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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Montreal's bikeshare Bixi and Quebec City's bikeshare àVélo are offering a free ride for Election Day! Avoid the bike unlocking fee and enjoy free rides of up to 25 minutes on a regular BIXI bike or 15 minutes on an electric BIXI bike Would love to see this in Toronto too bixi.com/en/elections...

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Élections Québec One-Way Pass | BIXI Montréal

On October 5, we’ll be exercising our right to vote. BIXI bikes will be free from 8 am to 8:30 pm to help you get to the polls.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It was great to see so many people watching the UCI races over the past week. Every part of the track was packed! Cycling in Montreal is alive and well.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Great piece. I once saw a post asking whether you would expect the city to let you store your couch on the street for free (or a highly discounted rate) which made me re-think why we except the city to subsidize the storage of cars.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I went to a Montreal Roses game yesterday (tough loss). I planned to take the Metro and shuttle bus but it would have cost $56 for four of us to take public transit (Stade Boréale is in Zone B) or $15 in parking. If we want to be serious about people taking public transit cost needs to be addressed.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I'm thrilled to announce that our review of the 2022 Ontario election is out in the Canadian Political Science Review. @sjkiss.bsky.social , @amlp.bsky.social, and I examine the biggest issues in the 2022 Ontario election. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cp...

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Yesterday I got to present my Master’s work at the @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social conference in Ottawa! It was great to reconnect with friends and colleagues and share what I’ve been working on for the past two years. Thank you everyone for all the great feedback.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I got to ride the Anse-à-l’orme branch of the REM that launched this weekend.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

@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.

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Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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

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Kigali rolls out extended bus lanes on four routes

The City of Kigali will extend its dedicated bus lanes from short queue sections near junctions to continuous lanes, in a move aimed at speeding up public transport across the...

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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...

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Why Japan has such good railways - Works in Progress Magazine

Japan's railways are the finest in the world. Other countries can copy its formula.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

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...

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The Computer Killed the Orange Cone

Technology, Digital Twins, and the Future of Planning in Montreal

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

“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.

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'It's the end of the city': Battle over sixplexes continues in Toronto

YouTube video by CityNews

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

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.)

A few years ago, we collectively killed the first version of the REM de l'est, which included an elevated structure. Many were afraid that it would disfigure the city.

In Buenos Aires, they built bars and restaurants under this same aerial structure. It's now one of the trendiest neighborhoods in the entire city!

It just goes to show that, with a little imagination and audacity, this kind of challenge can be met. A lesson to be learned for future public transit projects in Quebec.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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...

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What's next for L'entrepôt Van Horne?

Last week I attended an event organized by Mémoire du Mile End about the future of 1 Van Horne, one of the Mile End’s most iconic landmarks.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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.

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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

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Rafael Campos-Gottardo @rafaelgottardo.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/06/2025

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...

Zohran Mamdani. Overlaid text reads: Breaking news - Andrew Cuomo concedes New York mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani

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