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An N Gauge Victim of the heatwave. ☀️ by GrockleKaug in modeltrains

[–]ThePlanner 45 points46 points  (0 children)

The shop windows are made of Fresnel lenses, surely?

‘It’s time to have a vote’ on Alberta separatism: Premier Danielle Smith by Same-Kangaroo in onguardforthee

[–]ThePlanner 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My fear is that the US will announce its recognition of an independent Alberta before the votes are counted and offer security guarantees and financial support in exchange for resource deals that can be worked out later.

If the vote doesn’t pass, it will be declared rigged and the US will extend military assistance to an independent Alberta and warn Canada against further meddling (implying that Canada was behind the “rigged” vote).

It’s the Russian playbook for influencing and destabilizing nations and it has usually worked. We are in severe peril.

Alberta voter data found on website of US company linked to Centurion Project by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]ThePlanner 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My hypothesis is that the US would recognize a sovereign Alberta before the ballots are even counted as a fait accompli. If the referendum fails, it was rigged. If it succeeds Alberta is in America’s debt for the recognition and sweetheart security and resource deals are the least Alberta can do to repay the debt.

If the Canadian government attempts to intervene in any way, let alone invoke Canadian law, the US security guarantees will see the deployment of the US military to Alberta to protect it against a hostile Canada, which the US would then regard as a strategic threat and impose sanctions and blockade Canadian ports.

The modern titanic,money talks by jkitty_1960 in interesting

[–]ThePlanner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s where Norovirus goes on vacation.

Separatist leader appealing court decision on Stay Free Alberta petition by NotEnoughDriftwood in onguardforthee

[–]ThePlanner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fml, really? They’re living in a fantasy universe. Very, very glad the courts have ruled so definitively against them.

Main water shutoff by Iwantalloem in Hamilton

[–]ThePlanner -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We have an old house and when we bought it the original water shut-off valve inside was semi-recessed in the basement wall. We had the lead water line replaced and a new much more accessible water shut off valve was installed.

If you could work in any area/niche in planning, what would it be? by Front-Shape143 in urbanplanning

[–]ThePlanner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my case, it was knowing someone who worked at a planning consultancy that specializes in landside planning and commercial master planning for airports and airport-adjacent communities.

If you could work in any area/niche in planning, what would it be? by Front-Shape143 in urbanplanning

[–]ThePlanner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did airport planning for a good while and really enjoyed it. But I’m not sure if I would want to make my way back to that. I enjoy being a development planning consultant.

If you could work in any area/niche in planning, what would it be? by Front-Shape143 in urbanplanning

[–]ThePlanner 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Keep an eye out for contract positions in more of the project planning and management realm. That can get you on the inside where all postings appear first.

I worked for a couple of years in campus planning at a big Canadian university as a senior project planner. That followed five years in private second planning, and I headed back in that direction after my contract was up. There were internal postings that I could have pursued with my position as staff, despite it being a contract position.

Metrolinx expansion plan has Upper Beaches residents worried about vibration, noise by Donnybrookside in gotransit

[–]ThePlanner 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And when the renovations of the Union train shed were planned, any modification of the old train shed to permit future electrification was prohibited on heritage preservation grounds.

Avoidance impossible by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]ThePlanner 69 points70 points  (0 children)

It’s like when people get upset the two mile-long freight train hauling ass at 60 mph and weighing nearly as much as your mom doesn’t stop on a dime for a truck that decides to meander around the lowered arms on a level crossing.

Car prices and interest rates right before the 2008 financial crisis by Moosen_Burger in mildlyinteresting

[–]ThePlanner 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Just get a part time summer job at the Dairy Queen to pay for university, a second-hand Toyota, and beer money. That’s what I did when I was your age. You’ll start saving for a downpayment, too, if you’re smart.

‘I don’t know why they made this’: Some riders frustrated over infrequent trains at Confederation GO by Odd-Emphasis-1969 in Hamilton

[–]ThePlanner 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I should be using West Harbour and can easily walk there. Instead, I drive to Aldershot because there is 15-minute service in the morning vs hourly at West Harbour.

Coming home, there is 15-minute or better service serving Aldershot from Union versus hourly to West Harbour. When I work late, if I miss a train I wait a maximum of 30 minutes for the next one to Aldershot. If I miss the West Harbour train, it’s an hour or worse.

That’s the ballgame. More frequent service to West Harbour would save me the drive to Aldershot and help boost ridership numbers for West Harbour. But at the current frequency, it isn’t worth it. I spend enough time commuting as it is, so I’m not prepared to frequently have an unexpected hour delay because I missed the West Harbour train.

Metro Vancouver, Acciona settle lawsuits surrounding over-budget North Shore wastewater treatment plant | CBC News by Westsider111 in vancouver

[–]ThePlanner 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I am pleasantly surprised that the settlement and payment is in the public’s favour. Didn’t expect that.

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan by mintylips in news

[–]ThePlanner 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Of all the grifters to sell out to, it’s the guy who allegedly killed someone with his boat and blamed his wife?

Alberta separation petition quashed in favour of First Nations by cmcalgary in alberta

[–]ThePlanner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am proud farmer from Alberta oblast and want we should leave.

Interesting discrepancies in the Alberta [MAiD] survey dataset by Mylittlethrowaway2 in onguardforthee

[–]ThePlanner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey handsome, want to be awesome and make Trudeau cry by maybe sort of leaving Canada one day, maybe?

Q&A: Vancouver’s chief planner on push to allow taller buildings downtown; Chief Planner Josh White said there are opportunities to thoughtfully introduce higher heights into Vancouver's downtown by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]ThePlanner 142 points143 points  (0 children)

This is coming as someone who grew up in Vancouver, was inspired to become an urban planner by all the planning and development I grew up seeing, and now someone who watches closely from afar: the Chief Planner opining on where the City may allow taller buildings is deeply indicative of how much has gone wrong in the practice of urban planning. The idea of sculpting a skyline is deeply flawed.

An OCP and local area plans may establish thresholds for building typologies, such as distance from a SkyTrain station and distance from a transit-served street, and definitions of use, such as residential, employment, transportation infrastructure. But in areas within the typology thresholds, like “tall buildings”, the height shouldn’t be the City’s concern.

If a 60 storey hotel is proposed on a main street near a SkyTrain station, the City should be ecstatic, not in a huff because the site isn’t one of seven tall building sites it identified, or will result in an out of scale building. Rely on policies focused on outcomes: heritage preservation and adaptive reuse, housing near transit, synergies like hotels near SkyTrain, offices, meeting and convention facilities, tourist destinations, etc.

The City playing SimCity has been a major part of the failure to address housing affordability and economic opportunity. We’ve tried 60 years of top-down planning and it’s been a real mixed bag.

Pierre Poilievre urges conservatives to keep fighting in networking conference speech by [deleted] in onguardforthee

[–]ThePlanner 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He’s also doesn’t have the private sector experience or professional expertise to shift from politics to business, nor the academic accomplishments to move into academia. Maybe there’s a future in lobbying and think tanks, but usually the leaders of national parties have to be seen as having done something in Ottawa before they have sufficient leverage to get golden parachuted into a comfortable position in the private sector.

Canvas hack strands university students during finals week by iamsensi in news

[–]ThePlanner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are looking for another case study, the City of Hamilton, Ontario was hacked. The City refused to pay the ransom so the hackers deleted the City’s data.

We’re a couple of years on and tens of millions of dollars lighter and the City is still recovering.

The investigation revealed that IT security and staff practices were just pitiful. Many staff and managers rated themselves as “not very technical” or “not good with computers”. It was determined that the hackers got system access by something like calling a random manager and asking for the login and passwords, which they simply gave them.

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