Fix Your City | Neil Saravanamuttoo | Substack

Fix Transit 3: How Development Rights Can Transform Public Transit Funding

More transit agencies are turning to the sale of development rights to help fund their capital investments and operations.

Nov 29 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

20 Questions Your City Budget Should Answer

Everyone should be able to read a city budget.

Nov 15 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Join Us at the Ottawa Screening of Unrigged

Thursday, October 17 at 5:30pm at Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive

Oct 10 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Fix Public Spaces 4: Rethink Lifeguarding for Longer and Hotter Summers

Climate change means adapting to new swimming patterns.

Sep 26 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Fix Housing 13: Asylum Seekers are the Growing Face of Homelessness in Canada

And they have unique needs. Communal homes are better and cheaper than shelters to help asylum seekers quickly become productive members of society.

Sep 10 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Fix Governance 3: Let the People Decide If It's Big and Controversial

Join the call for the City of Ottawa to hold a referendum before spending $493 million on a Lansdowne stadium renovation.

Sep 3 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Fix Policing 1: Stop Policing Mental Health

More cities are shifting to a 'non-police response' for non-threatening mental health and homelessness issues.

Aug 22 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Fix Housing 11: Cities Need Help to Eliminate the Barriers to Housing

Change is hard. Empower a task force of community and industry partners to help identify and overcome the barriers that prevent homes from getting…

Aug 14 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

What Infill Fits in to a Neighbourhood?

We'd appreciate 60 seconds of your time to hear your views.

Aug 7 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Dog Days of Summer Are Here

And we're making the most of it.

Jul 3 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Fix Housing 12: Infill At Scale Requires More than Just Upzoning

What a pro-active strategy for achieving infill housing looks like

Jun 26 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Fix Governance 4: Democracy is at Risk. City Halls are on the Front Line of Saving It.

Municipal leaders who choose opaque decision-making over meaningful public engagement are supporting the conditions that allow authoritarianism to…

Jun 19 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Fix Climate 4: How Sprawl Drives A Third of All Emissions

Land use policy that encourages compact development should be a cornerstone of all municipal climate action.

Jun 12 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

Fix Housing 10: BuildingIN is a Breakthrough Approach to Solving Canada's Housing Supply Challenge

Infill at scale that enables municipalities to meet their housing targets

Jun 6 •

Neil Saravanamuttoo

and

Catherine McKenney

Fix Your City

Fix Your City

Common sense solutions for better cities

Recommendations

Urbanism Speakeasy with Andy Boenau

Urbanism Speakeasy with Andy Boenau

Andy Boenau

the 613

Neil Saravanamuttoo

The Deleted Scenes

The Deleted Scenes

Addison Del Mastro

Random Acts of Urbanism

Random Acts of Urbanism

Brigitte Pellerin

Volts

David Roberts

Fix Your City

About Archive Recommendations Sitemap

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts