Mike Doherty 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈
@mikedoherty.ca
My other computer is your cloud
#KW #WaterlooRegion #YIMBY #urbanism #cycling #transit #HousingTheoryOfEverything #AbundanceAgenda #cdnpoli #onpoli #SystemsThinking
#KW #WaterlooRegion #YIMBY #urbanism #cycling #transit #HousingTheoryOfEverything #AbundanceAgenda #cdnpoli #onpoli #SystemsThinking
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This so much!
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Just preaching my message of "wanting to do less more often" we all have our reasons.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This so much!
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
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Kitchener GO Train weekend schedule! (Sat & Sun)
7:49 Kitchener -> Union 9:35
15:49 Kitchener -> Union 17:35
16:48 Union -> Kitchener 18:38
22:48 Union -> Kitchener 00:38
Great (if minimal) start for daytrips into Toronto.
I hope no one in Toronto was planning daytrips to Kitchener.
7:49 Kitchener -> Union 9:35
15:49 Kitchener -> Union 17:35
16:48 Union -> Kitchener 18:38
22:48 Union -> Kitchener 00:38
Great (if minimal) start for daytrips into Toronto.
I hope no one in Toronto was planning daytrips to Kitchener.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Kitchener GO Train weekend schedule! (Sat & Sun)
7:49 Kitchener -> Union 9:35
15:49 Kitchener -> Union 17:35
16:48 Union -> Kitchener 18:38
22:48 Union -> Kitchener 00:38
Great (if minimal) start for daytrips into Toronto.
I hope no one in Toronto was planning daytrips to Kitchener.
7:49 Kitchener -> Union 9:35
15:49 Kitchener -> Union 17:35
16:48 Union -> Kitchener 18:38
22:48 Union -> Kitchener 00:38
Great (if minimal) start for daytrips into Toronto.
I hope no one in Toronto was planning daytrips to Kitchener.
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"There are too many cars and not enough roads. Absent a radical reform like a congestion charge similar to New York City — where a price on driving in the city causes people to look to alternatives — there’s no way to reverse the trend." -Matt Elliott
Matt Elliott: Without acknowledging hard truths, Toronto’s traffic czar isn’t likely to get very far
It’s probably good that this new position will come with a handsome salary because this traffic czar will be given an impossible task. There’s no solving Toronto traffic, writes Matt Elliott.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"There are too many cars and not enough roads. Absent a radical reform like a congestion charge similar to New York City — where a price on driving in the city causes people to look to alternatives — there’s no way to reverse the trend." -Matt Elliott
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Speed cameras could prevent behaviour like this, but Doug Ford banned them
Driver in Woolwich charged with travelling nearly 100 km/h over the speed limit
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Driver in Woolwich charged with travelling nearly 100 km/h over the speed limit
Range Rover caught doing 174 km/h in Woolwich Township
www.therecord.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Speed cameras could prevent behaviour like this, but Doug Ford banned them
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"And while the budget pours money into infrastructure and emphasizes resource extraction, it fails to leverage our country’s most significant economic drivers: people, research and education."
In case you missed it over the weekend, my op-ed on the federal budget.
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...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"And while the budget pours money into infrastructure and emphasizes resource extraction, it fails to leverage our country’s most significant economic drivers: people, research and education."
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Good write-up by Max on the YIMBY-Strong Towns back and forth. I like Chuck Marohn, and I've written for Strong Towns, but as Max writes, fundamentally government is about getting good results, not about ideology. Housing is an area where local control has failed to deliver.
"What does prioritizing millionaire homeowners’ aversion to change over the needs of the poor and unhoused do to our souls?" is a truly ice cold line from @maxdubler.com
www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
#yimby
www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
#yimby
On The Tension Between YIMBYism and Strong Towns — Max Dubler
Special thanks to those who gave their thoughtful feedback on this piece. The past couple of months have seen quite a bit of Discourse about the differences between Strong Towns and YIMB...
www.maxdubler.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Good write-up by Max on the YIMBY-Strong Towns back and forth. I like Chuck Marohn, and I've written for Strong Towns, but as Max writes, fundamentally government is about getting good results, not about ideology. Housing is an area where local control has failed to deliver.
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San Francisco is the richest city in human history. I believe that we have a moral obligation to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and house the homeless. This means that some comfortably-housed residents are going to have to accept neighborhood change. Sorry!
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
San Francisco is the richest city in human history. I believe that we have a moral obligation to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and house the homeless. This means that some comfortably-housed residents are going to have to accept neighborhood change. Sorry!
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I really enjoyed this breakdown of the implications of the Strong Towns approach, and this counterpoint to Marohn is very compelling. A supposedly socialist former city council member in Sacramento repeatedly spoke of the need to prioritize these millionaires over more housing. Why?
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I really enjoyed this breakdown of the implications of the Strong Towns approach, and this counterpoint to Marohn is very compelling. A supposedly socialist former city council member in Sacramento repeatedly spoke of the need to prioritize these millionaires over more housing. Why?
"What does prioritizing millionaire homeowners’ aversion to change over the needs of the poor and unhoused do to our souls?" is a truly ice cold line from @maxdubler.com
www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
#yimby
www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
#yimby
On The Tension Between YIMBYism and Strong Towns — Max Dubler
Special thanks to those who gave their thoughtful feedback on this piece. The past couple of months have seen quite a bit of Discourse about the differences between Strong Towns and YIMB...
www.maxdubler.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"What does prioritizing millionaire homeowners’ aversion to change over the needs of the poor and unhoused do to our souls?" is a truly ice cold line from @maxdubler.com
www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
#yimby
www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
#yimby
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Some random group of NIMBYs, claiming to speak for all of Toronto, is deeply concerned about neighbourhood stores.
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Some random group of NIMBYs, claiming to speak for all of Toronto, is deeply concerned about neighbourhood stores.
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
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How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Shawn Micallef: How Toronto killed ‘Sesame Street’ with its heritage rules — and how we can bring it back
In the face of opposition from even small groups, the city ends up watering down even the best ideas.
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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MPAC is supposed to reassess property values every four years, but it has now been nearly a decade. The Ford Government has postponed assessments indefinitely to look into the 'fairness' of the system. Ironic given the resulting unfairness.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
MPAC is supposed to reassess property values every four years, but it has now been nearly a decade. The Ford Government has postponed assessments indefinitely to look into the 'fairness' of the system. Ironic given the resulting unfairness.
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Ontario property assessments haven't been done since 2016 and it's getting ridiculous. Suburban homes are paying much lower property taxes than they should be.
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Ontario property assessments haven't been done since 2016 and it's getting ridiculous. Suburban homes are paying much lower property taxes than they should be.
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
I see we're starting the contest for who can balance the most snow on top of their car while driving around. I understand it's a Canadian tradition, but I maintain that it is a bad idea.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I see we're starting the contest for who can balance the most snow on top of their car while driving around. I understand it's a Canadian tradition, but I maintain that it is a bad idea.
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Agree with this take from Matt Gurney (and not just because I'm cited in it). There's a surprising lack of urgency from the federal government on any file, particularly when compared to the standard they set out for themselves on the campaign.
Read here:
Read here:
Matt Gurney: The Carney salvation will be arriving 'slower than anticipated'
A man who ran as a national saviour is governing like an incremental optimizer. And we really shouldn't be surprised.
www.readtheline.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Agree with this take from Matt Gurney (and not just because I'm cited in it). There's a surprising lack of urgency from the federal government on any file, particularly when compared to the standard they set out for themselves on the campaign.
Read here:
Read here:
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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This is welcome but it does give a bit of "hm, wonder who could do something about this" energy, and I feel like that's been the case with Chow a bit too often. She still has time to be more bold.
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is welcome but it does give a bit of "hm, wonder who could do something about this" energy, and I feel like that's been the case with Chow a bit too often. She still has time to be more bold.
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in Toronto we aren’t allowed to build corner stores in neighbourhoods and we’re trying to change that so our mayor has to explain why corner stores are a good thing to NIMBYs like they’re children
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
in Toronto we aren’t allowed to build corner stores in neighbourhoods and we’re trying to change that so our mayor has to explain why corner stores are a good thing to NIMBYs like they’re children
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Here is another way to look at the housing disaster
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Here is another way to look at the housing disaster
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I will reluctantly admit that it’s notable that the mayor-with-strong-mayor-powers of Cambridge is against the extension of ION light rail into her city. Cambridge voters who like Cambridge getting nice things should keep that in mind in the 2026 municipal elections
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I will reluctantly admit that it’s notable that the mayor-with-strong-mayor-powers of Cambridge is against the extension of ION light rail into her city. Cambridge voters who like Cambridge getting nice things should keep that in mind in the 2026 municipal elections
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You can get a better sense of what happened at the meeting by scrolling up through the livetweets here:
And… Regional Committee supports a full ION light rail extension to Cambridge 15 to 1! Onwards to Cambridge!
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You can get a better sense of what happened at the meeting by scrolling up through the livetweets here:
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It's wild that about half of this article is about the naysayers, who were firmly in the minority in presentations, on council, in public surveys, and in public opinion polling
LRT is coming to Cambridge: Regional councillors vote in favour of track expansion | CBC News
The city of Cambridge will be getting the LRT in the future. Regional councillors heard more details on the recommended route extension to get LRT service in Cambridge Tuesday. Councillors voted on th...
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It's wild that about half of this article is about the naysayers, who were firmly in the minority in presentations, on council, in public surveys, and in public opinion polling
It is journalistic malpractice to omit any mention of the danger cars pose.
New design and battery technology has led to new modes of transportation on the roads. There are more mobility options, but the rules around e-scooters, e-bikes and enclosed mobility scooters are causing confusion and chaos for Waterloo Region residents.
E-scooters and e-bikes: Understanding the rules of the road in Waterloo Region
E-scooters, e-bikes and enclosed mobility scooters are causing confusion and chaos for Waterloo Region residents.
www.therecord.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It is journalistic malpractice to omit any mention of the danger cars pose.
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“Our premier seems to be taking acts of criminal vandalism like the cutting down of lifesaving speed cameras as if they’re policy demands and acquiescing,” said Spieker.
Ford government to table legislation banning speed cameras in Ontario
The Ford government will introduce legislation on Thursday that will eliminate speed cameras in Ontario, CityNews has confirmed.
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Our premier seems to be taking acts of criminal vandalism like the cutting down of lifesaving speed cameras as if they’re policy demands and acquiescing,” said Spieker.