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The ‘15-minute city’ might not be realistic for North America, researchers find

webfull — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:37:22 +0000

In the “15-minute city,” a concept popularized in Europe, everything a resident might need on a daily basis is a short walk or bicycle ride away. A study by Transportation Research at 91�� (TRAM) suggests, however, that this model may not be easily achieved in large North American cities such as Montreal.

Published: 21 June 2024

Meet our new Interim Director, Nik Luka!

webfull — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:08:49 +0000

We are pleased to welcome Professor Nik Luka as Interim Director for the 2020–2021 school year. As an Associate Professor in the School of Urban Planning and the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at 91��, he has been involved with CIRM since its inception in 2014. Prof.

Published: 1 December 2020

Airbnb is removing rental housing in Canadian cities and rural areas

webfull — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:06:39 +0000

The American online marketplace Airbnb has likely removed approximately 31,100 units from Canada’s long-term rental markets. This could make it difficult for Canadian cities and provinces to prevent growing housing affordability issues.

Published: 20 June 2019

Large commercial operators a growing concern in the Airbnb market, study says

webfull — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:55:59 +0000

And contrary to the Airbnb narrative that the online booking service is about regular people sharing their homes to help pay the mortgage, there has been disproportionately large growth of full-time, entire-home listings that belong to hosts with multiple Airbnb properties, according to a copy of a draft report prepared by the 91�� School of Urban Planning.

Read more: The Toronto Star

Published: 8 August 2017

Expert: OECD report on Montreal’s employment and innovation

webfull — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:38:54 +0000

The OECD has released a report titled "City of Talent Montreal: An Action Plan for Boosting Employment, Innovation and Skills": “Montreal has huge potential to become one of the most dynamic cities across OECD countries, thanks to its talented and creative population. Yet the city has not demonstrated outstanding results in terms of job creation and collective wealth generation in the past few”.