@popovaprof.bsky.social and @dietlinds.bsky.social wrote a great introduction to the project we're working on. We find that Europeans' responses to Russian aggression are shaping EU politics.

The speed of the bus improvements in Kigali is crazy. 2 months ago there were no timetables services and now they have a network of bus lanes, a fare card, and 5 minute peak hour headways

A great article about Japan's rail network. With the Conservatives pulling support for the new Alto train project, perhaps some aspects of the Japanese private ownership model could gain bi-partisan support in Canada and bring high speed rail to this country. worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...

This cut to open access data does not bode well for Montreal's new AI planning tools being open access. Limiting access to city data limits the ability for citizens and businesses to understand and contribute to planning decisions.

With construction still impacting downtown businesses Montreal's mayor plans to use AI to help improve planning. In my latest post I talk about one way that AI could be used to help reduce traffic and the number of orange cones in Montreal. open.substack.com/pub/rafaelcg...

Great post about the challenges European countries face when trying to increasing defence spending. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.cer.eu/publications...

“It’s the end of the city. Toronto sucks.” “This is the beginning of a quiet decent neighbourhood in our city being destroyed simply because it’s on the new subway line.” Totally normal reaction to a six-unit, three-storey residence being built near transit.

The Mayor of Laval is clearly a little disappointed in the REM de l’Est having been cancelled. He’s talking about creative ways to use space under elevated trains. Says cities like Buenos Aires can teach us in Quebec lessons for future projects. (Translation in alt text.)

I just launched my Substack, Thoughts at the End of The Mile, with a post summarizing the development plans for L'Entrepôt Van Horne in the Mile End and talking about community concerns surrounding plans to transform the warehouse into a hotel. open.substack.com/pub/rafaelcg...

Last week I had the chance to teach a workshop for the @csdc-cecd.bsky.social winter methods school. It was great having the change to share my knowledge of topic modelling with other CSDC graduate students.

I just discovered that Overleaf has go to code location in PDF button and this is the best news of the day!

In a new @lispop.bsky.social report @sjkiss.bsky.social and I introduce a new dataset which integrates the national occupation classification (NOC) code system into the Canadian Election Study (CES). We coded the occupations of respondents in the 2019 and 2021 CES 1. scholars.wlu.ca/lispop/5/

This is a very insightful piece covering some of the more unique tactics Trump uses to obscure his democratic backsliding.

How does wildfire smoke affect air quality and your health? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Breaking news: Former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo has conceded to progressive rival Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary for New York City’s next mayor www.ft.com/content/e4b8...