A fietsstraat is a Dutch street design where bicycles have priority, and cars are considered “guests.” The layout encourages safe, calm traffic by giving bikes the main position on the road, usually with red asphalt and clear signage.

It's been 25 years since One-Big-Ottawa was imposed on us. The world has finally taken note: this thing doesn't really work for urban or rural residents. I wrote about why and what's next. glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa

The inevitable denouement of car culture: lonely guys talking to an AI woman as they sit in soul-crushing traffic on their way to a desk job behind the wheel of a vehicle they thought would make them cool and could survive the apocalypse.

While I love the O-Train, I think it's fair to say that its construction and implementation has been a hot mess, so I don't hate the idea of the city offloading its future expansion and operation to someone else. Unfortunately, the someone else is Metrolinx. youtu.be/e8mLZ7EE81I?...

so crazy that the sens season was only three games this year. oh well! see you guys in 2026-27!

honestly think I like participating in Sens lore more than I like watching Sens hockey.

been trying to expand my horizons and dip into classical music recently. and like, it's fine. but can anyone honestly tell me with a straight face that bach is better than carly rae jepsen?

WHAT NOW - dashare.zone ADMIN

this is what happened to jordan spence

me

in charge of the office playlist today youtu.be/nQxzZTp_6Qs?...

*logs on to social media despite being fully aware of the intense psychic damage it inflicts* SENS

I wish bsky had a filter for "only the nice stuff." I don't want to turn a blind eye to the problems of the world, but sometimes I do just want to chat about sports with my pals or see a cool train picture without having my mental health take a complete nosedive.

Once again, speed cameras work. (This is data from Ottawa, published in 2024.)

Any pals headed to the Rapid FC game tomorrow night?

mfw I am being photographed in the new red jersey

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050. Just the start. Common sense.

This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack. www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...

*me approaching the bandwagon* how do you do, fellow blue jays fans?

This is more true now than ever 😌

just a nice video for friday afternoon www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBbU...

Not normally an "everyone should read this book" kinda guy, but I think maybe everyone should read this book ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S2...

Really happy for Claire Hanna this morning

Has he ever been in a walkable city?

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. 🩷💙 Robert Munsch one of Canada’s most beloved authors and his wife had two stillbirths, which was the inspiration behind the book Love You Forever.

CAN VS ENG in the FINAL MATCH for the women’s rugby World Cup today at 11:00. It’s gonna be so good. Let’s gooooooooooo

Another reminder that the city is doing an open house TOMORROW about bus lanes on Bank Street. It will be at Blessed Sacrament Parish, 194 Fourth Avenue from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Come help support 24/7 bus lanes on Bank! Info at the link below. engage.ottawa.ca/bank-street-...

honest to god, there's a noticeable difference in my mental health when this app is 100% bosty

I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.

@glengower.ca Learning more about Montreal's REM and my genius idea is that we should let these guys build out future O-Train extensions. 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlHq...

Regular reminder for new’ish parents in Ottawa that are cargo bike curious for daycare drop-offs and park meets - you can rent a cargo bike from @letsgocargo.bsky.social and then have a fun weekend trying #cargobikelife

BLOW UP THE TEAM!!! (I'm not actually watching because it's preseason and I would never. I just like having fun online ❤️)

Remember, Sens fans: your can still get pregnant from preseason

New nickname suggestion: soccerdb

✨Stellar Downing✨

Hey pals, anyone heading to Sens fan fest tomorrow?

Essential listening to understand why I am about to start saying "Thomas Chabot is a horse, to me" on bsky dot com.

It's cool that guys making tens of millions are like, "yeah one benefit of signing here is I don't have to give a small amount of money to fund public schools and disability services," and we treat this as shrewd navigating rather than an abomination.

NDP leadership candidate announcement video that makes me want to run through a brick wall?

It's rugby o'clocky

Interested in making our city spaces more beautiful? What about an event that turns our underused parking into beautiful spaces for people to sit, play games, enjoy themselves, and more? Well look no further than Park(ing) Day, this Friday! Details on our page! strongtownsottawa.ca/parkingday20...

Canada (ranked 2nd) vs New Zealand (ranked 3rd) women's rugby world cup semifinals today at 2:00 p.m. today just FYI.

A local school crossing.

These days I mostly just spend a lot of time thinking about the Sabrina Carpenter Manchild music video.

Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com

I think I’m going to rig something up with an old tv where every time I turn it on, it plays a random old Sens game.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Islands in the SCREAM That is what we AHHHH Happy Halloween, everybody!

In yet another story of cars ruining cities, Carling Avenue was widened to support peak hour mall car traffic and streetcar tracks on Holland were ripped up to support car/bus traffic Great story on the history of Westgate Mall kitchissippi.com/goodbye-to-w...