Jarret Gosbee
@jarretwithonet.bsky.social
Once had a comment on the Dull Men's Club facebook page that had over 400 likes.
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"It is unfair to have a society where parking is free for cars and housing is expensive for people" - Donald Shoup.
This is my first post on this platform.
Come along for the ride.
This is my first post on this platform.
Come along for the ride.
"and watch here, see, even if you add a lane it doesn't make traffic any better. In fact it makes it worse. It's called induced demand"
October 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"and watch here, see, even if you add a lane it doesn't make traffic any better. In fact it makes it worse. It's called induced demand"
Cool take for road safety, but it also means less parking. Parking stalls used to be as small as 2.5m*5.5m, now they're usually 3.0m*6m, and even then it's a struggle for most trucks. Imagine removing 10-20% of parking spaces depending on the layout.
In April I attended the Good Roads Conference, where I met @davidzipper.bsky.social, a senior fellow at the MIT Mobility Initiative, who coined the term "car bloat" to describe the ever-expanding size of the average automobile. David's keynote speech illustrated the impacts of this phenomenon. 3/
July 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Cool take for road safety, but it also means less parking. Parking stalls used to be as small as 2.5m*5.5m, now they're usually 3.0m*6m, and even then it's a struggle for most trucks. Imagine removing 10-20% of parking spaces depending on the layout.
The thought of calculating and enforcing parking minimums gives me hives. Thankful every day CBRM doesn't have parking minimums.
Don't worry, we still see many projects with 2+ spaces per residential unit.
Don't worry, we still see many projects with 2+ spaces per residential unit.
June 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The thought of calculating and enforcing parking minimums gives me hives. Thankful every day CBRM doesn't have parking minimums.
Don't worry, we still see many projects with 2+ spaces per residential unit.
Don't worry, we still see many projects with 2+ spaces per residential unit.
Left on green running through pedestrians.
May 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Left on green running through pedestrians.
This intersection got a Target, and they're calling it downtown.
It always cracks me up when places like this have a name like "Town Center."
February 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This intersection got a Target, and they're calling it downtown.
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Rest in peace to Donald Shoup, a true legend who changed the world for the better.
February 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Rest in peace to Donald Shoup, a true legend who changed the world for the better.
If Hozier lived in a walkable community, he wouldn't need anybody to take him to church
January 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If Hozier lived in a walkable community, he wouldn't need anybody to take him to church
The devil is in the details. It's in vogue to remove parking requirements, but that does nothing if you maintain large setbacks (which will inevitably be used for parking)
Ditto with upzoning while maintaining low lot coverage %'s.
Ditto with upzoning while maintaining low lot coverage %'s.
A prime example of how other zoning restrictions are blocking multiplexes in Toronto, despite their nominal legalization. Lot coverage limits, minimum lot areas/frontages, and FSI are still excluding multiplexes in much of the city.
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
January 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The devil is in the details. It's in vogue to remove parking requirements, but that does nothing if you maintain large setbacks (which will inevitably be used for parking)
Ditto with upzoning while maintaining low lot coverage %'s.
Ditto with upzoning while maintaining low lot coverage %'s.
Well, looks like I've hit my quota for intensity minutes for the next 68,000 years.
January 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Well, looks like I've hit my quota for intensity minutes for the next 68,000 years.
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NEW Starter pack! 🔥
100 Women in Urbanism
Cathy Tuttle (@cathytuttle.bsky.social) and I have curated this list of the 100 most interesting women and non-binary people in urbanism on Bluesky right now.
100 Women in Urbanism
Cathy Tuttle (@cathytuttle.bsky.social) and I have curated this list of the 100 most interesting women and non-binary people in urbanism on Bluesky right now.
January 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
NEW Starter pack! 🔥
100 Women in Urbanism
Cathy Tuttle (@cathytuttle.bsky.social) and I have curated this list of the 100 most interesting women and non-binary people in urbanism on Bluesky right now.
100 Women in Urbanism
Cathy Tuttle (@cathytuttle.bsky.social) and I have curated this list of the 100 most interesting women and non-binary people in urbanism on Bluesky right now.
Oh yeah I would love to go but I already left my house once today and I have a rule where I can't leave my house twice in one day. It's just too many times to leave my house I'm sorry.
December 11, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Oh yeah I would love to go but I already left my house once today and I have a rule where I can't leave my house twice in one day. It's just too many times to leave my house I'm sorry.
Look at how short those crossing distances are,and how the squiggle white lines "frame" the driver.
The extra walking distance is pretty tolerable in these scenarios
The extra walking distance is pretty tolerable in these scenarios
Sheffield’s first ‘Dutch-style’ roundabout has opened.
Compared to installing traffic signals, the design is safer for pedestrians and cyclists, causes less delay to people driving, and creates more green space.
www.facebook.com/share/v/18e3...
Compared to installing traffic signals, the design is safer for pedestrians and cyclists, causes less delay to people driving, and creates more green space.
www.facebook.com/share/v/18e3...
December 11, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Look at how short those crossing distances are,and how the squiggle white lines "frame" the driver.
The extra walking distance is pretty tolerable in these scenarios
The extra walking distance is pretty tolerable in these scenarios
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“the monthly cost of social housing is $613. This is starkly lower than $2,100 for a shelter bed, $4,300 for a correctional facility bed, $13,500 for a hospital bed. Housing people is not only a moral imperative but also an economically sound decision.” Kathy Moreland RN #onpoli
December 9, 2024 at 12:15 AM
“the monthly cost of social housing is $613. This is starkly lower than $2,100 for a shelter bed, $4,300 for a correctional facility bed, $13,500 for a hospital bed. Housing people is not only a moral imperative but also an economically sound decision.” Kathy Moreland RN #onpoli
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Sadly, none of the Atlantic provinces have accepted CUPW’s offer to distribute government cheques during the strike at Canada Post.
Instead, governments in the Atlantic provinces are choosing to force members of the public to travel for their badly needed cheques.
#canlab #CUPW #CanadaPost #1u
Instead, governments in the Atlantic provinces are choosing to force members of the public to travel for their badly needed cheques.
#canlab #CUPW #CanadaPost #1u
December 8, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Sadly, none of the Atlantic provinces have accepted CUPW’s offer to distribute government cheques during the strike at Canada Post.
Instead, governments in the Atlantic provinces are choosing to force members of the public to travel for their badly needed cheques.
#canlab #CUPW #CanadaPost #1u
Instead, governments in the Atlantic provinces are choosing to force members of the public to travel for their badly needed cheques.
#canlab #CUPW #CanadaPost #1u
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f r i d a y n i g h t
December 6, 2024 at 7:33 PM
f r i d a y n i g h t
Did NS Health learn nothing from the court case less than a month ago? www.cbc.ca/player/play/....
If NS doesn't offer the treatment, then it should cover the cost of treatment if it's available in another province.
That's the point of a NATIONAL healthcare system.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If NS doesn't offer the treatment, then it should cover the cost of treatment if it's available in another province.
That's the point of a NATIONAL healthcare system.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Woman living in chronic pain says N.S. health care plagued by sexism, ageism and 'dangerous' apathy | CBC News
Laura O'Byrne has countless fibroids — growths around her uterus, which itself is three times larger than normal — and a large ovarian cyst. But she's met a number of roadblocks in treating her issues, including being dismissed by a Nova Scotia gynecologist and denied an out-of-province claim to MSI for an urgent hysterectomy in her home province of Manitoba.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Did NS Health learn nothing from the court case less than a month ago? www.cbc.ca/player/play/....
If NS doesn't offer the treatment, then it should cover the cost of treatment if it's available in another province.
That's the point of a NATIONAL healthcare system.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If NS doesn't offer the treatment, then it should cover the cost of treatment if it's available in another province.
That's the point of a NATIONAL healthcare system.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Cities that don't plow their sidewalks hate pedestrians.
December 5, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Cities that don't plow their sidewalks hate pedestrians.
What is going through someone's head when they think this is normal behavior? Absolutely no room for someone in a wheelchair/scooter or a stroller. Insane.
November 21, 2024 at 5:34 PM
What is going through someone's head when they think this is normal behavior? Absolutely no room for someone in a wheelchair/scooter or a stroller. Insane.
WHAT A SALE!
Just picked up "meet me at the library" and "smaller cities in a shrinking world"
Some great books from Island Press that you should read:
- Arbitrary Lines (if you're into how zoning effects us)
- Right of Way (why our roads suck)
- Fire Storm (Fort Mac wildfire)
Just picked up "meet me at the library" and "smaller cities in a shrinking world"
Some great books from Island Press that you should read:
- Arbitrary Lines (if you're into how zoning effects us)
- Right of Way (why our roads suck)
- Fire Storm (Fort Mac wildfire)
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November 21, 2024 at 2:17 PM
WHAT A SALE!
Just picked up "meet me at the library" and "smaller cities in a shrinking world"
Some great books from Island Press that you should read:
- Arbitrary Lines (if you're into how zoning effects us)
- Right of Way (why our roads suck)
- Fire Storm (Fort Mac wildfire)
Just picked up "meet me at the library" and "smaller cities in a shrinking world"
Some great books from Island Press that you should read:
- Arbitrary Lines (if you're into how zoning effects us)
- Right of Way (why our roads suck)
- Fire Storm (Fort Mac wildfire)
It's been raining for a week, and will rain for another week. The sun sets before I'm finished work at 4:30. It's stick season.
But I just got a great phone call, and the best career news I could've gotten
More to report as it develops.
But I just got a great phone call, and the best career news I could've gotten
More to report as it develops.
November 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM
It's been raining for a week, and will rain for another week. The sun sets before I'm finished work at 4:30. It's stick season.
But I just got a great phone call, and the best career news I could've gotten
More to report as it develops.
But I just got a great phone call, and the best career news I could've gotten
More to report as it develops.
Boy, am I confused.
November 11, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Boy, am I confused.
What in the fresh hell motonormativity is this?
In Ontario, you must use a crosswalk if it exists. If there is no crosswalk, you can cross anywhere (so long as you're not interfering with traffic).
Is this just a jaywalking extortion device?
In Ontario, you must use a crosswalk if it exists. If there is no crosswalk, you can cross anywhere (so long as you're not interfering with traffic).
Is this just a jaywalking extortion device?
Pedestrians can have a little crossing sometimes, as a treat
November 11, 2024 at 12:28 AM
What in the fresh hell motonormativity is this?
In Ontario, you must use a crosswalk if it exists. If there is no crosswalk, you can cross anywhere (so long as you're not interfering with traffic).
Is this just a jaywalking extortion device?
In Ontario, you must use a crosswalk if it exists. If there is no crosswalk, you can cross anywhere (so long as you're not interfering with traffic).
Is this just a jaywalking extortion device?
Free public transit. Good idea? Not if you want more people out of cars.
People that use the bus will use it more. People already driving won't change.
youtu.be/K6md7gny4pY?...
People that use the bus will use it more. People already driving won't change.
youtu.be/K6md7gny4pY?...
Why free public transport doesn't fix traffic (and what does)
YouTube video by DW Planet A
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November 9, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Free public transit. Good idea? Not if you want more people out of cars.
People that use the bus will use it more. People already driving won't change.
youtu.be/K6md7gny4pY?...
People that use the bus will use it more. People already driving won't change.
youtu.be/K6md7gny4pY?...
"Not an epidemic." atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/yarmout...
Yarmouth deaths ruled murder-suicide, intimate partner violence; third case in N.S. in 3 weeks
For the third time in less than a month, the Nova Scotia RCMP has ruled two suspicious deaths a case of murder-suicide resulting from intimate partner violence.
atlantic.ctvnews.ca
November 8, 2024 at 7:54 PM
"Not an epidemic." atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/yarmout...
The donuts aren't vegan and this isn't my riding but that doesn't mean you shouldn't rip downtown for donuts and democracy.
November 8, 2024 at 6:57 PM
The donuts aren't vegan and this isn't my riding but that doesn't mean you shouldn't rip downtown for donuts and democracy.