Conrad Peart

Brutal. Sorry for your loss.

Agree. Was that a bus>bus or a metro>bus transfer?

A common maxim: “The only way to do this job well is to be willing to lose it.”

Amazing project! Does anyone with coding skills want to take this on for Montreal?

donnees.montreal.ca/dataset/phot...

It’s a hilarious scene from Zootopia 2. My kid loves it too.

My 10-year-old niece says, “Don’t yuck my yum.”

Sometimes, kids know better than we do.

Yikes. Spurs into Montreal and Ottawa. The path is starting to resemble barbed wire. Feels suboptimal … but keeping an open mind.

Truth-telling: “Sky-high housing prices also suck up valuable capital – capital that is then not deployed in more productive ways, such as business investment, which tends to raise incomes.”

The policy and regulatory frameworks need foundational recalibrating.

Housing values might need to fall 😬

IMHO, the Ottawa central station would only make sense if the line was through-running, and not a spur terminal to/from Toronto.

My limited imagination doesn’t see that option without horrifically expensive tunneling.

Tunneling to downtown Montreal is already scope-worrisome.

Research paywalled, can't comment specifically.

I'm pro-inclusionary zoning in principle, skeptical in practice. Developers tell me affordable unit costs don’t come from their profits, but get baked into remainder market units instead.

Higher prices for everyone else.

Progress, or cost-shifting?

I had no idea this was so. Thx for the reveal and the easy fixes.

Stair and elevator reform have the potential to be big unlocks for missing-middle, more affordable, more abundant, family-attractive housing units where they are most needed.

Who will be the first to reverse-engineer these maps into GIS-ready boundaries?

UK only. 🇨🇦☹️

Also withholding judgment. Maybe the Laval pit-stop is all just some kind of misunderstanding. Montreal’s downtown has to be part of the picture, right? Right?

I’m seeing mixed reporting on whether Laval will be in between Ottawa and Montreal or after Montreal. I can’t imagine a viable version of the in-between option. Any insights @rmtransit.bsky.social ?

Pick two.

Westmount’s full 2025 Capital Works list is public → bit.ly/4qy73ka
But not the cost ranges, which I’ve long pushed to publish.

City-building takes patience, transparency, and experience.
Facts, not fear.

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#WestmountFAFO #FactsAnswersFindOut

How can Quebec municipalities build housing they actually need? Since municipalities in the province control zoning and permits, they have a lot of power when it comes to building housing. But the type of housing and its location can be influenced by who is electe...

I was glad to share a few thoughts in this CBC segment on the region’s housing challenges.

In Westmount, the goal is to make room for housing while staying true to our heritage and scale. The question isn’t whether we grow, but how we grow.

🎥 Watch the CBC piece here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Everyone agrees Montreal needs more housing. Few agree on where it should get built | CBC News With demand for housing surging, the next wave of municipal leaders will face pressure to balance urgent development needs with calls for environmental protection — as well as pushback from residents ...

“There’s a screaming need for finding room for housing.”

Glad to see CBC covering the balance between livability, heritage and housing across Montreal’s cities.

Thoughtful growth near transit is how we meet the moment.
cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-housing-who-decides-1.7650699

First time that I see that sequence. Typically, it’s technical first, price 2nd. The ‘holdback’ might mean that the feds will deduct any amount owed to the fed for, say, taxes due by the company? Dunno. Best of luck with your proposal.

Was thinking the same.

Public Assembly: Imagine Westmount Southeast | City of Westmount Learn more about the event "Public Assembly: Imagine Westmount Southeast" taking place in the City of Westmount.

This touchstone will be put to the test this week when we hold a public assembly on the proposed zoning changes in our long-struggling Southeast Sector of the city.

westmount.org/en/events/mu...

I don’t understand Italian operas, but can definitely appreciate them.

We experimented with a modified version this on a recent street reconstruction on Grosvenor Ave below The Boulevard. Reduced the cross slopes for wheeled equipment (walkers & strollers). Nicer to run on too.

Spectacular.

True. Every. Single. Day.

Makes sense. Unfortunately, neither option was presented to us.

Would it help to run the bus lanes down the center instead, restricting left-hand turns across the transit lanes? But that might be challenging/expensive to add the necessary service islands in the limited road width.

If anyone ever figures that out, I hope that they will share. Until then, pick any two.

Venn diagram wanting low taxes, low density, and stable services. Pick any two.

As a part-time elected official in a small city, this will forever be my touchstone of truth.