http://area514.com News & discussion about Montreal and its activist community Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:41:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Êtes-vous au courant que le projet de réaménagement de la Côte Ste Catherine fera de cette artère une AUTOROUTE aux heures de pointe? ATTENTION: Sous couvert de piste cyclable et de développement durable, la Ville de Montréal nous impose une dénaturation de notre chemin résidentiel, abolissant tout stationnement aux heures ... http://area514.com/une-autoroute-a-outremont/ As we can see from the above image, the pedestrians on the sidewalk will be coming within inches of vehicle traffic. One can only imaging the dangers involved with walking along a street where side view mirrors will literally be zooming right beside you while you try to walk along ... http://area514.com/city-provides-a-sketch-of-the-dangerous-cote-ste-catherine-bike-path/ Recently it has been brought to my attention that the city of Montreal is planning to install a bike path on Cote Ste Catherine. This certainly comes as news to me, as I actually live on Cote Ste Catherine! The bike path that the city intends to create on Cote Ste ... http://area514.com/the-cote-ste-catherine-street-bike-path/ Cote Ste Catherine is a long and winding street which half circles the mountain. It is dangerous for drivers since it curves quite a bit, and the lanes seem to expand and contract in width all along the street. Furthermore, in recent years it has become an absolute speed way. ... http://area514.com/about-cote-ste-catherine-and-the-bike-path/ I am an avid cyclist, I own over a dozen bikes which I use for many different types of cycling, and I even have a bike repair shop where I fix and sell a few hundred bikes per year. I can safely say that I know a thing or two about ... http://area514.com/montreal-bike-paths/ (CEP News) Ottawa - The Canadian housing market slowed significantly in the first six months of 2008 compared to same period last year, according to figures released Thursday by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).The number of existing home sales in the first half of 2008 was down 13.1% compared ... http://area514.com/canadian-housing-sales-tumble-131-in-first-half-of-2008/ By Jenny Wagler, National Post New condos are still shooting up to crowd the Toronto skyline, but behind the scenes the condo boom times are ending, a new report predicts. “We’re expecting a slowdown in 2009,” said Jane Renwick, editor and vice-president of Urbanation, a condominium market research company. “So we would say ... http://area514.com/condo-boom-is-ending-report-predicts/ Monday, August 18, 2008 The housing slowdown is hardly surprising: On one side we have the Canadian Real Estate Association telling us that the average price for a house sold in Canada is about $314,000 (www.crea.ca/public/news_stats/statistics.htm). On the other hand we have Statistic Canada telling us that the average Canadian salary is ... http://area514.com/housing-is-too-expensive/ By Dawn Desjardins RBC Economics Research Monday, August 10, 2008 Housing starts sank 13.6% in July to an annualized 186,500 units from a downwardly revised 215,900 in June (originally reported as 217,800). Expectations had been for a relatively modest 3.6% decline. However, the weakness was likely slightly overstated with the drop largely concentrated ... http://area514.com/canadian-housing-starts-plummet/ Regina posts biggest gains Canwest News Service Published: Monday, August 11, 2008 OTTAWA - New housing prices increased this June at their slowest pace in six and a half years thanks to a softening housing market in Western Canada, Statistics Canada reported Monday. Contractors' selling prices gained 3.5 per cent from June 2007, compared with ... http://area514.com/housing-prices-cool-in-june-statscan/