Jeremy MacCuish
@jmccsh.bsky.social
Ici pour apprendre. Montréal, urbanisme, éducation, sci-fi, Sixers.
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As urbanisation accelerates, cities are grappling with unprecedented pressures—from chronic housing shortages to streets overwhelmed by cars. In response, a small but growing group of leaders is matching the scale of the challenge—steering toward a more prosperous, resilient and sustainable future.🧵
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
As urbanisation accelerates, cities are grappling with unprecedented pressures—from chronic housing shortages to streets overwhelmed by cars. In response, a small but growing group of leaders is matching the scale of the challenge—steering toward a more prosperous, resilient and sustainable future.🧵
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You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
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I love that he's explaining the housing crisis from the landlord perspective
Trump: If we build more housing, the price of homes will go down, and homeowners will lose their wealth.
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I love that he's explaining the housing crisis from the landlord perspective
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Congestion pricing is working for mobility, economy and environment.
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How
Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the...
www.bloomberg.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Congestion pricing is working for mobility, economy and environment.
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You’d really be forgiven if you had a hard time conceiving of a success on this scale. “So I’ve got this idea for an environmental and public health project, we’re gonna reduce pollution by a fifth. No no it doesn’t cost anything. Actually it’s gonna net half a billion dollars.” What!
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
You’d really be forgiven if you had a hard time conceiving of a success on this scale. “So I’ve got this idea for an environmental and public health project, we’re gonna reduce pollution by a fifth. No no it doesn’t cost anything. Actually it’s gonna net half a billion dollars.” What!
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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via @cbcnews.ca : Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has appointed five new members of the STM’s 10-person board of directors — all current party members or former EM candidates. That’s in addition to EM city councillor Aref Salem, who was appointed chairman of the STM’s board in November
#polmtl
#polmtl
Montreal’s new administration accused of erasing transit authority’s independence
YouTube video by CBC News Quebec
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December 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
via @cbcnews.ca : Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has appointed five new members of the STM’s 10-person board of directors — all current party members or former EM candidates. That’s in addition to EM city councillor Aref Salem, who was appointed chairman of the STM’s board in November
#polmtl
#polmtl
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When mad drivers tell you that you, a cyclist, don't belong on roads because you don't pay registration and the gas tax, show them the Road Damage Calculator. Compare, for example, the damage made by a small SUV and a longtail cargo e-bike. Very different orders of magnitude roaddamagecalculator.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When mad drivers tell you that you, a cyclist, don't belong on roads because you don't pay registration and the gas tax, show them the Road Damage Calculator. Compare, for example, the damage made by a small SUV and a longtail cargo e-bike. Very different orders of magnitude roaddamagecalculator.com
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New York City's air quality has been improving over time, but now it's improving much faster, thanks to congestion pricing.
What previously took nine years — the 22% drop in air pollution between 2015 and 2024 — was reached in just *six months* of congestion pricing.
What previously took nine years — the 22% drop in air pollution between 2015 and 2024 — was reached in just *six months* of congestion pricing.
New Yorkers Are Literally Breathing Easier After Congestion Pricing
And other links to start your hump day.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New York City's air quality has been improving over time, but now it's improving much faster, thanks to congestion pricing.
What previously took nine years — the 22% drop in air pollution between 2015 and 2024 — was reached in just *six months* of congestion pricing.
What previously took nine years — the 22% drop in air pollution between 2015 and 2024 — was reached in just *six months* of congestion pricing.
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In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
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Records pour @biximontreal.com
🚲 14,5 M déplacements en 2025 (13,3 M en 2024)
🚲 2.3 M déplacements en juillet
🚲 : 98 000 déplacements le 11 juin durant la grève de la @stm.info
#biximtl #bixi #velomtl #velopartage
à lire dans @ledevoir.com ⤵️
🚲 14,5 M déplacements en 2025 (13,3 M en 2024)
🚲 2.3 M déplacements en juillet
🚲 : 98 000 déplacements le 11 juin durant la grève de la @stm.info
#biximtl #bixi #velomtl #velopartage
à lire dans @ledevoir.com ⤵️
Vers une autre année record pour Bixi
Le service de vélo en libre-service prévoit boucler l’année 2025 avec 14,5 millions de déplacements.
www.ledevoir.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Records pour @biximontreal.com
🚲 14,5 M déplacements en 2025 (13,3 M en 2024)
🚲 2.3 M déplacements en juillet
🚲 : 98 000 déplacements le 11 juin durant la grève de la @stm.info
#biximtl #bixi #velomtl #velopartage
à lire dans @ledevoir.com ⤵️
🚲 14,5 M déplacements en 2025 (13,3 M en 2024)
🚲 2.3 M déplacements en juillet
🚲 : 98 000 déplacements le 11 juin durant la grève de la @stm.info
#biximtl #bixi #velomtl #velopartage
à lire dans @ledevoir.com ⤵️
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Rencontre concernant la piste cyclable sur Atateken, lundi prochain à 18h30 à la salle du conseil de Ville-Marie. Cette piste devrait servir de détour de la piste Berri durant environ 2 ans. Je vous invite à assister si vous avez des opinions sur cette piste!
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Rencontre concernant la piste cyclable sur Atateken, lundi prochain à 18h30 à la salle du conseil de Ville-Marie. Cette piste devrait servir de détour de la piste Berri durant environ 2 ans. Je vous invite à assister si vous avez des opinions sur cette piste!
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
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#Montreal was rated #1 bicycle city in North America this year.
But the party that won the municipal election campaigned on auditing and removing bike lanes.
They’ve already started in my borough, #Outremont.
So we made our own bike lane this morning. We need to keep our kids active—and safe.
But the party that won the municipal election campaigned on auditing and removing bike lanes.
They’ve already started in my borough, #Outremont.
So we made our own bike lane this morning. We need to keep our kids active—and safe.
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#Montreal was rated #1 bicycle city in North America this year.
But the party that won the municipal election campaigned on auditing and removing bike lanes.
They’ve already started in my borough, #Outremont.
So we made our own bike lane this morning. We need to keep our kids active—and safe.
But the party that won the municipal election campaigned on auditing and removing bike lanes.
They’ve already started in my borough, #Outremont.
So we made our own bike lane this morning. We need to keep our kids active—and safe.
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If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Le regard de notre caricaturiste Chloé sur l'actualité du 1er décembre 2025 👉 bit.ly/48J7twX
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Le regard de notre caricaturiste Chloé sur l'actualité du 1er décembre 2025 👉 bit.ly/48J7twX
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Les consultations sur les cibles de GES du Québec ont commencé cette semaine. J’en fais partie, et ce que j’entends m’inquiète énormément.
Bernard « lâchez-moi avec les GES » Drainville a baissé les bras: il veut repousser dans le temps l’atteinte de nos cibles.
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Bernard « lâchez-moi avec les GES » Drainville a baissé les bras: il veut repousser dans le temps l’atteinte de nos cibles.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Les consultations sur les cibles de GES du Québec ont commencé cette semaine. J’en fais partie, et ce que j’entends m’inquiète énormément.
Bernard « lâchez-moi avec les GES » Drainville a baissé les bras: il veut repousser dans le temps l’atteinte de nos cibles.
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Bernard « lâchez-moi avec les GES » Drainville a baissé les bras: il veut repousser dans le temps l’atteinte de nos cibles.
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Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was raining
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes
Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes
Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was raining
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes
Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes
Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.
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The new borough mayor of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (MHM) in Montreal has declared a pause on Ruelle verte projects, which add greenery and traffic calming to alleyways.
Gel des projets de ruelle verte dans Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
La nouvelle mairesse de l’arrondissement veut concentrer ses efforts sur l’entretien des rues et des trottoirs.
www.ledevoir.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The new borough mayor of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (MHM) in Montreal has declared a pause on Ruelle verte projects, which add greenery and traffic calming to alleyways.
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The Canada-Alberta deal pushes a pipeline AND
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The Canada-Alberta deal pushes a pipeline AND
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
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1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
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Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today