And if we’re serious about addressing the issues of traffic, quality of life, we need to be serious about funding, maintaining and expanding active transportation for year round use (and not just seasonal/recreational) in better ways. 5/ bit.ly/41M0xKu

So we don’t spend $22m on something and close it half the year; so we fund and build so ppl can have better, safer, choices in how they get around. We need to fund transit like it matters and invest in ways for ppl to build homes, jobs and places to play/thrive/live to their potential.

Mark Carney could remove the emissions cap, the tanker ban, and anything else Danielle Smith demands. Her proposed pipeline still wouldn't get built because the business case for actually filling it gets worse with each passing day. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/o...

Thrilled to be part of this discussion on #Lansdowne 2.0 organized by @neilsara.bsky.social moderated by @jchianello.bsky.social

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...

Can someone please tell Carney?? VIA Rail is a public service and should have its own rail line and high frequency, some high speed, passenger rail service across the country. Should be one of his top priority nation-building projects.

Here’s a secret the city doesn’t really want you to know about - they have already taken out over $300 million in debt authority for Lansdowne 2.0 before the project is approved by Council.

Today over half of #ottcity councillors present at Council wanted to debate the timing of the Lansdowne report. A project of this size and complexity should be given more than nine days for councillors and the public to prepare.

You should ask your councillor to survey his constituents on what they want, like I did. Challenge him publicly to do it. The results will certainly be as clear in his ward as it was in mine. The vast majority of residents do not support Lansdowne 2.0.

N.I.C.E. Agents on the #Halifax waterfront #NovaScotia #Canada 🤣🍁 youtu.be/S1yYGb1U31o?...

Required reading from CBC Kate Porter’s on the Lansdowne 2.0 numbers - facts are important!!!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ottnews

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

Listening this morning to Dr. Jazz at Hurdman station! They’re here till 11 thanks to OMIC and @envirocentre.bsky.social. Felicity is surveying riders.

The interesting thing about getting people to agree that the goal should be transportation “balance” — TRUE balance, not the lip service we’ve been paying in 99% of suburbs that’s really just about slightly less car dependency — is that to achieve such balance, you’re going to have to PRIORITIZE. 6/

Update: the event has been postponed to Sat. October 18th at 8pm. New location: Prince Albert block 270. Please tell anyone who may not see this message

Imagine a linear park stretching from NAC to Dows Lake; narrow woonerfs for access to homes/emerge vehicles along way, filled with art, buskers, seating, public washrooms, small pavilions to tell Indigenous and other histories; pop up food carts/bikes; make #PlacesForPeople @ncc-ccn.gc.ca

The musical acrobatics event in the Byward market last night was a great example of the potential of our neighbourhoods when we pedestrianize streets and prioritize people. More space for people, more business, more fun.

A five-year-old dies on our streets. When will the City of Ottawa finally commit to Vision Zero? Our heartfelt condolences to the family of this young boy. bikeottawa.ca/2025/10/17/a...

Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath

This is your city @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social. This is the #balance you campaigned on. Another person dead. A child. Why aren't you doing more to make our roads safer?

My employer: You need some training. Me: I'm kind of busy. Employer: It requires sailing... Me: My bag is packed.

Peter Thiel looking for the antichrist is like me trying to find my glasses when I am wearing them.

NEW: Trump meant to send a Truth Social DM to Pam Bondi about indicting his rivals. That sounds like official business, so I'm filing a FOIA for her DMs, plus those of five other cabinet members. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/my-latest-...

Guess what? Key to Vancouver's transit recovery was not raising fares and cutting the service. "I would emphasize frequency. Running the bus every 30 minutes isn’t going to cut it if you want to grow ridership. With 30-minute service, if one bus doesn’t show up it’s now 60-minute service."

I’m inclined to agree: spending taxpayer money on Lansdowne 2.0 hardly seems like the most pragmatic option, considering so many higher-priority needs like transit, infrastructure upgrades, road and sidewalk maintenance, pedestrian safety upgrades, the list goes on…

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

And it’s great that Ottawa’s new Chief Planner Marcia Wallace is one of the guest speakers for today’s event, alongside some pretty exciting voices in Canadian architecture and urban design.

Pentagon warns Toronto ‘dangerously close’ to winning World Series

It is one thing to ask for provincial funding for Ottawa's LRT, quite another to give the Province control over it. People in Toronto will be making decisions here about schedules, fares, when & how extensions would be made, not people in Ottawa who the LRT serves. #ottcity

Imagine if every city had an efficient delivery network. Go to a store, buy something and no need to carry it home. How many car journeys could that save?

You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups. Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat. www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

Imagine if all our politicians did this everyday. We would have world-class service. All the nagging issues of cheapness and inattention to detail would slowly melt away like your brain cells from the Rideau fumes 😊 Good initiative.

Across Ottawa, from fairs and markets to townhalls and meetings, I’ve been hearing the same thing: people are frustrated and want a new direction for our city. We need a city that works, with reliable transit, strong services, repaired roads and community centres.

Tell em @charlieangus104.bsky.social 👏👏

Montreal’s multitudinous successes in pedestrianization are more than enough evidence to Ottawa to embark on its examples of what can happen when we transform our streets into places for people. 1/

A reminder that today is Michaelmas, on which day in parts of Ireland rent could be paid in geese. If you’re due to pay rent this month, please consider setting a very irritated goose on your landlord in lieu of payment, in the name of upholding important Irish traditions.

Anyone heard from Michael "Jays aren't a division winning team" Kay?

Nice bridge. Important piece of a national history. Be a shame if we blew it up and funnelled more cars into the market. @mark-carney.bsky.social

Hurricanes are a lot like galaxies: rotating spirals of matter. Hurricanes don't merge to grow. They pivot around each other and share the same waved

Ban cameras. Increase speed limits. Remove Bike lanes. Close emergency departments. Put beer in corner stores. Let's count the ways Doug Ford is trying to kill us.

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"

“The best type of e-bike for replacing car trips is the cargo bike. Cargo bikes are rewiring cities to adapt their infrastructure for more human-centric transportation. And they’re also really fun to ride. Plus: bike bus!” Via @theverge.com

Many people never knew this or have forgotten.

If you’re not already, pay attention to the names ERIK SIEBERT and LINDSEY HALLIGAN.

Every city budget: Libraries: $10 million Education: $55 million Parks: $18 million Police: $2,000 million Fire department: $47 million Streets: $85 million Utilities: $64 million Transit: $12 million Waste: $32 million Someone who is good at economy please help, our city is dying

When right-wing Premiers use the Clause frequently/casually to squash human rights, they prove they don’t care about human rights at all. Alberta’s Premier wants to use it to persecute trans kids. Ontario’s Premier wants to use it to literally kill/injure people by ripping out safe infrastructure.

We can have better transit at lower cost if we allocate road space for it. It's a choice.

1/2 Excitement was high at the launch of the electric-vehicle car share at Mikinàk Sept. 18. Ontario's first EV carshare at Mosaïq phase 1 paved the way, and now nearly 500 residents will benefit from this expansion.

An Ottawa Community Housing neighbourhood has launched an electric vehicle carsharing program, with a big discount for tenants.