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Only dead Canadians will shock us out of our appalling complacency The Line
Flood risk mapping is a public good, so why the public resistance in Canada? Lessons from Nova Scotia The Conversation
The drone boat of ‘Shipwreck Alley’ The Verge
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How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin Wired
My aunt Caroline Andrew built bridges between English and French Canada The Globe and Mail
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ArriveCan and the contractor conundrum Federal Field Notes
There is no reason to fear a safer Avenue Road Toronto Star
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How Jeff Bezos Turned Narrative into Amazon’s Competitive Advantage slab
Invisible Ink: At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group The Paris Review
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2024/02/25/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2024-02-25T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2024-02-25T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2024/02/18/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup February 12-18", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesLegault should ‘celebrate French,’ not scold youth about English words, GND says Montreal GazetteI was a stranger in Calgary, trapped in a bubble. Then I discovered the magic of a downtown library CBCArriveCAN should drive deeper reforms, not just contracting oversight Policy Options", "content_html": "Legault should ‘celebrate French,’ not scold youth about English words, GND says Montreal Gazette
I was a stranger in Calgary, trapped in a bubble. Then I discovered the magic of a downtown library CBC
ArriveCAN should drive deeper reforms, not just contracting oversight Policy Options
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RAIC Journal: Why Raymond Moriyama Matters Canadian Architect
Toronto Symphony Orchestra returns to the composition that put it on the global map The Globe and Mail
Performance gap reality check: Why aren’t buildings operating the way they were designed to? Toronto Atmospheric Fund
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Heathrow Junction – London’s short-lived railway station
Devastating cyberattack on Toronto Public Library shows how much it still means to the city Toronto Star
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A Reporter’s Journey Into How the U.S. Funded the Bomb The New York Times
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2024/01/21/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2024-01-21T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2024-01-21T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2024/01/14/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup January 8-14", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesA love letter to the CSV format SciencesPo MédialabWhy open source matters Canadian Digital Service", "content_html": "A love letter to the CSV format SciencesPo Médialab
Why open source matters Canadian Digital Service
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2024/01/14/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2024-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2024-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/2024/01/13/transit_use_2023.html", "title": "Transit Use 2023", "summary": null, "content_text": "We biked a lot this summer so took transit much less. The tradition of reporting since 2014 continues. I counted “unofficial” transfers on the STM as two rides. I took 62 rides in 2023. My rides were paid for using: Presto (3), OPUS (41), and Oyster (18). Agency Fare Media Total Rides Total Cost ($) OC Transpo Presto 1 3.70 REM OPUS 2 0.00 STM OPUS 39 144.80 TTC Presto 2 6.60 TfL Oyster 18 91.32 I hardly had any work transit rides in 2023. We took a trip to London in March, I was in Toronto in May, and we had a weekend in Ottawa. We also took a ride on the REM during the preview weekend at the end of July.Year over yearWeekday riding stayed low, except in March when we were in London.Coming out of the pandemic slowly increased my transit use, but biking on my new cargo bike picked up more of the further away trips. Agency Year Cost ($) Rides Work Rides GO 2018 20.62 2 0 MBTA 2020 3.20 2 0 MiWay 2018 15.00 5 5 OC Transpo 2019 3.55 1 0 OC Transpo 2023 3.70 1 0 REM 2023 0.00 2 0 STL 2022 4.50 1 0 STM 2019 221.60 79 10 STM 2020 21.60 8 5 STM 2021 32.80 13 0 STM 2022 173.45 40 6 STM 2023 144.80 39 0 TTC 2014 379.70 206 3 TTC 2015 369.30 175 3 TTC 2016 349.68 161 2 TTC 2017 695.92 261 100 TTC 2018 628.50 234 31 TTC 2019 297.20 112 5 TTC 2020 3.10 2 0 TTC 2021 6.40 2 0 TTC 2022 12.80 4 0 TTC 2023 6.60 2 0 TfL 2023 91.32 18 0 UPX 2018 56.29 7 7 UPX 2019 18.50 2 1 ", "content_html": "We biked a lot this summer so took transit much less. The tradition of reporting since 2014 continues. I counted “unofficial” transfers on the STM as two rides. I took 62 rides in 2023. My rides were paid for using: Presto (3), OPUS (41), and Oyster (18).
Agency | Fare Media | Total Rides | Total Cost ($) |
---|---|---|---|
OC Transpo | Presto | 1 | 3.70 |
REM | OPUS | 2 | 0.00 |
STM | OPUS | 39 | 144.80 |
TTC | Presto | 2 | 6.60 |
TfL | Oyster | 18 | 91.32 |
I hardly had any work transit rides in 2023. We took a trip to London in March, I was in Toronto in May, and we had a weekend in Ottawa. We also took a ride on the REM during the preview weekend at the end of July.
Weekday riding stayed low, except in March when we were in London.
Coming out of the pandemic slowly increased my transit use, but biking on my new cargo bike picked up more of the further away trips.
Agency | Year | Cost ($) | Rides | Work Rides |
---|---|---|---|---|
GO | 2018 | 20.62 | 2 | 0 |
MBTA | 2020 | 3.20 | 2 | 0 |
MiWay | 2018 | 15.00 | 5 | 5 |
OC Transpo | 2019 | 3.55 | 1 | 0 |
OC Transpo | 2023 | 3.70 | 1 | 0 |
REM | 2023 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 |
STL | 2022 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 |
STM | 2019 | 221.60 | 79 | 10 |
STM | 2020 | 21.60 | 8 | 5 |
STM | 2021 | 32.80 | 13 | 0 |
STM | 2022 | 173.45 | 40 | 6 |
STM | 2023 | 144.80 | 39 | 0 |
TTC | 2014 | 379.70 | 206 | 3 |
TTC | 2015 | 369.30 | 175 | 3 |
TTC | 2016 | 349.68 | 161 | 2 |
TTC | 2017 | 695.92 | 261 | 100 |
TTC | 2018 | 628.50 | 234 | 31 |
TTC | 2019 | 297.20 | 112 | 5 |
TTC | 2020 | 3.10 | 2 | 0 |
TTC | 2021 | 6.40 | 2 | 0 |
TTC | 2022 | 12.80 | 4 | 0 |
TTC | 2023 | 6.60 | 2 | 0 |
TfL | 2023 | 91.32 | 18 | 0 |
UPX | 2018 | 56.29 | 7 | 7 |
UPX | 2019 | 18.50 | 2 | 1 |
The first weekly roundup of the year (and first since before Christmas). I think I’ll write a 2023 retrospective as a separate post. For now, I’ll say it was not always the best year, but the baby grew up to have many more opinions while also being fun to talk with.
Why People Hate Maths, and Why You Should Love It **
It’s time to ban ‘right-on-red’ Fast Company
We must urgently reinvent public transit for the post-pandemic world The Globe and Mail
The Future of Public Parks The New Yorker
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Total trip distance: 9.38 km
Moving time: 0h47m
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/12/26/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-12-26T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-12-26T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/12/17/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup December 11 - 17", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesPublishing your agency’s software as open source puts you at a major advantage.Two bicycle parking spaces per apartment set to become new European norm ECF News😍", "content_html": "Publishing your agency’s software as open source puts you at a major advantage.
Two bicycle parking spaces per apartment set to become new European norm ECF News
😍
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/12/17/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-12-17T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-12-17T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/12/10/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup November 27 - December 10", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesAccessibility training will not save you reidmore.onlineFor those of you in Canada, take McGill University’s New Survey of Canadian English McGill.caThe Root of Over-Meeting CultureOr: The Great Hybrid Productivity Freakout Culture Study", "content_html": "Accessibility training will not save you reidmore.online
For those of you in Canada, take McGill University’s New Survey of Canadian English McGill.ca
The Root of Over-Meeting CultureOr: The Great Hybrid Productivity Freakout Culture Study
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/12/10/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-12-10T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-12-10T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/11/26/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup November 13-26", "summary": null, "content_text": "Articles“Hell on wheels”: the Edinburgh Trams Story Yes and GrowTo lead in the 21st century, Canadian mayors need the power to propose Policy OptionsEst-il nécessaire (et utile) d’être en guerre contre tout ? freakonometricsAn excellent mastodon thread about geographic oddities of Argentina.", "content_html": "“Hell on wheels”: the Edinburgh Trams Story Yes and Grow
To lead in the 21st century, Canadian mayors need the power to propose Policy Options
Est-il nécessaire (et utile) d’être en guerre contre tout ? freakonometrics
An excellent mastodon thread about geographic oddities of Argentina.
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/11/26/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-11-26T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-26T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/11/12/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup November 6-12", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesFire in the Sky Toronto StarWhy I Love My Bicycle Toronto MikeWhy America Can’t Build Palladium", "content_html": "Fire in the Sky Toronto Star
Why I Love My Bicycle Toronto Mike
Why America Can’t Build Palladium
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/11/12/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-11-12T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-12T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/11/12/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 36", "summary": null, "content_text": "Another Sunday trip to the library and Costco. Getting colder.Total trip distance: 6.06 kmMoving time: 0h26mToday’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "Another Sunday trip to the library and Costco. Getting colder.
Total trip distance: 6.06 km
Moving time: 0h26m
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/11/12/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-11-12T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-12T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/11/05/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup October 10 - November 5", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesBack to the stone age: the sustainable building material we’ve all been waiting for… The GuardianThe Tragedy of the Tragedy of the Commons Scientific American blogsIf spending is out of control, why are important federal services underfunded? Policy Optionsbless the toolmakers snarkmarketNetworking for introverts: a how-to guide The Economist", "content_html": "Back to the stone age: the sustainable building material we’ve all been waiting for… The Guardian
The Tragedy of the Tragedy of the Commons Scientific American blogs
If spending is out of control, why are important federal services underfunded? Policy Options
bless the toolmakers snarkmarket
Networking for introverts: a how-to guide The Economist
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/11/05/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/11/05/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 35", "summary": null, "content_text": "Errand run in the 3 degree weather.Total trip distance: 10.29 kmMoving time: 0h53mToday’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "Errand run in the 3 degree weather.
Total trip distance: 10.29 km
Moving time: 0h53m
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/11/05/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/11/04/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 34", "summary": null, "content_text": "We got out on the bikes today with the baby using her bike blanket (micro fleece inner with a weather proof top layer) that velcros to the frame around her seat. She was toasty warm in the wind. It was a sunny day. We just went to the BaNQ and out for lunch, but still nice to get out on the bike again after more than a month.Total trip distance: 10.29 kmMoving time: 0h53mToday’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "We got out on the bikes today with the baby using her bike blanket (micro fleece inner with a weather proof top layer) that velcros to the frame around her seat. She was toasty warm in the wind. It was a sunny day. We just went to the BaNQ and out for lunch, but still nice to get out on the bike again after more than a month.
Total trip distance: 10.29 km
Moving time: 0h53m
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/11/04/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-11-04T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-04T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/10/08/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup October 2-8", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesThe Repair Job at ImmigrationLandscape architect Claude Cormier imbued physical spaces with colour and joy The Globe and MailQuebecers’ multiple identities an inconvenient truth for some Cult MTL", "content_html": "Landscape architect Claude Cormier imbued physical spaces with colour and joy The Globe and Mail
Quebecers’ multiple identities an inconvenient truth for some Cult MTL
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/10/08/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-10-08T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-08T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/10/01/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup August 28 - October 1", "summary": null, "content_text": "It has been a month since the last weekly roundup (and that one may have been for two weeks). It was a busy September. I had a birthday, had way too much work in a short burst before taking a vacation. It was a good month overall.ArticlesEnergy makes time Everything ChangesOur Comrade the Electron Idle WordsIf the bus networks are poor, then so are we The TimesNext slide, please: A brief history of the corporate presentation MIT Technology Review", "content_html": "It has been a month since the last weekly roundup (and that one may have been for two weeks). It was a busy September. I had a birthday, had way too much work in a short burst before taking a vacation. It was a good month overall.
Energy makes time Everything Changes
Our Comrade the Electron Idle Words
If the bus networks are poor, then so are we The Times
Next slide, please: A brief history of the corporate presentation MIT Technology Review
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/10/01/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-10-01T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-01T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/09/30/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 33", "summary": null, "content_text": "Our first ride in a few weeks after being away on vacation. We went along the aquaduct canal to Lachine and then continued along the water to a playground in Dorval. We briefly considered continuing to Pointe-Claire village but the train schedule didn’t work for a faster return to make nap time work. Instead, we continued back along the Lachine canal.Total trip distance: 37.61 kmMoving time: 2h22Today’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "Our first ride in a few weeks after being away on vacation. We went along the aquaduct canal to Lachine and then continued along the water to a playground in Dorval. We briefly considered continuing to Pointe-Claire village but the train schedule didn’t work for a faster return to make nap time work. Instead, we continued back along the Lachine canal.
Total trip distance: 37.61 km
Moving time: 2h22
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/09/30/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-09-30T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-30T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/09/09/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 32", "summary": null, "content_text": "Saturday morning ride across the Samuel-De Champlain bridge and around Brossard.Total trip distance: 29.36 kmMoving time: 1h52Today’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "Saturday morning ride across the Samuel-De Champlain bridge and around Brossard.
Total trip distance: 29.36 km
Moving time: 1h52
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/09/09/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-09-09T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-09T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/09/06/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 31", "summary": null, "content_text": "Just a little ride to go get pizza.Total trip distance: 4.60 kmMoving time: 0h20Today’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "Just a little ride to go get pizza.
Total trip distance: 4.60 km
Moving time: 0h20
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
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Total trip distance: 14.64 km
Moving time: 1h09
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/09/03/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-09-03T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-03T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/09/02/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 29", "summary": null, "content_text": "A morning to go to the playground on the way up Park and then to Marché Jean-Talon. We had a delicious (as always) lunch at Patati Patata on Jean-Talon before heading home. On the way home, we stopped on Ste-Catherine to listen to Oktopus (a klezmer band) and the baby danced up a storm.Total trip distance: 17.65 kmMoving time: 1h20Today’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "A morning to go to the playground on the way up Park and then to Marché Jean-Talon. We had a delicious (as always) lunch at Patati Patata on Jean-Talon before heading home. On the way home, we stopped on Ste-Catherine to listen to Oktopus (a klezmer band) and the baby danced up a storm.
Total trip distance: 17.65 km
Moving time: 1h20
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/09/02/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-09-02T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-02T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/08/27/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup August 21-27", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesI don’t remember enough syntax to know which syntax lesson this goes in but this goes in somebody’s syntax deck for teaching about “have” here. Ht @meganvonbergen pic.twitter.com/EqWUFXj35X— Jessi Grieser (I have joined places. Same handle.) (@jessgrieser) August 25, 2023During community mtgs for road diets, bike paths, bump-outs, etc., parents line up to say"This project is stupid because it slows down traffic."Slowing down is the point.Parents beg for the car-oriented stuff that brings so much chaos and mayhem around schools. pic.twitter.com/ypMbe8MChe— Andy Boenau (@Boenau) August 13, 2023", "content_html": "I don’t remember enough syntax to know which syntax lesson this goes in but this goes in somebody’s syntax deck for teaching about “have” here. Ht @meganvonbergen pic.twitter.com/EqWUFXj35X
— Jessi Grieser (I have joined places. Same handle.) (@jessgrieser) August 25, 2023
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/08/27/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-08-27T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-27T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/26/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 28", "summary": null, "content_text": "Today, we started with a Costco run for the essentials and then headed out to the market, playground and lunch at Café Bloom.Total trip distance: 9.97 kmMoving time: 0h45Today’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "During community mtgs for road diets, bike paths, bump-outs, etc., parents line up to say
— Andy Boenau (@Boenau) August 13, 2023
"This project is stupid because it slows down traffic."
Slowing down is the point.
Parents beg for the car-oriented stuff that brings so much chaos and mayhem around schools. pic.twitter.com/ypMbe8MChe
Today, we started with a Costco run for the essentials and then headed out to the market, playground and lunch at Café Bloom.
Total trip distance: 9.97 km
Moving time: 0h45
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/26/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-08-26T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-26T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/08/20/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup August 07-20", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesPete Buttigieg, Bent Flyvbjerg, and My Pessimism About American Costs Pedestrian ObservationsCalifornia needs real math education, not gimmicks NoahpinionConstruction Time Again The Baffler", "content_html": "Pete Buttigieg, Bent Flyvbjerg, and My Pessimism About American Costs Pedestrian Observations
California needs real math education, not gimmicks Noahpinion
Construction Time Again The Baffler
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/08/20/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-08-20T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-20T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/19/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 27", "summary": null, "content_text": "My dad is visiting so I took him and the baby out to Ile-des-Soeurs to see what’s there and visit a couple playgrounds. We even fit in a bike enabled Costco run.Total trip distance: 16.13 kmMoving time: 1h12Today’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "My dad is visiting so I took him and the baby out to Ile-des-Soeurs to see what’s there and visit a couple playgrounds. We even fit in a bike enabled Costco run.
Total trip distance: 16.13 km
Moving time: 1h12
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/19/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-08-19T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-19T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/13/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 26", "summary": null, "content_text": "A slow ride morning through Pointe-Saint-Charles to watch some trains, eat croissants and play in a park.Total trip distance: 15.42 kmMoving time: 1h13Today’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "A slow ride morning through Pointe-Saint-Charles to watch some trains, eat croissants and play in a park.
Total trip distance: 15.42 km
Moving time: 1h13
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/13/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-08-13T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-13T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/12/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 25", "summary": null, "content_text": "We took a morning ride over toward Hochelaga with a playground stop and a delicious lunch at Nita Tout Garni. The sandwiches, cinnamon bun and drinks at Nita are so good.Total trip distance: 22.52 kmMoving time: 1h 50mToday’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "We took a morning ride over toward Hochelaga with a playground stop and a delicious lunch at Nita Tout Garni. The sandwiches, cinnamon bun and drinks at Nita are so good.
Total trip distance: 22.52 km
Moving time: 1h 50m
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/12/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-08-12T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-12T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/08/06/weekly-roundup.html", "title": "Weekly roundup July 31 - August 06", "summary": null, "content_text": "ArticlesWhy Geospatial Data is Stuck in the Year 1955. Map HappeningsDeclaring a war on cars (Youtube video) Propel", "content_html": "Why Geospatial Data is Stuck in the Year 1955. Map Happenings
Declaring a war on cars (Youtube video) Propel
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/link/2023/08/06/weekly-roundup.html", "date_published": "2023-08-06T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-06T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/06/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 24", "summary": null, "content_text": "Morning ride to get breakfast since the power was out. Then off to visit a couple playgrounds before getting lunch a Messorem.Total trip distance: 19.85 kmMoving time: 1h 38mToday’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "Morning ride to get breakfast since the power was out. Then off to visit a couple playgrounds before getting lunch a Messorem.
Total trip distance: 19.85 km
Moving time: 1h 38m
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/06/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-08-06T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-06T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } }, { "id": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/05/bike-ride.html", "title": "2023 Bike Ride 23", "summary": null, "content_text": "We decided to go up Mont-Royal. It was an easier ride than last time I went up on my single-speed but still felt like a long ride. There is a lovely playground near Lac aux Castors. We ended our ride with delicious lunch at Café chez Téta.Total trip distance: 21.43 kmMoving time: 1h 56mToday’s ride:Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:", "content_html": "We decided to go up Mont-Royal. It was an easier ride than last time I went up on my single-speed but still felt like a long ride. There is a lovely playground near Lac aux Castors. We ended our ride with delicious lunch at Café chez Téta.
Total trip distance: 21.43 km
Moving time: 1h 56m
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:
", "url": "https://lingwhatics.ca/biking/2023/08/05/bike-ride.html", "date_published": "2023-08-05T00:00:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-05T00:00:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "{"name"=>"Daley Mikalson", "twitter"=>"lingwhatics"}" } } ] }