Amazing, I love the cobblestone streets and simple implementation of the loading platform to make it barrier free. (Guessing there is a small ramp not shown to the side for wheelchair access). The whole street also has a “pedestrian focused” feel to it at a human scale.
I wish in North America we could get our shit together and start turning our strodes into actual community focused streets. Instead every place in north America looks like this. With giant seas of parking lots everywhere.
I feel we really forgot how to design proper high-speed roads in north America and at the same time killed what was classified as a local street.
A common argument in north America is that everything is far apart, so we need cars, but we need to make everything far apart because we need parking lots for our cars. Thus everything is far apart.
But that still is somewhat odd, like if I buy a car I can take it to any mechanic to get it fixed or modified. I would then need to pay them, but I own the car.
The mechanic should not be arrested for modifying my car.
I suppose the “grey zone” is if the modifications allow the owner to access unpaid content. Like maybe heated seats ;)
We need fourplexes, we need multi-generational homes, and low rise residential 4-5 floors in height. We need self sufficient communities with transit and less car centric developments.
Our suburban developments as they are currently being constructed are so inefficient in usage of space. Especially since 50% of the land is paved, and subsidized.
Ontario is in the process of shifting the cost burden of trash away from municipalities and onto companies that make and sell products that generate waste....
After reading this article I started wondering if there are any foods and products I buy that come in fully compostable packaging.
The only one I seem to be able to think of is egg cartons, but I wonder if the ink on the packaging is harmful.
Though I hope the Ontario government follows through on its decisions and holds manufactures and retailers responsible for taking back packagings and products that reach their end of life use.
It would be nice, though I do think with this electronics disposal program we have in Ontario we should and can always be doing more.
The eco fee that consumers pay for should be used as an incentive for consumers to bring the electronics back to the manufacturer. And i feel this is what ontario wants to do with the bluebox recycling program now.
An example would be a “community drop-off location” (like penguin pickup) run and paid for by the manufacturer and retailers. (Not tax payers). It could be collaboratively run between multiple retailers as a “recovery point” if they were smart.
The way the eco fee I believe is currently run is local governments charge a fee to manufacturers (which is passed to the consumer) for the municipality to operate their own hazardous waste pickup and disposal points. This fee is not recovered by the consumer. (The consumer is charged twice, once for the fee and other in taxes)
The beer store and lcbo for example change a recovery fee for glass bottles and aluminium cans. This fee is then recovered by the consumer and not passed on. (The consumer is only charged once in taxes).
It would be nice similar to a car battery where I am charged $20 extra on the new battery to bring back the old battery to recover my $20, and do the same for things like TVs, printers, phones, packagings, bags, containers.
You need to use a filter or you will damage your camera lens. This is why you have the red glow. A full eclipse is the only part you can look without a filter.
Then, responding to those who have said he’s “only doing this for the money", Szymanski tweeted: “Yes, no fucking shit. I make games for a living. If I didn't want to earn money from them I wouldn't charge money for them.”...
Cities should start hiring individuals that are homeless to pick up litter around town. Give them a minimum wage with some access to food and snacks (while on shift) and some priority to accommodations of some sorts for the nights.
If cities can’t do this maybe a non-profit or sorts, with help from city finding and maybe even have local businesses like the hardware stores or Walmart provide garbage bags, boots, jackets.
Two birds with one stone in a sense, clean cities and hopefully less encampments that seem to grow litter around them.
As with anything maybe it’s not a perfect solution, but every little bit helps. I suppose the goal is to help get as many individuals out of poverty as possible.
It feels like Canadian governments have forgotten how to plan. As the op-ed states, we don’t have the sewer/water/road/fire for the 5,800,000 houses we’re building by 2030. And politicians aren’t budgeting for it’s construction....
100% agree and I have been saying this for sometime myself, we need to make north america cities more family focused. COVID made it more visible that no one actually lived in cities.
Most restaurants closed for example, restaurants that you thought were “community focused” were actually only serving commuters into the cities. Nothing was “keeping” people in the surrounding area, no families, no roots.
North america cities for some reason are designed for commuters instead of the people that actually live there. On top of that most new condos and developments are geared to investment properties, meaning small units maybe max 2 bedrooms.
You can’t raise two kids in a two bedroom unit. And if you happen to find a three or four bedroom in the downtown core it’s priced substantially higher for lower square footage than a single family home in the suburbs.
It’s usually easier to do nothing and say we tried, then to try and fail. Seems this has been the moto of Canada for some time now.
When you do nothing everyone loses but people remain “happy”. When you do something to improve the quality of life some people may lose, but a greater number may win. Governments don’t want to lose the votes of the losing groups.
Bike lane in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (video) (social.notjustbikes.com)
World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts (www.theguardian.com)
Loss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologists...
2 visitors captured on video destroying ancient rock formations at Lake Mead (www.cnn.com)
Sportscar lookin` Tram (i.imgur.com)
these originate from Straßburg and just look like they where based on Sportscars… and I love it!
Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online (www.ign.com)
I fought the law... and the law lost: disabled man arrested for blocking parliament wins case (www.thecanary.co)
Neil Goodwin was charged over his protest outside parliament in 2023. However, a judge saw it for nonsense - and here, Neil tells all....
Canada needs to build 1.3M additional homes by 2030 to close housing gap, says PBO (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
Polish street over the years in Krakow (dormi.zone)
What am I supposed to do with this? (pawb.social)
Comments that are nested too deep simply become unreadable.
Big grocers, retailers want Ontario's recycling plan changed. (www.cbc.ca)
Ontario is in the process of shifting the cost burden of trash away from municipalities and onto companies that make and sell products that generate waste....
My frail attempt at stitching the Eclipse today (lemmy.world)
TIL the dev of Iron Lung, an acclaimed indie horror game, faced significant backlash over increasing the price from $6 to $8 (www.ign.com)
Then, responding to those who have said he’s “only doing this for the money", Szymanski tweeted: “Yes, no fucking shit. I make games for a living. If I didn't want to earn money from them I wouldn't charge money for them.”...
32 per cent of Canadians blame grocery stores for rising food prices, more than any other reason: Nanos (www.ctvnews.ca)
Feeling hungry? (lemmy.world)
Portland Mayor Wheeler unveils a new public camping ban policy (www.opb.org)
Traffic Blockade Protests Were a Nuisance. Lawmakers Want to Make Them a Felony. (www.motherjones.com)
This is me when I've got time (lemmy.world)
Cargo ship that hit Baltimore bridge was involved in Antwerp collision in 2016 (www.theguardian.com)
The Dali was reportedly detained in Belgium after scraping side of quay and significantly damaging part of hull in good weather...
Nepal tells Everest tourists to take their shit with them (www.cnn.com)
Canada needs to get real about addressing the housing crisis (www.theglobeandmail.com)
It feels like Canadian governments have forgotten how to plan. As the op-ed states, we don’t have the sewer/water/road/fire for the 5,800,000 houses we’re building by 2030. And politicians aren’t budgeting for it’s construction....