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The Third Rail of Municipal Politics
For urban areas across the country, light rail transit has emerged as something of a miracle cure, able to reduce traffic congestion and lower GHG emissions while increasing mobility and boosting economic development. But it has also…
Montreal pulls plug on electric scooters for 2020 after rules flouted
Montreal is kicking electric scooter-sharing services off its streets after a trial run didn't go as planned.The city says that despite regulations, only 20 per cent of scooters were actually parked in one of the 410 designated…
Cities are locked in and looking for the key
“Many cities are locked in. Both in terms of environmental responsibilities, and in terms of issues of equity,” says Cem Kayatekin, a professor at the IE School of Architecture and Design in Madrid, in a guest column. He uses that phrase –…
Google expands Canadian presence with offices in Waterloo, Montreal and Toronto
Google is upping its Canadian presence with a plan to open three new offices, giving it enough space to accommodate 5,000 employees by 2022.The tech behemoth revealed Thursday that it will build a trio of new facilities in Montreal at…
Four ways smart mobility will make our world a better place
It was about five years ago that our team noticed clients asking the same question again and again: “How can we build less parking?” The answer seemed obvious, though not necessarily easy: reduce the number of cars on the road.This was…
Summerside to build solar farm that meets 62 percent of its electricity needs
Plans to construct a new 21-megawatt solar farm and a battery storage facility in Summerside, PEI have been announced. According to Infrastructure Canada, this renewable energy source will improve the energy efficiency of the City of…
Cities need to innovate to improve transportation and reduce emissions
Mobility is essential to urban life. It contributes to people’s ability to access work, food, education, leisure and more. It also contributes to climate change.According to C40 Cities, cities are both a significant source of challenge…
Waterfront Toronto seeks extension for Sidewalk Labs decision day
TORONTO – Waterfront Toronto's board will have more time to make a decision on whether to move forward with Sidewalk Lab's proposal to build a smart city.The agency and Sidewalk have agreed to extend the deadline by which Waterfront…
Moving Right Along
Considered the largest infrastructure project in Ottawa, construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project began in 2013 and was finally opened to the public on September 14, 2019. The Confederation Line (also called Line 1) is a…
Royal LePage expects vibrant spring real estate market, home prices to rise modestly
The aggregate price of a home in Canada increased 2.2 per cent year-over-year to $648,544 in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the recently released Royal LePage House Price Survey. According to Royal Lepage, similar to the third…