The balanced approach of @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social cycling: here’s some paint, we’re not going to enforce it. Pedestrians: no right turn on red will inconvenience drivers. Transit: poor frequency and reliability. Personal cars: I will move heaven and earth if your trip 30 seconds longer.

It is wonderful to see the Glebe BIA acknowledge that buses, cycling, and walking are the best way to get a lot of people around in our city. Even though they fought hard against bus lanes to improve public transit very recently, it is wonderful to see them recognize the errors in their ways.

Power out in the south end, multiple traffic lights out @ottawapolice.bsky.social directing traffic at bigger intersections but #Autowa out in full force blowing through other lights out. Had to stop traffic at one intersection on my bike to let pedestrians cross. #bikeottawa

Shot and chaser. Reminder that 51% of ppl live inside the greenbelt, pay +50% of tax revenues of city budget and have the poorest infrastructure. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Good morning Ottawa!

It would be great to see a hardware/homeware store like @prestonhardware.bsky.social or the like as part of this. All these people still need plungers, random screws, toasters etc. To have that close by would be great, and right on transit too.

To quote the talented @tomflood.bsky.social “courage should come from our councillors not our children.” Grief at the death of a Peter Clark could manifest in lower speed limits, road safety funding, reevaluation of road safety design approaches, a push to reinstate cameras at prov level 1/

Fairness?? Transit fare evaders pay a bigger fine than drivers who don't pay for parking. A one way transit fare is twice the price as weekend parking at City Hall. Roads get widened while transit gets cut. Autowa is not interested in making anything more fair for people outside of cars.

On top of a $15 million loss, their own data has shown that, removal of the speed cameras made everyone immediately unsafe. Speed compliance is now under 41%. Meaning 5.9 out of 10 cars basically are saying fu to the posted speed. Thanks Drug Ford!

Glebe parking garage vs. Nepean Costco & parking lot, for all the "my customers won't walk all the way from the garage" BIA doomers.

I spent less today on a full bike tune-up and chain replacement than the average driver will spend to fill their vehicle's gas tank next. Just food for thought. If most of your trips are less than 10km one way, you could probably ride a bike for some of those trips. Gwan, give it a try!

Good morning Ottawa. Airport parkway at rush hour, in desperate need of widening.

I get angry in this issue of the Ward 9 Newsletter, but many residents agree that there's lots to be angry about on one particular topic. Please enjoy my Councillor's Message: A "balanced" approach #Autowa." www.seandevine.ca/march_31_202...

Excellent point and what we've been saying the whole time. The Glebe businesses will NEVER compete with Costco, Walmart, or any other strip malls in the suburbs that have a plethora of parking available. Areas like Glebe win by being interesting to be in, and by being efficient with their space.

I've had nine (!) people reach out to me so far who are interested in running for Stittsville. (I'm stepping down at the end of this term.) Here's some advice for aspiring municipal candidates: open.substack.com/pub/glengowe...

#ottawa drivers: if you are not 100% certain that light is green, the default is you stop and proceed when you know you know you have the right of way. Just because the light is covered in snow, doesn’t mean you get to blow through.

Glebe businesses’ collective inability to understand their customer base is harder than diamond.

I will say this when it comes to public transit in #ottawa in lieu of the municipal election in 2026: we’re going to need candidates to campaign using public transit only. Walk, bike, use car share and transit. Be very fucking loud about it. Video it, centre storytelling around it

We don’t talk enough about how slowly the City of Ottawa moves to help residents. The Bank Street Transit Study was first proposed in 2021, and its implementation has been delayed again. The worst part? The study’s proposal includes just 2 hours of combined bus lanes a day!

Mark Sutcliffe: “everyone needs to be in the office every day so the Sparks Street BIA won’t be sadl Also Mark Sutcliffe: “oops! Train no work! Anyways here’s a $500 million real estate giveaway”

Tolls are allowed in Ontario, so could municipal speed cameras be reactivated as automated toll collection devices for use of express lanes?

How is it we can add private security guards to the market without a big staff report or even council debate on their impact but not “just do” other things like banning right on red in downtown intersections? We can just try more things if we wanted to.

If only the pros outweighed the cons.

We could cross out "snow removal" and the headline would be just as true ...

Ottawa's snow removal standards are bad, with no plans on getting better | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Saturday | 10:05 PT We bring you excerpts from an evening with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast, joined by city councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood. @visionzerovancouver.ca @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Happy Doug Ford Endorses Speeding Day

"When risks exceed benefits, half a billion dollars is not a partnership or investment. It's a bailout"

I walked my daughter (10) to school today, ~2km after a dentist appointment. OC could have been an option but the route is now so infrequent I was a good way home when the bus there passed by. Walked on and by some dilapidated city assets. But @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social priority is Lansdowne.

The world is full of terrible things right now, but then you see the construction worker helping an elderly lady through a construction zone holding her arm, and it brings a little smile

On this day in 2014, Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a member of the Ceremonial Guard, was fatally shot at the National War Memorial. The shooter ran inside the Parliament Buildings and was shot by RCMP officers and died on scene. Three others were injured in the attack.

The NCC owes nothing to the city to help people drive faster wherever they want. They should 100% shut down at a minimum the QED and then install retractable bollards on all their other roads for immediate closure

Centretown residents generate significantly greater tax revenues than the residents outside the Greenbelt. Those revenues are used across the city, not specifically to our benefit. That's fine I guess, but can we at least stop prioritizing suburban commuters speed over local communities.

Canadians: “We the north! I love hockey, skiing, and taking my kids sledding. Did you hear about a light dusting of snow shutting down some southern US city?” Canadians, when you suggest it’s possible to bike past September: “but what if I get… cold?”

NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times. In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Agreed. Unfortunately some poli use this as a divisive election tactic claiming “no one will bike from carp to Navan in Feb for hockey practice” when the reality is few would ever do this; what we need is better cycling w/in communities and urban areas tk give options, local mobility

"Commuters don’t like to hear this, but the more roads you build in a congested area, the more cars will quickly converge on those highways to fill them up. It’s called the “theory of induced demand,” but it’s just a fancy way of saying that free roadways lead to free-for-alls."

Yes, speed cameras work.

In addition to Hubley, I don’t think Luloff, Tierney or Plante attended the Council meeting in person. No prizes for guessing how all 4 of them voted.

Stands on street with no sidewalks. What do we need with extra development charges or red tape for accessibility, eh?

If your neighbour is having a medical emergency please give them the privacy they deserve and be a bit more subtle with your curiosity, mow your lawn, sweep your driveway, vacuum the roof, don’t stare at their home. Give them some privacy and be decent humans.

You feeling the "balance" yet #Ottawa? #OttBike isn't it great being third class citizens?

Perhaps what we are doing is not working?

Bikes unlock so much public transit ridership as a viable driving alternative. Wanted to take kid 2 to the aviation museum today. 🚗 : 26 mins 🚍+🚊 : 2 hrs 🚲 : 52 mins We biked to LRT, got off at UofO station, then biked the rest. Transit + Bike: 37 mins OC Transpo recovery needs bikeshare.

“Efficiencies” don’t balance the books: they erode services and trust in our governments, institutions and organizations. My first (!!!) op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen: Why respect for taxpayers must mean real investment in transit, housing, and climate resilience. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/taxp...

why do so many people who are on the side of not burning down the planet insist on finding ways to hate on bikes? yeah, YOU don't have to do it when it's hot, cold, rainy, or when you've got kids & groceries to tote, but bikes are in fact still good at these things.

@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social do you have anything to say about the multitude of pedestrians and cyclists that have been injured or killed on Ottawa Streets, under your balanced approach to transportation? Show some leadership.

Sadly and tragically, much of Ottawa is becoming a high-risk area. The number of fatalities and major injuries (FMIs) involving vehicle collisions with vulnerable road users over the last two weeks is staggering.

as i've said before I have no authority in this space,no formal background/academic certification, not a planner, engineer, city official or even worked in transportation and no desire to. just thought that if kids had safe spaces to walk/bike/roll independently that would be a good thing.

Looked at the #Ottawa TMP last night, and it’s still recommending widening the Airport parkway. Even though line 2 is running, it says most AP drivers go more than a km from line 2, so 3 transit trips would be needed. So instead of improving those connections, staff are resigned to building roads.