Lester B Person
@lester-b.bsky.social
📍Urbaniste montréalais / Tiohtià:ke
plus de logements, plus de TeC, plus de vélos - dosage peut varier en fonction de la gravité des symptômes.
more housing, more transit, more bikes. Dosage may vary depending on severity of symptoms.
plus de logements, plus de TeC, plus de vélos - dosage peut varier en fonction de la gravité des symptômes.
more housing, more transit, more bikes. Dosage may vary depending on severity of symptoms.
Let her tie herself up and deem it part of the developers public art contribution
December 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Let her tie herself up and deem it part of the developers public art contribution
That's a bit transit jargon-y,but in the sprawling suburbs dotted with highrises the "layer" that is most lacking is fast regional transit that moves you long distances quickly. Services can cluster around these new hubs.
December 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
That's a bit transit jargon-y,but in the sprawling suburbs dotted with highrises the "layer" that is most lacking is fast regional transit that moves you long distances quickly. Services can cluster around these new hubs.
This is addressed in the piece, but the concept is layering transit and you're still trying to minimize travel time between O-Ds by optimizing stop spacing and avg. speed for each mode (e.g local, regional, intercity).
December 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is addressed in the piece, but the concept is layering transit and you're still trying to minimize travel time between O-Ds by optimizing stop spacing and avg. speed for each mode (e.g local, regional, intercity).
Lol ya love how fast he walks himself into a contradictory dead end. Socratic method is useful for these folks: if developers suppress the supply, is that because they fear with too many homes...prices...would go down 😱?"
December 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Lol ya love how fast he walks himself into a contradictory dead end. Socratic method is useful for these folks: if developers suppress the supply, is that because they fear with too many homes...prices...would go down 😱?"
I'm here to learn, not to persuade. Persuasion happens better offline anyways.
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I'm here to learn, not to persuade. Persuasion happens better offline anyways.
I cracked and had a look at the comments, this one might be the dumbest
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I cracked and had a look at the comments, this one might be the dumbest
I always notice the typos after posting but whatever
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I always notice the typos after posting but whatever
What's that Traffic Czar up to these days?
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
What's that Traffic Czar up to these days?
Do you think there is equal blame on the property owner for demanding too much money for a pedestrian access? As expropriation powers are only granted specifically for the rail project, should broader power be given to secure multimodal access within a buffer?
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Do you think there is equal blame on the property owner for demanding too much money for a pedestrian access? As expropriation powers are only granted specifically for the rail project, should broader power be given to secure multimodal access within a buffer?
Some of the tram arguments about facilitating local trips are resurfacing in the desperate defense of slow Finch LRT. Please transit Gods, let's learn from Toronto's decade long mistake and our own REM success.
Is there an easy way to explain: local trips are good, but we need to aim higher?
Is there an easy way to explain: local trips are good, but we need to aim higher?
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Some of the tram arguments about facilitating local trips are resurfacing in the desperate defense of slow Finch LRT. Please transit Gods, let's learn from Toronto's decade long mistake and our own REM success.
Is there an easy way to explain: local trips are good, but we need to aim higher?
Is there an easy way to explain: local trips are good, but we need to aim higher?
Je suis toujours mêlé arrivée à Parc Jarry par vélo du mile end.
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Je suis toujours mêlé arrivée à Parc Jarry par vélo du mile end.
Where are the responses ? It's true that Canadian public authorities/departments do not respond beyond stock lines unless they think something is breaking out of niche activist circles.
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Where are the responses ? It's true that Canadian public authorities/departments do not respond beyond stock lines unless they think something is breaking out of niche activist circles.
Une facture de 166 millions pour les municipalités québécoises : lp.ca/h6Kg7u?shari...
Exemptions de taxes pour les bâtiments religieux | Une facture de 166 millions pour les municipalités québécoises
Environ 166 millions échapperont aux municipalités québécoises en 2025 en raison de l’exemption de taxes municipales dont bénéficient les terrains et bâtiments appartenant à des institutions religieus...
lp.ca
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Une facture de 166 millions pour les municipalités québécoises : lp.ca/h6Kg7u?shari...
Source:
Une facture de 166 millions pour les municipalités québécoises : lp.ca/h6Kg7u?shari...
Une facture de 166 millions pour les municipalités québécoises : lp.ca/h6Kg7u?shari...
Exemptions de taxes pour les bâtiments religieux | Une facture de 166 millions pour les municipalités québécoises
Environ 166 millions échapperont aux municipalités québécoises en 2025 en raison de l’exemption de taxes municipales dont bénéficient les terrains et bâtiments appartenant à des institutions religieus...
lp.ca
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Source:
Une facture de 166 millions pour les municipalités québécoises : lp.ca/h6Kg7u?shari...
Une facture de 166 millions pour les municipalités québécoises : lp.ca/h6Kg7u?shari...
"des institutions chrétiennes – principalement catholiques – qui bénéficient le plus de ces avantages fiscaux...il faut descendre au 12e rang pour trouver un premier immeuble non chrétien (judaïsme). Il n’y a aucun immeuble affilié à l’islam dans le top 100."
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"des institutions chrétiennes – principalement catholiques – qui bénéficient le plus de ces avantages fiscaux...il faut descendre au 12e rang pour trouver un premier immeuble non chrétien (judaïsme). Il n’y a aucun immeuble affilié à l’islam dans le top 100."
Same thing with AI to coordinate road work. I'm not against innovation in this area, like "inclusive mobility" it's just a thing you say that means whatever people want to hear. None of the hard work of stating specific improvements or tradeoffs.
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Same thing with AI to coordinate road work. I'm not against innovation in this area, like "inclusive mobility" it's just a thing you say that means whatever people want to hear. None of the hard work of stating specific improvements or tradeoffs.
Ugh. Other train modes have tilted tracks on the tight curves, somehow this was impossible here? 😔
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Ugh. Other train modes have tilted tracks on the tight curves, somehow this was impossible here? 😔
If you were optimizing scarce transit $ for capacity alone then you could buy a lot of buses and a bus lane for
$3.6 B. The expectations of speed are reasonable, and important for getting existing riders to economic opportunity and attracting new riders.
$3.6 B. The expectations of speed are reasonable, and important for getting existing riders to economic opportunity and attracting new riders.
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If you were optimizing scarce transit $ for capacity alone then you could buy a lot of buses and a bus lane for
$3.6 B. The expectations of speed are reasonable, and important for getting existing riders to economic opportunity and attracting new riders.
$3.6 B. The expectations of speed are reasonable, and important for getting existing riders to economic opportunity and attracting new riders.
Apparently ROW grows on trees in the Greenbelt
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Apparently ROW grows on trees in the Greenbelt
The Wrapped phenomenon appeared when Instagram feeds had become quite political (for good reason) and personal content felt increasingly irrelevant to post. Wrapped was a middle ground of low-effort, semi-personal content to share. I expect to see much less of it this year.
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Wrapped phenomenon appeared when Instagram feeds had become quite political (for good reason) and personal content felt increasingly irrelevant to post. Wrapped was a middle ground of low-effort, semi-personal content to share. I expect to see much less of it this year.
Oh ok like a "Urbanist starterpack" and then you can filter for just posts from those accounts? I'm gonna do that thanks
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Oh ok like a "Urbanist starterpack" and then you can filter for just posts from those accounts? I'm gonna do that thanks
I guess they're called *feeds here. And I have my discords. Honestly I have information overload and I should tune out the daily US madness, but it's so addictive.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I guess they're called *feeds here. And I have my discords. Honestly I have information overload and I should tune out the daily US madness, but it's so addictive.