Citizen who records what happens at city events via live tweeting. I am not a journalist, just a policy wonk.
Nov 14, 2020 • 27 tweets • 7 min read
1/ Here is my business case for Night Service in Brampton.
While Council is talking about a 26 hour city, the reality is it needs to become a 24 hour city first. We have many companies that operate 24/7, or would like to, but run into labour shortages.
2/ Why a labour shortage? Well, in most places, it'd be young people would drive to a night shift, except in Brampton you know, young people can't really afford car insurance, and transit doesn't run part of the night, and really start dropping off around 8 pm.
Oct 13, 2020 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
1/ The 504 Chinguacousy Zum is going to be a bellweather for #Brampton, if it doesn't get built by 2023, this is likely going to herald the start of a series of significant problems for Brampton. It won't be the cause of it, it'll be the symptom of growing problems.
2/ The 504 Chinguacousy was supposed to be completed in 2022, to relieve significant ridership pressure on the 4/4A/104 Chinguacousy routes, the ridership pressure, but it is now being delayed until 2024+. Why? Because of other delays, and the 504 delay, will delay other things.
Oct 13, 2020 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
1/ A thread on redevelopment and older post-war suburbs in #Brampton.
When an older suburb is experiencing neighbourhood changeover due to long time residents dying or downsizing, many of these buildings will need serious work, enough that tearing it down might be preferable.
2/ this isn't necessarily the fault of the long time owners, it gets hard to maintain stuff when you get older, and major renovations are disruptive.
Sep 5, 2020 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
1/ I find it incredibly disheartening to continue to read provincial and regional documents showing the largest financial threat to the City of Brampton is...
The City of Brampton
What happened now? A lot
2/ So, the Region of Peel has put out a new piece on Major Transit Station Areas, which are areas to intensify around Major Transit (GO, Subway, LRT, BRT). And they used stuff the municipalities put out as source material.
Apr 14, 2020 • 38 tweets • 8 min read
1/25 #Brampton, I said I'd do a thread on the new bus facility, so here it is. Sorry about the delay, I've been sick and that has slowed my pace for research.
To start, I need to explain a little bit about it, the project is a storage and maintenance facility.
2/25 it will be where buses get stored overnight, and also get serviced, repairs, etc. Brampton is rapidly running out of space to store buses, in an email I got in early January 2019 from the City, I was told we would be at ideal capacity by 2020
Jul 4, 2018 • 27 tweets • 7 min read
Good morning #Brampton, today is Wednesday, July 4, and there is no council meeting today.
I think this morning is a reasonable time to start discussing the city issues and the #onpoli election is over, and the #brampoli election is fast approaching.
The city of Brampton is currently undergoing a major housing and transportation crisis. The city has sprawled out incredibly rapidly in a disorganized fashion, consisting almost entirely of single family homes. We now have a catastrophic housing crisis in rentals, CMHC data shows
