budget 2025 is out. We asked for investment in the RIGHT types of housing. Here's our take on what #BuildCanadaHomes got right and where critical gaps remain.

#Budget2025

Full analysis: buff.ly/1PbtKwu

Visit bsh.ubc.ca for more on our research.

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Wheeee!

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“In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light”. - Mamdani victory speech.

What a speech.
Cities are great.

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I wonder if the bus Cuomo takes to leave New York will be free?

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Please check out the interesting nuances at our map with filters to look at groups: www.electionatlas.nyc/maps.html#!N...
NYC Election Atlas - Maps
www.electionatlas.nyc
When we wrote our book on children of immigrants in NY we said they would inherit the city. Tonight one of them did!

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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

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What a great morning at the Region! Stage 2 ION was approved near unanimously today, and sets the stage for us to secure full funding from the Federal and Provincial governments. Onward to Cambridge — and beyond!

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3—Use of publicly owned land.

Mamdani's platform specifically notes that city-owned land is an opportunity to build more housing. He says he wants to expand construction of affordable housing on NYCHA land, which includes parking lots in some of the city's most desirable neighborhoods.

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What are the stakes for housing if Mamdani is elected mayor? My round up 🧵

1—Rent stabilization.

Mamdani wants to freeze rent levels on 1 m rental units subject to stabilization.

Mayor has appointment power over the rent guidelines board, but changes may take until 2027, depending on Adams:
Can Eric Adams Really Block a Mamdani Rent Freeze? - City Limits
If Eric Adams appoints new members to the Rent Guidelines Board before his term expires, it could make it harder for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani to fulfill his promise to freeze rent.
citylimits.org

Our next screening of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing' is right here in Waterloo!

Sunday 16 November, 1pm at the Princess Twin.

It will be hosted by @waterloompp.bsky.social with a panel discussion after. Register here:

forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

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Fire departments also argue against some #roadsafety improvements that would slow down cars and make our neighbourhoods safer. Why? Because they like their big trucks and don't want to replace them with smaller trucks. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There's a push for single-stair apartments in Canada. Calgary firefighters want the city to reject it | CBC News
Calgary’s firefighters union is trying to prevent what it calls a dangerous housing trend — in which multi-storey housing buildings are being constructed with only one stairwell — from making its way ...
www.cbc.ca