In 2021, I read a high-speed rail analysis from Munk School's Global Economic Policy Lab suggesting HSR from Toronto-Montreal would cost ~$12 Billion, and in 2025 the gov received a cost estimate of $60-$90B (for a route 47% longer) and thought it was so cheap it might be impossible...

This is believable and another reason to end exclusionary zoning and reduce car-dependancy in North America. Car seat rules matter less when you can walk to daycare, school, and the grocery store.

I hope no one is taking the king/dundas streetcars today. Several streetcars backed up cause someone opened a car door without looking while a streetcar was passing. Toronto needs to learn how to build subways at European prices. #TOpoli

Some of the @niknanos.bsky.social questions sounded like: does any level of immigration put too much pressure on housing. Doubling immigration overnight puts too much pressure on housing, but in most years the issue is NIMBY premiers&mayors who prevent enough housing from being built.

I don't expect Ford's and Trudeau's cheques to change vibes but I also don't think we should talk about vibes when the disparity between incomes and the cost of a home has never been higher and food Bank visits in 2024 are 40% higher than in 2022.

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