The discrepancy between large homes underpaying taxes and small homes over paying taxes is the issue, not the discrepancy between the assessment and the home value. This *is* new data - and lower property taxes for wealthier households is regressive. Impossible to find a public policy justification for this. Needs a fix.

The bigger your home, the more likely the rest of Toronto is subsidizing you. Let that sink in. If you have 4 fireplaces, you get a tax break. No fireplaces? Pay up. Many of us suspected this but we never had a robust data set. Now we do. thestar.com/news/investigati…

You want to hog road space, which is at a premium in any thriving city? Paris has an answer to that: they are putting a price on parking based on the weight & size of vehicles. No more lugging the kids to school in an SUV without thinking twice about it. theguardian.com/world/2023/j…

Volume of pedestrians ✔️ Amount of space allocated to pedestrians ❌ This is why the redesign of King Street was a critical next step in the pilot. What exactly are we waiting for?

Good times: Canada has ridiculously cheap gas, an irrational fear of road tolls, and the world's least fuel-efficient cars. No wonder 75% of all new housing built in Canada over the past decade is in gas-guzzling suburbs. No wonder. What a trap! theglobeandmail.com/business…

Cyclists are now a greater proportion of traffic than cars and taxis on London UK streets. Yes, wet, damp London, home of the very pricey Congestion Charge. A sea change in a relatively short period of time.

New plan for Fifth Avenue unveiled: given there are already far more pedestrians than cars, the space is being ‘right-sized.’ Wide sidewalks! A safe, separated cycle track! Dedicated bus lanes! And then a little leftover space for cars. Putting cars in their place, finally.

I experienced this last week. Officer wearing a Vision Zero badge held back about 25 people despite the walk signal, to allow 2 cars to make a left hand turn. This garbage approach is not #VisionZero. This garbage approach prioritizing cars over people is...garbage.

As part of our downtown plan when I was Chief Planner, we proposed 9.5 acres of new park - by transforming University Ave. Low cost, high impact. The community + the @globeandmail championed it. City Hall? Crickets. Will @oliviachow run with it? It needs a political champion.

Cities get makeovers all the time. In the ‘80’s streets everywhere were widened + street trees were removed. Today cities are going in the other direction, reclaiming space for people. New street designs proposed in Paris: amount of space reserved for cars will be roughly halved.