Same intersection in 2014 and 2026. After years of humming and hawing, Brussels finally converted this ‘car is king, we can’t do without’ road into a #pedestrian and #cycling area. @strongtownsottawa.ca @lainejohnson.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social Result is fabulous.

"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them." To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.

Exactly!! Along with the above, you also get nice continuous street walls as seen here in Porto 😍

As if another reason to support Ottawa finally getting a bike share program was needed, but there you have it. Right @shawnmenard.bsky.social and @glengower.ca?

Found this great website that shows prototypes & pilots for point-access blocks in BC. Would love to see these made here in #Ottawa! Lower o'all per-unit costs, well-designed & fam-friendly 3&4-bed units, less land-consolidation, 3-6 storeys, encourages missing-middle & mixed-use. singlestair.ca

Density without displacement. Accessibility as a standard feature. No land assembly required. Efficient and (more) affordable. Light, Air and a Social Stair.

This is an interesting idea. Pick a commercial area in Ottawa that could use more foot traffic, identify a vacant store, City retrofits it for bike parking. It's likely cheaper than building new infrastructure. Even as - dare I say - a pilot project. @sjamieit.bsky.social thoughts?

In political communications, "message discipline" is seen as an asset. But when the same message keeps being repeated despite the fact that it's not resonating, then it becomes a liability. With Mayor Sutcliffe's oft-repeated boast about Ottawa's low taxes, I think we're at that point. 1/

Unbelievable. Or sadly, all too believable. We haven’t even got the root cause analysis of the first cartridge bearing assembly issue, and now we expect to get a root cause analysis of another problem with the same component? www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Excited to see more discussion on single-egress stair (SES) housing. I started advocating for this with City of Ottawa staff in 2023 and recently started again. SES opens the door to more infill development and diversifies the range of units being built. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... 1/

You know that bike lanes work when even the anti-bike lane party decides to ramp up investment.

Le #CEREMA vient de publier un dossier spécial "Carrefours cyclables en milieu urbain : les règles de conception". On y trouve les clés pour réussir un aménagement qui a toutes les chances de bien fonctionner. N'hésitez pas à l'utiliser. Avec un exemple à Clermont Ferrand ;) @cerema.bsky.social

Working to come up with a reasonably simple rule set for single-stair infill buildings.

Pushing the "make it worse" button on a $3.5B project sounds insane, right? While I'm always excited for more transit in Canada, the Finch West LRT is showing #Ottawa something NOT to do for our future rapid lines like the Baseline Transitway. Let's talk about two crucial words: Signal Priority.

While we need better design standards for our crossings, adopting the use of permeable pavement would really help in cases like these.

The more #transit, the better! Can't wait to ride the REM extension this Monday.

There are two speed cameras on Walkley Rd between Bank and St Laurent that were installed in 2024. In 2022 that stretch of Walkley had 34 collisions with injuries. In 2024, after the cameras were turned on, there were just 4 collisions with injuries. Speed cameras work.

Today marks the end of the Automated Speed Enforcement camera program across Ontario. For anyone concerned about the impact of speeding on the safety of vulnerable road users, and who believes in data-based decision-making, this day is filled with frustration, disappointment, and deep concern. 1/

With the first snowfall arriving in #Ottawa, I really wish we'd make it standard that for areas w/ complex/hard-to-plow surfaces (stairs/bus stops/bike racks/etc) we'd install heating (w/ permeable pavement) to melt snow and keep things clear & safe. FYI, the new bridge at Kiweki Point is heated!🔥

It's stupid that we even have to fight things like this. The benefit of bike infrastructure in cities is clear. Ensuring there's a lane for everything (cars, transit, bikes, & walking) gives people choice, and when those choices are more space-efficient, that frees up room and eases congestion.

Bill 60’s provision on banning bike lanes is undemocratic an assault on municipal autonomy a threat to people’s safety fiscally reckless Voice your opposition. Send an email to the Premier, Minister Sarkaria, your local MPP all in one shot. See bottom of our post. bikeottawa.ca/2025/10/30/o...

Hey Ontario! You've heard of the disastrous Ford bill to destroy tenant rights, but did you know that Omnibus Bill 60 would entirely wipe out the ability of cities to right-size their roads by reducing lanes _at all_, not even just for bike lanes? #onpoli #OttBike #ontario #ottawa

It was also mentioned that paying for good design/"excellence" upfront can vastly reduce the number of change orders down the line, which ends up *saving* both time & money!

When the City of Ottawa developed our protected intersection guide and cycle track standards, we looked to the City of Nanaimo for inspiration. Nanaimo was (and is) a North American leader for active transportation design standards and it is starting to pay off in a big way! youtu.be/pN5muvQ0-tM?...

Glad to see this come to fruition, and to have played a part in making it happen. Last October I started meeting with representatives from Communauto and Gatineau's Regional Council on the Environment & Sustainable Development, with the aim of launching a Communauto FLEX pilot project in Ottawa. 1/

It doesn’t matter to Doug Ford that doctors supprt them, or that police chiefs support them, ot that 3/4 of those surveyed support them. It doesn’t matter that all available evidence supports them. Doug doesn’t like them. And so they go. That’s Doug Ford’s Ontario. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

I want these EVERYWHERE in #Ottawa!!!

The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem. It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project. It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.

Up: the entry pavillion & vertical circulation of an open cut station for a diesel regional train station running at 12 minutes interval (Ottawa) Down: the entry pavillion (not) & vertical circulation for an open cut station in an outomated metro running at up to 3 minutes intervals (Copenhagen)

Great message from St. Catherine's Mayor Mat Siscoe at the final AMO panel. "We don't need wider highways to address congestion in Ontario. We need more rail." Ottawa, meet the Beachburg Rail Corridor. I'm going to be talking about this a lot over the coming months.

We're disturbed by the numerous deaths of pedestrians and cyclists in Ottawa recently. It's time for action. We're garnering support for prohibiting all vehicular turns on red in downtown, for starters, and making this standard for protected intersections. www.ecologyottawa.ca/rtor_campaign

Sucks how provincial governments in three Canadian provinces (Ontario, Alberta, and Nova Scotia) are trying to strong arm municipalities into getting rid of bike lanes.

Our office is hiring! We're looking for a new Councillor's Assistant, Office Manager to join our team this Fall. We take a collaborative, team-oriented approach to making Ward 9 and Ottawa a better place to live. The deadline to apply is August 7, 2025. www.seandevine.ca/we_re_hiring...

This summer, we are bringing more places for people to Centretown. The City of Ottawa and the Centretown BIA worked together to create and program three new Uncommon Spaces on Frank, Florence and MacLaren.

We need designs like these in #Ottawa — roads like Innes, Hunt Club, and Riverside would benefit greatly from the separation and smoother flow this layout would provide.

This roundabout takes separation to a new level. The small town of Houten is home to a lot of innovative cycling designs, including this 'sunken' roundabout. The layout creates two layers: one for cars and one for bikes. This completely eliminates conflict points with motorised traffic.

We need to examine the link between oversized vehicles and traffic-related fatalities/major injuries. Yesterday, a pedestrian - young woman in her 20s - was struck by a pickup truck at Laurier/Elgin in downtown Ottawa. Tragically, the woman died from her injuries. 1/ www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Today it took 20 minutes to get down Elgin and another 50 to get to Bells Corners by car. A balanced approach to our transportation network gets us all nowhere fast. We need to shift our investments to give people who want to get out of cars a real choice. Show me who is happy moving around Ottawa.

A step further, especially on commercial shopping streets, we don't want to artificially incentivize redevelopment there (on the busier street) by those being the sole opportunities for growth displacing treasured businesses. Motivating activity at highest intensity in behind helps this pattern.

Some more amazing coverage of our push for 24/7 Bus Lanes on Bank Street! Shoutout to @ryantaras.bsky.social at the Capital Current! capitalcurrent.ca/groups-call-...

Whether on Elgin, or Bank, or Somerset, or Wellington, or Preston, or in much of Byward Market, how could this not benefit Ottawa? As does Montreal, the closures are from May - October. Businesses, neighbourhoods, and people would thrive. Public space would actually be public space!

We’re running ads before movies at the Mayfair Theatre supporting bus lanes on Bank Street! We’ll also be taking over the movie sign on May 29 until 2pm, consider stopping by to take a picture and show your support for less traffic and faster buses on Bank. @strongtownsottawa.bsky.social

Single-lot, Single-stair apartment blocks (4 and 6 storey) mixed with existing single family homes (50x122 lots).

In the latest Ward 9 Newsletter, we talk about thinking HUGE instead of just thinking big, the future of Merivale Road, and some thoughts on road widening and induced demand. We also introduce the newest member of our team @dunrae.bsky.social www.seandevine.ca/newsletter_m...

If you've seen the final designs for 132nd in #Edmonton, you'd know that this will be one of the best redesigned streets in all of Canada thus far. It gets so, so much right. #Ottawa should look to these designs for our own. I really hope 132nd continues as planned. www.edmonton.ca/sites/defaul...

This is one of the original proposals for #Ottawa Union Railway Station downtown (Across from the Chateau Laurier) by John W.H. Watts Absolutely Stunning! 🤯 Source: Library & Archives Canada

This is a good example of showing just how important wayfinding design is! Something that should be focused on city-wide here in #Ottawa. The details matter -- and when they're not there, things start to fall apart.

A journalist asked if I had any "local ideas" for @mark-carney.bsky.social who's running to be PM in my own riding of Nepean. I certainly do! With due credit to the amazing imagination of @dunrae.bsky.social.

I'll be honest. The new Transportation Master Plan for #Ottawa is disappointing, demoralizing, unambitious, apathetic, and most of all -- unsustainable. By reducing overall transit investment, it shows just how unserious our city is. This won't save us money -- instead, it'll cost us dearly.