Here is the report on the underground parking facilities that states in no uncertain circumstances that the facility would be cash flow negative to the tune of almost SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS. "its capital and lifecycle costs exceed its revenue potential". We cannot continue to ignore reality.

The video from last year is more relevant than ever. David Hill and Cyril Rogers are incorrectly claiming the underground parking is cash flow positive over the long run. All of the evidence we have from City Staff goes against what this is saying. We've attached the staff report refuting this.

Join us this Thursday, March 12th at 6:15 pm, 400 Sparks Street for our monthly meeting! We'll be discussing how to accommodate the expected 500,000 new residents in the next 2 decades, and how to build livable neighbourhoods. RSVP and more info at the following link : luma.com/rm9tqsjy?tk=...

This cartoon of Goofy playing as Mr. Walker and Mr. Wheeler does a great job of highlighting the mindset shift that occurs when we get behind the wheel. It is interesting to note that this cartoon came out over 75 years ago, yet is just as accurate as ever. youtu.be/5WYRmjgPF4U?...

Good afternoon! Your call @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social! Create a #BetterByWard as a #PlaceForPeople or parking. Two G7 capital cities; two different visions.

The no new wars president started a new war? Colour me absolutely shocked!

After delegating at PWIC yesterday, we chatted with Kristy Cameron on CFRA about right turns on reds. As always we appreciate the opportunity, Kristy does a great job of asking important questions that lead to productive dialogue. You can listen to the convo here: drive.google.com/file/d/187FI...

We spoke today at PWIC on the topic of a ban on right turns on red. This is a common sense solution that has been tried all over the world and proven to increase safety. We do not need to reinvent the wheel at every intersection. Watch the delegation below drive.google.com/file/d/1owT3...

We are very frustrated that this is continually being delayed over and over again. People who want to sign up to delegate have to set aside time to be able to do so, constantly pushing things back makes things harder for the people trying to make their communities better.

Couldn't be more proud of this group! Crazy turn out every single time we have anything going on. Such passionate members that clearly care about creating the best city to live in!

Interested in learning about the impacts of the new zoning bylaw on the neighbourhoods in our city? How they'll be evolving over time, or how some might stay stagnant? We have BuildingIn coming to present at our next monthly meeting! Join us Thursday to learn more! luma.com/n4ap5kek?tk=...

Join us for our first social of the year tonight! Everyone is welcome, we always have a great time! Come out for some socializing, drinks, food, and great conversations! luma.com/t13rin2r?tk=...

Last Saturday Carleton held their BPAPM Case Competition where they looked at the Bank Street Study! It was amazing being part of the process, seeing all of the wonderful ideas from the students, and seeing them present it in a room filled with friends, family, and even some city Councillors!

Thanks to everyone who came out to another great Ottawa Urbanism Book Club! Great turnout for a snowy day to discuss Ottawology by Tonya K. Davidson. If you're interested in joining us for next month's book The Unaccountability Machine check our events section on our site strongtownsottawa.ca#Events

Interesting to see Alex Lawson scrubbed from the PoliticalIntel consultants site amidst running for mayor web.archive.org/web/20251221... #ottnews

The future is bright!

It was a pleasure to host a workshop on the Bank Street Study for Carleton students of BPAPM's case competition! They had some wonderful questions and engagement with the topic. Local politics has a huge impact on our everyday lives, so it's great to see youth taking an interest in it!

Dangerous policies will lead to dangerous outcomes. Completely backwards policies when looking at what the data supports.

Reminder we have an e-mail template on our site that you can use for inspiration to contact your councillor! Here are some other ways you can get involved too. If you're interested in delegating, don't hesitate to reach out, we'd love to help you with it! strongtownsottawa.ca/bank_street_...

Thank you to everyone who came to our monthly meeting last night to work on our push for Bus Lanes on Bank Street. What a great turnout! If you haven't been, anyone is welcome to join us for our monthly meetings! You can find info for the next one on our website, strongtownsottawa.ca

If you're not aware, we have our first monthly meeting of 2026 coming up this Thursday, 6:15-7:45 pm, at St. Peter's Church (400 Sparks), where we'll be discussing our final push for Bus Lanes on Bank Street! Come get involved with fellow Strong Towns members! luma.com/gxt9qt3u

Pretty much sums it up. In no other part of our lives would this make sense, yet it's a regular occurrence in how we plan our cities.

The scary thing is that this pipe is only from 1959 and failed prematurely, a growing trend. There are still pipes downtown from the 1870s to be replaced. We currently replace about 20km of pipe each year, but we laid down 1800km of pipe in the 50s and 60s. 5X our current replacement rate.

We're unfortunately in for a looooot of these unless we manage to get our city finances in order. Building more efficiently will help ensure the infrastructure we have is kept in good condition, helping our citizens avoid disasters like these!

These traffic cameras are a great tool to see how inefficient cars are on Bank Street, and how much extra traffic parking adds. This single intersection is clogged with a total of what is probably 15-20 people in cars. All while a bus with easily over 2x that sits stuck in traffic.

We've worked together with our partners at the Peoples Official Plan coalition to touch on a very important aspect of our yearly budget process, that of affordability. We strongly recommend reading the letter, and providing your thoughts to your councillor! strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/12/09/i...

This was a campaign event. I have great respect for Chief Stubbs, Chief Hutt, and Chief Poirier, and I think that it was inappropriate to use them like this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

You would think the mayor was being ironic here when he says that we can't acquiesce to demands of wealthy sports owners, right before he says we need to be careful we don't lose the other wealthy sports owners in the same stadium 🤣🤣 #Ottawa #Lansdowne2.0

It's empowering knowing how many people are passionate about this. Makes fighting for change so much easier! Don't be afraid to get involved! And if you have any feedback on the event or thoughts to share, don't hesitate to reach out!

Every time we choose to subsidize parking we make other choices less attractive. Why would I walk, bike, or take the bus when there's an abundance of parking at every stop? This leads to people thinking that cars are the best choice, but they've just been subsidized the most.

Some polling was done for Lansdowne 2.0, lo and behold the top issue for people polled was improving transportation to Lansdowne. What better way to provide better access to Lansdowne than safe, dedicated 24/7 bus lanes? strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/25/t... #Lansdowne #Ottawa #busLanes

The irony of Mayor Sutcliffe calling out “myths” over his version of “facts” is something to behold. Is it a fact that “Lansdowne 2.0 will generate revenues that *will* cover 69% of the total investment”? Or is that optimism bias? Not that I’m trying to spread misinformation here.

"And certainly the dedicated bus lane areas at Bank and Fifth are certainly going to help move traffic through the Glebe as well". We couldn't have said it better ourselves Darrell! Now why only restrict this to event days? Traffic on Bank Street is sub-optimal almost every day.

"Anything that improves transportation and makes it more attractive to people to get to the games I think we would be on-side to supporting... Your idea of having that lane bus-only lanes is really going to help in terms of before and after major events."

Today at the #lansdowne 2.0 discussion, Darrell Cox, the Glebe BIA representative, spoke about how they think dedicated bus lanes would be amazing for the project, and how it'd improve getting people to Lansdowne events. Glad to hear such support from the Glebe BIA on how bus lanes improve the area!

(4/4) The only solution to these problems is by fast and efficient modes of transportation, bus lanes would fix so many of the issues for getting people to here. We CANNOT fix this with cars

(3/4) Where exactly are more cars going to fit in this space? We need traffic officers just to keep traffic even somewhat "flowing" here. And we want to put more cars on this road?

(2/4) Here's what the QED looks like on event days. Where exactly is all of the Bank Street traffic supposed to go on here? It's at a complete standstill anytime even a moderate amount of people want to come here. Cars cannot be the way we move a lot of people to a single place!

(1/4) OCOBIA says they want traffic moved from Bank (City-owned) to QED (NCC owned) to handle the traffic for events. They realize that events are already standstill on the QED right? There's no more space to go! We need better transit access, bus lanes!

This is just one of many examples of how car-dependency is subsidized without us even realizing it. Costs like this are snuck into every fabric of our living, and yet even with all of that driving a car is EXTREMELY UNAFFORDABLE. A shame that this means fewer housing units for those who need it.

For anyone not following along on the #Lansdowne 2.0 conversation, the city is taking away funding that was supposed to go towards affordable housing (originally 50% of amounts over $39M) to instead pay for parking construction ($10M). We are literally taking money from the poor to give to the rich.

An entire day has gone by and still no release of the Lansdowne 2.0 report. Meanwhile, Mayor Sutcliffe has had time to brief the press, frame the story, and produce a feel-good video. As for those who oppose the project? Well, they're just "spreading misinformation". www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x-T...

Looks like @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social will be providing an update on Lansdowne 2.0 tomorrow (Monday) at 11:00am. Media will be present to ask questions. But Council itself hasn't had an opportunity to see this update or learn the contents yet. 1/

This single apartment building contributes 2.4x more property taxes than all of these parking lots combined, in just ONE EIGHT (1/8) the space! That's TWENTY times more efficient! This apartment provides housing and is giving our city a huge surplus of taxes. We need more of this!

We heard from many groups today about the Tewin development. This is unfortunately going to be a development that further entrenches us into unsustainable sprawl. Property taxes have not and will not be able to provide long-term support for these types of developments. We have decades of evidence.

I head again today from Ottawa By-law, they're no longer accepting reports for illegal driveway expansions or hardscaping or front yard parking. Apparently there are only 4 officers for these zoning issues and there are far too many reports than they can keep up with. They need more resources.

People sometimes think Bank Street needs bus lanes only during "peak" hours. The data shows otherwise : the largest delays are during the hours outside of "peak", when buses weave in and out of parking lanes. Our city deserves reliable service all day, for all kinds of trips, with 24/7 bus lanes.

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Solving the housing crisis won't happen by continuing the same development patterns we've followed for the last 70 years. That's how we got into this mess in the first place 🤦‍♂️