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Academic & a columnist for the Financial Post. Researches real estate & transport markets. Author: Getting Started w/ Data Science (https://xitter.cf/t.co/xEbhc0wM75).

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Delighted to announce the launch of my weekly real estate column with the Financial Post. Haider-Moranis Bulletin (hmbulletin.com): Why rent control is a false cure for housing shortages business.financialpost.com/w… via @nationalpost
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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Why don’t families live near transit stations? The problem with TODs linkedin.com/pulse/why-dont-… via @LinkedIn

Why don’t more families live near transit stations? The problem with TODs

Housing advocates, transit planners and governments increasingly share the same objective: build more housing near higher-order transit stations and make transit-oriented developments (TODs) more...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Dense and densibility -- Density Without the Towers: Why Edmonton Doesn't Need High-Rises to Achieve Urban Density linkedin.com/pulse/dense-den… via @LinkedIn

Dense and densibility -- Density Without the Towers: Why Edmonton Doesn't Need Only High-Rises to...

The recent requests from Edmonton developers to downzone residential tower projects tell us something important about the market, and more broadly, about how we build cities. I spoke with CBC...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Forecasting is a tough business for high speed rail ridership linkedin.com/pulse/forecasti… via @LinkedIn

Forecasting is a tough business for high speed rail ridership

One of the most celebrated forecasters of our times, Professor George Box, is famously known for his caveat, or warning, about forecasting. He once mentioned that all models, think of them as...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: How do people make travel decisions? A 'primer' for high-speed rail linkedin.com/pulse/how-do-pe… via @LinkedIn

How do people make travel decisions? A 'primer' for high-speed rail

Intercity travel modes compete for ridership. They offer unique benefits, impose distinct costs, and, based on end-user demographics and socioeconomic profiles, shape travel choices from origin to...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: From Adam Smith to Noah Smith -- Gen AI and the evolution of economics linkedin.com/pulse/from-adam… via @LinkedIn

From Adam Smith to Noah Smith -- Gen AI and the evolution of economics

Economics, both as a discipline and a profession, has evolved for decades. Generative AI is likely to accelerate that evolution considerably.

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Les critères spatiaux, éléments primordiaux de la contestation à l'encontre du T.G.V. Méditerranée persee.fr/doc/geo_0003-4010_… @perseefr
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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Edmonton must build transit for the city it is becoming linkedin.com/pulse/edmonton-… via @LinkedIn

Edmonton must build transit for the city it is becoming

Edmonton is growing rapidly. Its transportation network must grow with it.

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: When AI Beautifies Reality linkedin.com/pulse/when-ai-b… via @LinkedIn

When AI Beautifies Reality

It's a story about an image and how AI helped us reimagine it. It's also about the trade-off between how we see ourselves and how others see us.

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Remember pen, paper, bills, and coins -- the loss of redundancy in hyperconnected cities linkedin.com/pulse/remember-… via @LinkedIn

Remember pen, paper, bills, and coins -- the loss of redundancy in hyperconnected cities

It's back to pen and paper, and bills and coins. And to top it all off, it's back to the honour system.

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Murtaza Haider and Stephen explain why the debate between infill and outfill housing development is unnecessary. Find out more here financialpost.com/real-estat…

The needless debate over infill vs. outfill housing development

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: C. Jotin Khisty - The Engineer Who Talked Poetry, Not Just Traffic linkedin.com/pulse/c-jotin-k… via @LinkedIn

C. Jotin Khisty - The Engineer Who Talked Poetry, Not Just Traffic

I only met him once, decades ago. But that meeting left me inspired and delighted.

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Three Consecutive Population Declines: What Canada Can Learn from Japan linkedin.com/pulse/three-con… via @LinkedIn

Three Consecutive Population Declines: What Canada Can Learn from Japan

The Japanese government recently released the results of its 2025 census. As expected, the country's population declined by more than three million people, a drop of approximately 2.

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Opportunity for a part-time urban economist/planner linkedin.com/pulse/opportuni… via @LinkedIn

Opportunity for a part-time urban economist/planner

We're hiring! Part-time research opportunity at the Cities Institute. Looking for an industrious current student or recent graduate who's genuinely interested in urban economics or planning and wants...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Sovereignty referendums are driven by political grievances, but are decided by urban density and diversity linkedin.com/pulse/sovereign… via @LinkedIn

Sovereignty referendums are driven by political grievances, but are decided by urban density and...

As Alberta heads to a referendum that puts Canada's federal unity to a vote, lessons and experiences from a similar referendum in Quebec three decades earlier become relevant. The Quebec separatists...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Dude, where's my car? linkedin.com/pulse/dude-wher… via @LinkedIn

Dude, where's my car?

The real-life manifestation of Grand Theft Auto on the streets and driveways in the Greater Toronto Area was less noticeable last year than the hype after the Covid-19 pandemic, when car thieves were...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: When 24 Per Cent of the Population Accounts for 61 Per Cent of the Drug Crisis linkedin.com/pulse/when-24-p… via @LinkedIn

When 24 Per Cent of the Population Accounts for 61 Per Cent of the Drug Crisis

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. I would argue that a data visualization can say even more.

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Downtown Edmonton Does Not Need More Slogans. It Needs More People linkedin.com/pulse/downtown-… via @LinkedIn

Downtown Edmonton Does Not Need More Slogans. It Needs More People

Edmonton’s downtown is not facing a challenge (or challenges) because it lacks potential. It is facing a crisis because too many of the conditions required for a vibrant urban core have weakened...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Billions in Housing Spend Won’t Break Canada’s Housing Cost Spiral linkedin.com/pulse/billions-… via @LinkedIn

Billions in Housing Spend Won’t Break Canada’s Housing Cost Spiral

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government recently presented the spring economic update, promising to spend billions to address housing affordability. The Carney Liberals want to control house price...

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: St. Albert at the Inflection Point: From Bedroom Community to Edge City linkedin.com/pulse/st-albert… via @LinkedIn

St. Albert at the Inflection Point: From Bedroom Community to Edge City

I spoke this morning at St. Albert's Business Breakfast, and I want to share what I think is one of the more underappreciated urban growth stories in Canada right now.

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Director (Research & Outreach): Lead Canada’s Next Chapter in City-Building linkedin.com/pulse/director-… via @LinkedIn

Director (Research & Outreach): Lead Canada’s Next Chapter in City-Building

Help shape the future of city building in Canada. We are hiring a Director (Research and Outreach).

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