The Van Horne overpass is a pedestrian shortcut from the orange line to Outremont featuring sunsets and fantastic views of mont Royal. It feels like we’re flying over the neighbourhood with an option part way to take the stairs down to visit the parks below.

A new milestone in stormwater management. Eve Parker Finley uses a resilient park as an analogy for music venues as essential infrastructure in an announcement for Pop Montreal's symposium. There's an educational dimension to above ground water infrastructure I hadn't fully appreciated. Love it.

Vendredi, j’ai assisté à une rencontre internationale de la CMI sur les Grands Lacs. Un grand nombre de désistements du côté américain. Il y a toujours un peu d’espoir que les États-Unis sortiront de cette “période de noirceur”.

along similar lines, fpr those interested: the EU has, finally, worked out a way to side-step Orbans veto on giving seized russian assets to Ukraine. There's about €194 billion of Russian assets seized already.

This used to be a playground. Now it’s another parking lot. Ensemble Mtl -Outremont legacy = public spaces dedicated to the storage of private vehicles.

I’ve appreciated this account for understanding what our Hungarian relatives are posting on FB (it’s a tough language to translate). Conservatives and the Parti québécois are admirers of many elements of orbánism, so it’s worth reading the fine print.

Je suis désolée que MBC trouve difficile la collecte des déchets. Si vous voyez MBC, SVP lui fournir les infos suivantes : lundi déchets réguliers, mercredi recyclage, jeudi bac brun.

Photos et vidéo de l'accident. www.instagram.com/reel/DOytNe2...

35 years ago. The attempted invasion of Kahnawà:ke youtu.be/11xDKlCo-Ag?...

Parc et Bernard. Encore. Mais avec l’espoir que le cycliste n’est pas trop blessé, car l’avenue n’est pas fermée.

J’ai assisté à l’exposition “Kehilos : La vie des Hassidim”, présentée dans le cadre d’Outremont 150. Une belle surprise de me retrouver dans une photo avec mes ami. es.

Thoughtful article on gentrification & green infrastructure. Having once been a resident of Parc-Ex, urban agriculture should be part of the discussion. Whether grape vines, tomatoes or the name "Deep Patel" written in a herbs, the tiny yards are often used for food production. Painting by J Dorner.

« Liberté ! », la chanson « Le coeur est un oiseau» interprétée par Martha Wainwright, le 12 septembre 2020, avenue Bernard.

She hits all the right notes. It was great to see Martha Wainwright on stage last Friday in our neighbourhood.

Years ago, I had a memorable conversation with David Schmidt about his Ig Nobel nomination for understanding why shower curtains stick to you. The big prize that year went to an Australian for patenting the wheel. It's good to have a laugh while understanding our world just a little bit better.

Who is the victim here?

I’ve sent my students on the Lampsilis, but the costs to us were only our time and materials. I’m guessing that’s not the case here. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/s...

Il faut écouter Kim Thuy pour comprendre la toxicité du discours de ceux qui pointent les "immigrants" comme étant une menace pour le Québec. Les petits chroniqueurs agitateurs et les politiciens qui récupèrent ce discours (Legault et PSPP) font reculer le Québec.

Le peloton.

Les premiers.

Nice views from up here. Security helped guide us cross after popping out of Outremont Woods.

It can be accessed through Outremont Woods. Dare to dream of what could be. #Camillien-Houde

Quiet morning on Camilien-Houde as thru traffic is blocked to allow for the Grand Prix Cycliste. One lane is open for spectators. Great place to watch the climb. Food trucks set up at the C-H belevedere. Great opportunity to experience this large park road as a public space.

It also is an important bus route and transects Parc du Mont-Royal where the 7 lanes of traffic often goes 60-70km/h before narrowing to 2 lanes in a high-density university district. Separated bike lanes and reduces car lanes is a tangible way to make this inter-borough road safe for people.

Ave du Parc is fairly unique: 1) it bisects a community with one the highest densities of children in Canada, 2) side streets are filled with school buses with frequent stops (not ideal for bike paths), 3) it's an essential route to access Outremont and Parc Ex (cyclists don't like large detours).

You know when it’s safest for us to cross avenue du Parc? Immediately after a serious or fatal accident closing the road in both directions for hours. It happens too often. On Sunday, my daughter left to go thrifting in the Mile End and I knew she’d be safe. This is messed up.

Yes. Saw and heard one. What was that about?

There’s a cyclists’ die-in happening in my #Montreal neighbourhood right now! The intersection of two major thoroughfares, Bernard and Ave. du Parc, has been blocked off at the height of rush hour. (A child was run over and killed by the driver of a truck here earlier this year.)

Le die-in sur l’avenue du Parc.

I spoke this morning with my Polytechnique colleague, Elmira Hassanzadeh, about Lake Urmia. She is originally from the region and has published several important papers on the the lake’s decline (and now loss). scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Une cycliste est décédée sur Parc hier. Rejoignez nous pour un die-in vers 17h15.

Ensuite, le die-in sera à 17h15 aujourd’hui, intersection du Parc et Bernard.

Après la gestion des pointes de demande d’électricité, le Québec s’attaque à la forte consommation d’eau en période de sécheresse. Le gouvernement Legault lancera un projet pilote cet automne pour limiter les prélèvements de grands utilisateurs. Détails : ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219...

And then there were five. Below, memorials to four previous victims, both pedestrian and cyclist, on Parc Avenue in Montreal.

Les fantômes de l’avenue de Parc.

On attendait cette triste nouvelle. 💔

On doit faire mieux.

Une femme de 31 ans sur l’avenue du Parc, près de Bernard.

Une autre tragédie sur du Parc, coin Bernard. On ne doit pas faire l’audit des pistes cyclables, mais des rues qui doivent être sécurisées pour tous les utilisateurs.

Great compilation on #Montreal 's green infrastructures for rain water management 🌧️💦 with videos from @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social @streetfilms.bsky.social @jacouzi.bsky.social @shifter.info #climatechange #urbanism

Ken Dryden was truly an exceptional human being in all the ways. Not many people know this, but he was actively and quietly engaged in fighting for action on climate change. I met him a few times in that context, and he surpassed any expectations I had. A true role model.

« Morale de l’histoire : s’il manque de stationnement à Montréal, c’est surtout parce qu’il y a… trop de voitures. Et qu’elles sont trop grosses. » Plaidoyer pour une paix vélos-autos : lp.ca/iQbl1W?shari...

So much of my wild family lore comes from this period until the war of 1812. French Canadians in Detroit. I've had fun verifying the stories written down in letters from my great-grandmother's younger sister. Our families ended up on both sides of the border fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acte_de...

For a more realistic way to consider municipal water demand considering population growth, climate change and water conservation, here's a nice study from Alberta : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

La réaction de «Transport actif Outremont» au plan d'urgence climatique d'Outremont.

NIMBY housing water planning, Montréal version.

Outremont : we'll limit urban development to ensure we have enough drinking water capacity. Translation : rich people living on mont Royal are happy with their low density living close to Montréal's urban center and will use drinking water as an environmental excuse to keep others out.

L'article contient un lien vers le rapport en français. #Outremont #ChangementsClimatiques

wrote about really interesting new research about how technology that removes PFAS from drinking water also can remove other carcinogenic chemicals: