A government-appointed expert panel in B.C. released a report earlier this month imploring all orders of government to collaborate and remove regulatory impediments that have…
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Category: Urban Insights
Telework disrupts the spatial equilibrium
Professor Murtaza Haider, in a video presentation, explains how working-from-home (Telework) disrupts spatial equilibria. The home office (the Hoffice) is the innovative construct that helps…
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Rental markets are showing increasing weakness
Murtaza Haider writes in the Financial Post about the weakening rental housing markets. See the URL below for the column. https://financialpost.com/real-estate/listings-skyrocket-while-leases-are-up-and-rents-are-down-making-sense-of-the-complex-covid-rental-market? “Rental markets are showing…
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The political economy of urban transportation in India
Ph.D. Opportunity in the Political Economy of Urban transport Decision-making and Financing in India Professor Madhav Badami at McGill University and colleagues invite expressions of…
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Why do Supply Skeptics ignore the need for new housing construction?
Housing affordability has been a large concern for Canadians who saw rents and prices climb rapidly over the years with no commensurate increase in incomes.…
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Knowledge mobilization to improve safety in ride-hailing and taxi services
By Dr. Yemi Adediji Research findings from a report authored by researchers at the Urban Analytics Institute have been implemented in the revised regulations for…
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Motor vehicle sales during COVID-19 in Canada
A newly released report by Convergent Labs (co-authored by Murtaza Haider) analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on motor vehicle sales in Canada. The report finds…
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Murtaza Haider writes about telework in The Land Economist
Murtaza Haider contributed an op-ed to the latest issue of the Land Economist. The latest issue will be available at http://aole.org/publications/ Excerpt: A big shift,…
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From downtown to ghost town: How the pandemic is upending the economics of the urban core
More than 10 million trips are made by public transit in New York City every day, as workers flock in to Manhattan’s office towers from…
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We are all about to realize how much we took elevators for granted
Elevators are the unsung heroes of modern urbanism, without which tall and slender buildings would not have been built. So critical are elevators to a…
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