Recent content by christof53

Looks like Doug is getting his rhetoric from South Park now.

Perhaps this thread should be retitled “Doug Ford’s Political Addictions”

Doug's in (God help us) https://twitter.com/CP24/status/958023955041931264

It looks like another accusation is going to come out tomorrow against a sitting PC MPP. https://twitter.com/sdbcraig/status/957827342943924224

30% design RFP for relief line south tunnel is out now as per twitter https://twitter.com/PlanGinerd/status/930078876277133312

After following many of these proposals, I gotta give props to Amazon for making all of these conservative car-centric cities come out and act like they actually care about things like good transit and bike lanes. I get the sense that so many were struggling to show off any progressive...

(some of) Hamilton's bid book is now public https://d3fpllf1m7bbt3.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/media/browser/2017-10-30/amazon_hq2_public_version-web.pdf

It seems that they're doing this. If you take another look at the link to the bid book, the "shorty ferry ride" typo on pg. 65 has been fixed.

I haven't found complete bid books from other cities, but I have found promotional websites and videos that they have used in addition to their bid. Philadelphia Website: https://public.philadelphiadelivers.com/ Detroit Website: http://www.detroitmovestheworld.com/ Pittsburgh Website...

There seems to be quite a few typos in the bid book. I've spotted at least three: pg. 30 its/it's, pg. 65 "shorty ferry ride", and pg.73 "it only takes only 25 minutes" (in reference to the UPX of all things). It's kind of embarrassing.

Georgia City Will Rename Itself 'Amazon' If It Wins The New Headquarters How are we supposed to compete with this??

Earth days or Venus days?

Oh absolutely, although I wouldn't expect them to put forth competitive incentive/tax break packages.

I agree that Boston is the favourite to win this simply because of Harvard and MIT. Beyond that though, they also have an unbelievable plan in redeveloping the inner belt in nearby Somerville. Here's a screenshot: The red circle is the inner belt set for redevelopment. It's an area of 140...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-12/amazon-is-said-to-weigh-boston-in-search-for-second-headquarters "A few years ago, Amazon executives discussed building a second headquarters in Toronto because two decades of rapid growth had left the company feeling constrained in Seattle...