Disappointment at council today. Council just passed a motion from Councillor Menard for the Bank Street bus lane study which will restrict bus lanes even further from staff's proposed 3 hours to 2 hours. This means we will get no data about how parking affects bus flow in the area.

People often want simple answers to the question of why transit is worse in North America (US especially) than other places. A transit agency voluntarily slowing it’s trains down for dubious “safety” benefits, as the government bans speed cameras says a lot.

Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was raining Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.

A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world. Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars. An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.

A sad day for cyclists. Bill 60 - which prohibits the conversion of motor vehicle lanes to bike lanes (or any other prescribed purpose) - has passed Third Reading this morning which will kill various cycling projects in Toronto & across Ontario. #shame #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero

Diagram of all current indefinite Temporary Speed Restrictions in effect on Line 1. This info has not been public but I finally got an MFIPPA released recently so I can share this. All TSRs except the ones at the ends are at the request of Alstom, and have been in place since the LRT inquiry in 2022

Watch and learn. 👀 🧠 I’ve written often about how infants learn language not just with their ears, but with their eyes. But I’ve rarely run across a better video example than this lovely moment shared to IG by seanandcaitlin. (Thread 🧵)

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A male Violet-headed Hummingbird perched at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #nature

One thing that I was thought was revealing about the divisions within Canada: When Carney acknowledged Poilievre's hard work on his campaign in his victory speed, the crowd of Liberals cheered. When Poilievre mentioned Carney in his concession speech, there was loud booing.

This is an embarrassment for the city. There's never enough money for making roads safer for non-car users, because all the money has been siphoned away to general coffers!

Good news: The Chief William Commanda Bridge re-opens tomorrow to pedestrians and cyclists!

Bonkers that we live in a world where Liberation Day is a term used by the US government to commemorate the day when it imposes huge tariffs including on allies - with massive price increases to the American public - significantly increasing the likelihood of a global recession.

Hard to take cities seriously on housing when building a modest new structure on a lot you own requires multiple "public hearings" as if you're changing the law to allow public swordfighting, or driving while drunk.

The City's TMP phase 5 released today is... extremely disappointing. It pushes the same status quo, if anything it walks back many of the very necessary transit priority projects we needed. We're expecting less than a 2% drop in personal vehicle use in our modal share. In 20 years. Embarrassing

Please get involved and advocate for better transit infrastructure in Ottawa! The proposals have left out key improvements on major routes through the core and instead focus, once again, on commuters in and out of the city.

We need more of this!

It's the time of year where you can swim through the underpass at Bank/Riverside. #ottawa #cycling

Introducing bike lanes is about creating transportation choice. When you give people safe choices, they can choose a bike for some trips, reducing congestion and reducing conflict between users. Leaders don’t need more evidence, we need to speak better to the public feeling of scarcity.

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The modern conservative playbook. There is no need for the stated reasons to have any relationship with reality. The tariffs aren't about fentanyl and removing the bike lanes isn't about congestion. www.thestar.com/news/gta/for...

Shocking, who would have thought that this would be a possible consequence of forcing cyclists and multi-tonne vehicles in the same lane? Never saw this coming at all /s #ontario #cycling

Quick, if we show this picture to Mark Sutcliffe he might advocate for it to be closed again!

Not very visually appealing, but at least it has an indoor waiting area, a rarity for downtown GO stations. Looking at you, Exhibition Station

Something seems sus 🧐

Maybe @ottawacity.ottawa.ca will get the hint eventually too...

@ottawacity.ottawa.ca is launching a consultation on the redesign of Riverdale Avenue in Old Ottawa South. Happy to see that two of the three proposed designs included separated cycle tracks. I frequently used Riverdale to cycle when I lived in OOS, and now use it to bypass Bank and go to the canal.

Would love to go on a bike ride with my partner sitting in there 🥹

#ottbike A thread about bike projects funded in budget 2025: To start off, One of my favourite projects, O'Connor Phase 2 is finally going ahead. This will connect the existing bikeway to Wellington St, from its current end point of Laurier.