List of published articles

I forgot to post another article that got published, so I thought I’d just make a list that I can keep updated over time.

• (2022-11-27) ‘A bleak, high-tax future’: The hidden cost of sprawl development Toronto Star.
  • Subtitle: In a sprawl, houses and shops are so far apart that property taxes don’t cover infrastructure upkeep. And when taxes can’t cover costs, they go up.
  • Topics: Urbanism, Ontario politics, financial impact of sprawl
  • Internet Archive link
• (2022-11-22) Doug Ford raises Hamilton taxes Hamilton Spectator.
  • Subtitle: Increased taxes are the inevitable result of Ford’s recent sprawl order for Hamilton, Simon Woodside writes.
  • Topics: Urbanism, Hamilton politics, financial impact of sprawl
  • Internet Archive link
• (2022-05-12) LRT versus Highway 413 Hamilton Spectator.
  • Subtitle: Light rail in general has a history of generating big tax gains for a city, and the LRT in Hamilton has already started to deliver even before it has been built, Simon Woodside writes.
  • Topics: Urbanism, light rail/LRT, financial returns on transit investments, trip times and induced demand
  • Internet Archive link
• (2022-02-22) Hamilton streets for the people. Hamilton Spectator.
  • Subtitle: Our streets, sidewalks and roads have been much abused in the modern period of the last 100 years, Simon Woodside writes.
  • Topics: Urbanism, Hamilton, active streets, Jan Gehl
  • Internet Archive link
• (2021-03-31) Expand the urban boundary? The money says no. Hamilton Spectator.
  • Subtitle: It might look appealing in the short term, but in the long term it’s a financial loser, Simon Woodside writes.
  • Topics: Urbanism, Hamilton politics, financial impact of sprawl, Strong Towns
  • Internet Archive link
• (2020-08-16) Roll back Phase 3 to reopen schools more safely. Hamilton Spectator.
  • Subtitle: A reduction in risky behaviour by the rest of us will help keep kids and families safe, writes Simon Woodside
  • Topics: Pandemic risk management, Ontario policy
  • Internet Archive link
• (2020-06-11) Racism is a human construct, but it’s in our technology, too. Hamilton Spectator.
  • Subtitle: Simon Woodside asks, can a machine be racist?
  • Topics: Technology, algorithmic racism in cameras
  • Internet Archive link

The publications

• The Hamilton Spectator (wikipedia) has an average daily readership of around 230,000 people in 2022, and I really get a kick out of being published in it. I actually interned there as a high school student in the 90s.

• The Toronto Star (wikipedia) [reported in 2016] readership of 1 million in print and 1 million online.