Even the addition of curbing won’t keep #Autowa from driving wherever TF they want Cooper/Cartier @arieltroster.com

This is about bike computers and their potential to distract riders Now, multiply this by 1,000 and substitute with “driving” and “cell phones” open.substack.com/pub/tomports...

Never, ever, will I ever again be able to ever say “there’s nothing on TV” www.youtube.com/live/XDKpQhn...

So … let me see if I’ve got this right … If local urban residents are opposed to something in their neighbourhood rural councillors will help railroad it through But if rural residents are opposed to something in *their* neighbourhoods then everyone else better back off Gotcha

Shurly to goodness this won’t be happening with Lansdowne 2.0

Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

Maybe if the councillors in the affected wards would’ve voted in favour of Lansdowne 2.0? Awww … who’m I kidding … he already had the votes of councillors who don’t give a shit about public transit

Used to live about a mile or so directly south of RWY 18/36 in Winnipeg We could hear every 4-holer from the moment they started spooling up at the threshold of 18 until they passed and turned on course It was always about 6-7 minutes where any conversation (even indoors) was nearly impossible

A lesson for the Alto consortium?

Sorry, but I’m still struggling with how private citizens like @sjamieit.bsky.social are the one who are creating these types of data visualizations that councillors seem to find so interesting Does #OttCity not have a data analytics group capable of producing this type of work?

Finally, a solution to the Trail Rd. problem How much is it gonna cost? That’s a secret But it’s from Taggart so we can be sure it’s a good deal www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

But you know what is the best unrestricted fund for a municipality? Taxes and fees, the existing social contract with our residents. A donation button is sort of a bougie look for a municipality, and people will see through it.

Really? JFC

The Republicans needed 8 Democrats to break the 60-vote threshold Of the 8 U.S. Democratic senators who are joining with Republicans to end the government shutdown, 2 are retiring and the other six aren’t on the 2026 ballot You’d almost think they were hand-picked to take the heat

You cannot use the suffering of Americans as leverage against people who are fundamentally unmoved by suffering

More outstanding analysis from @sjamieit.bsky.social

I couldn’t have said it better myself

Put this on the “to-do” list once we kick DoFo to the curb theconversation.com/cyclists-may...

Lmao a commenter on TikTok referred to Poilievre as “Sulk Slogan”

“Supporting the growth of the sport, alongside the development of Québec and Canadian cyclists, is at the heart of this commitment — and will remain so in the future.”

You know @shawnmenard.bsky.social, you’re a real… Awesome dude - thanks for fighting the good fight

Lansdowne 2.0 doesn’t give Ottawa what it needs. The plan is built around the limits of a public-private deal that leaves the city with hundreds of millions in new debt for a project that won’t serve residents well.

Live now www.youtube.com/live/QggO3gd...

The Better Ottawa Lansdowne 2.0 Forum begins in 10 minutes. Live from Barrhaven. Tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QggO...

Looks like “work” has stopped at Somerset House Not that very much had taken place since big announcements were made

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I am seriously also starting starting to wonder about city planning staff. How the could recommend this deal is beyond me. We either need an investigation into influence in the planning department or a house cleaning of staff for some with more modern, holistic approaches to planning.

The Auditor General recently released her second sprint audit for Lansdowne 2.0. The risks are very concerning and if realized will lead to tens of millions more in costs for the city of #Ottawa.

Why I'm voting against Lansdowne 2.0 youtu.be/qzpGjx4dBCk?...

The public debate on Lansdowne.

Head’s up #OttBike Some construction work taking place in Gatineau Park near Bourgeois Lk Heavy trucks are using FLP to get up and down Not sure what’s up or how long it will continue Trucks were giving good space, but use extra care if you’re riding downhill on FLP

Today - just a bit before noon - corner of O’Connor & Laurier … during a single cycle of the traffic light I counted 4 red-light runners I’ve never lived in a city with so many licensed(?) shitheads

Some may think of Shohai Otani as baseball’s Tadej Pogačar Others - who may not be fans - probably think of him as baseball’s Cristiano Ronaldo #ChangeMyMind 🤣

Y’know what would help fix this problem? Moar signs! Maybe with some flashing lights (see wrong way drivers on Cooper several times a day)

Tewin at full scale would be about 100,000 people -- that's like a whole new Barrhaven East. Ottawa taxpayers simply can't afford that type of growth.

Time to turn up the heat.

My comments on Lansdowne 2.0 The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...

In case anyone is wondering how much a “yes” vote on #Lansdowne2.0 costs

One of the problems with the Lansdowne debate is the extremes are dominating the debate. On one hand you have OSEG and it’s assets, ahem, councillors it sponsored, saying that this is a steal of a deal that will cost practically nothing and make everything better This is clearly nonsense

He didn’t need to get an AI image generator to whip up parody imagery He’s already a parody of a responsible member of a city governance team

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Straight out of the Jim Watson playbook