Lyndsey Rolheiser
@rolheiser.bsky.social
assistant professor urban/real estate economics. cities, bikes, plants, dogs, cats. York U | MIT CRE | www.lyndseyrolheiser.com
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You've got 18ish days to comment on Bill 60, Ford's latest anti bike lane laws! Read our blog on taking action, the importance of identifying intersections w other communities affected & what your local cycling advocacy groups are doing to fight back!
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
Bill 60: Cyclists, Bike & More
Premier Ford has fired another shot in the war on bikes. Read about how Bill 60 will limit bike lanes and harm cyclists.
www.thebikinglawyer.ca
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You've got 18ish days to comment on Bill 60, Ford's latest anti bike lane laws! Read our blog on taking action, the importance of identifying intersections w other communities affected & what your local cycling advocacy groups are doing to fight back!
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
LA could never be this cute
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
LA could never be this cute
another good reminder to not read emails right when you wake up: 5:45am paper rejection emails 🤡
October 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
another good reminder to not read emails right when you wake up: 5:45am paper rejection emails 🤡
Reposted by Lyndsey Rolheiser
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
October 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
A dear friend of mine (not on the socials) is researching Monsanto and found these GEMS in the archives. “They’re lean, hungry-looking bodysweaters. Pure skin stuff.” 💀
October 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A dear friend of mine (not on the socials) is researching Monsanto and found these GEMS in the archives. “They’re lean, hungry-looking bodysweaters. Pure skin stuff.” 💀
Great example of a non-land use form of option value. I value the option to *think about going to a cool kid cocktail place down the street but then ultimately rot on my couch with the dog and cat
we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
October 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Great example of a non-land use form of option value. I value the option to *think about going to a cool kid cocktail place down the street but then ultimately rot on my couch with the dog and cat
Potential natural experiment for crime Econ people 😬 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta to become 1st province with mandatory 'citizenship markers' on driver's licences | CBC News
The government of Alberta announced Monday that driver's licences and identification cards will feature "Canadian citizenship markers." The mandatory change, which is the first of its kind in Canada, ...
www.cbc.ca
September 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Potential natural experiment for crime Econ people 😬 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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@englishrail.bsky.social and I have a piece in the Globe & Mail about how Canada can make housing more affordable and accessible, and disentangle itself from its unreliable and hostile southern neighbor: give its elevator industry the option to use the European/global standard, not just the U.S. one
Opinion: Canada’s outdated elevator rules are adding to the housing crisis
The high cost of elevators is a barrier to the development of affordable, accessible homes
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
@englishrail.bsky.social and I have a piece in the Globe & Mail about how Canada can make housing more affordable and accessible, and disentangle itself from its unreliable and hostile southern neighbor: give its elevator industry the option to use the European/global standard, not just the U.S. one
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Garbage, Parking, and the Death of Small Businesses. Eager to hear your thoughts!
@jasonthorne.bsky.social @alexbozikovic.bsky.social @johnlorinc.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social
@jasonthorne.bsky.social @alexbozikovic.bsky.social @johnlorinc.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social
Parking, Garbage and the Decline of Toronto's Small Businesses
Kelly Alvarez Doran and Mithcell May examine how parking and Type G loading regulations lead to lacklustre retail in new buildings.
www.azuremagazine.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Garbage, Parking, and the Death of Small Businesses. Eager to hear your thoughts!
@jasonthorne.bsky.social @alexbozikovic.bsky.social @johnlorinc.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social
@jasonthorne.bsky.social @alexbozikovic.bsky.social @johnlorinc.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social
I lived in the states for 10 years. Every Canada Day I would subject my friends to can-con music. “Do you know this song? No?? How do you not know this!?” It was very annoying for them. I finally put it all together in a playlist. It’s 8hrs long 🇨🇦
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I lived in the states for 10 years. Every Canada Day I would subject my friends to can-con music. “Do you know this song? No?? How do you not know this!?” It was very annoying for them. I finally put it all together in a playlist. It’s 8hrs long 🇨🇦
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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over on @dwell.bsky.social - @sustainabletall.bsky.social writes about spain's incredible social housing & cooperative movements, walking away from sterile, banal double loaded corridors
www.dwell.com/article/why-...
www.dwell.com/article/why-...
Why Is Spain’s Social Housing So Well-Designed?
The country is trying to reverse its legacy of under-investing in public housing by churning out projects that defy expectations of the building type.
www.dwell.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
over on @dwell.bsky.social - @sustainabletall.bsky.social writes about spain's incredible social housing & cooperative movements, walking away from sterile, banal double loaded corridors
www.dwell.com/article/why-...
www.dwell.com/article/why-...
Toronto’s urban tree canopy is no joke
May 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Toronto’s urban tree canopy is no joke
Update: vote needed 2/3 majority but received only 57%. Opposing side started a whisper campaign against a vocal supporter claiming he was a secret developer 😞. No ADUs in Arlington for now.
Help pls! There were some nice critiques of this paper a few weeks ago and now I can't find them. Please send along if you remember. This paper was recently weaponized in Arlington MA to prevent the VERY mild proposal of allowing ADUs.
www.nber.org/papers/w33576
www.nber.org/papers/w33576
Supply Constraints do not Explain House Price and Quantity Growth Across U.S. Cities
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
May 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Update: vote needed 2/3 majority but received only 57%. Opposing side started a whisper campaign against a vocal supporter claiming he was a secret developer 😞. No ADUs in Arlington for now.
Help pls! There were some nice critiques of this paper a few weeks ago and now I can't find them. Please send along if you remember. This paper was recently weaponized in Arlington MA to prevent the VERY mild proposal of allowing ADUs.
www.nber.org/papers/w33576
www.nber.org/papers/w33576
Supply Constraints do not Explain House Price and Quantity Growth Across U.S. Cities
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
May 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Help pls! There were some nice critiques of this paper a few weeks ago and now I can't find them. Please send along if you remember. This paper was recently weaponized in Arlington MA to prevent the VERY mild proposal of allowing ADUs.
www.nber.org/papers/w33576
www.nber.org/papers/w33576
I can't overstate how important a dedicated bus lane on Dufferin will be given the explosion of residential dev. nearby. People opposing this think traffic is bad now? Link for Dufferin and Bathurst surveys here and here: ca.mar.medallia.com?e=448169&d=l...
ca.mar.medallia.com?e=448562&d=l...
ca.mar.medallia.com?e=448562&d=l...
May 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I can't overstate how important a dedicated bus lane on Dufferin will be given the explosion of residential dev. nearby. People opposing this think traffic is bad now? Link for Dufferin and Bathurst surveys here and here: ca.mar.medallia.com?e=448169&d=l...
ca.mar.medallia.com?e=448562&d=l...
ca.mar.medallia.com?e=448562&d=l...
obsessed with this +1 to the glass block 😍
9 story single stair building in australia by splinter society architecture.
that glass block is 👀
amazing what you can do on a ~1,600 sf lot (no. that's not missing a zero)
archello.com/project/newb...
that glass block is 👀
amazing what you can do on a ~1,600 sf lot (no. that's not missing a zero)
archello.com/project/newb...
Newburgh Light House | Splinter Society Architecture | Archello
Conveniently located in Auburn Village, Newburgh Light House presents a highly sustainable housing solution, accommodating up to 21 people over 10 levels, on...
archello.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
obsessed with this +1 to the glass block 😍
Doing some GIS quality control and was confronted by the impending wet reality of Cape Coral FL. I imagine a future museum exhibit "we used to build like this" in the climate disaster wing.
April 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Doing some GIS quality control and was confronted by the impending wet reality of Cape Coral FL. I imagine a future museum exhibit "we used to build like this" in the climate disaster wing.
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📣 Call for papers 📣
19th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
October 3 - 4, 2025
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Keynotes by Cecile Gaubert and Keith Head.
Please submit your paper by May 30.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea...
19th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
October 3 - 4, 2025
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Keynotes by Cecile Gaubert and Keith Head.
Please submit your paper by May 30.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea...
UEA 2025 Montréal
urbaneconomics.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📣 Call for papers 📣
19th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
October 3 - 4, 2025
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Keynotes by Cecile Gaubert and Keith Head.
Please submit your paper by May 30.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea...
19th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
October 3 - 4, 2025
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Keynotes by Cecile Gaubert and Keith Head.
Please submit your paper by May 30.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea...
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Distilling key facts about housing affordability and its decline in the US and reviewing the literature on housing supply and the causes of declining affordability, from Nathaniel Baum-Snow and Gilles Duranton https://www.nber.org/papers/w33694
April 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Distilling key facts about housing affordability and its decline in the US and reviewing the literature on housing supply and the causes of declining affordability, from Nathaniel Baum-Snow and Gilles Duranton https://www.nber.org/papers/w33694
Reposted by Lyndsey Rolheiser
In Bloomberg CityLab, I explained why cities must build cycling *networks* – not just lanes.
It’s a lesson that many elected leaders have yet to learn (esp Ontario’s Doug Ford, who is taking a sledgehammer to Toronto's cycling network).
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It’s a lesson that many elected leaders have yet to learn (esp Ontario’s Doug Ford, who is taking a sledgehammer to Toronto's cycling network).
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Why the Best Bike Lanes Always Get Blamed
A standoff over cycling infrastructure and traffic congestion in Toronto shows why building protected bike lanes on essential corridors draws controversy along with riders.
www.bloomberg.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In Bloomberg CityLab, I explained why cities must build cycling *networks* – not just lanes.
It’s a lesson that many elected leaders have yet to learn (esp Ontario’s Doug Ford, who is taking a sledgehammer to Toronto's cycling network).
🧵
It’s a lesson that many elected leaders have yet to learn (esp Ontario’s Doug Ford, who is taking a sledgehammer to Toronto's cycling network).
🧵