Lou 💞
@catlouuu.bsky.social
29 • agender lesbian • Ottawa-based • AuDHD human • 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
I think and talk about human rights, car dependency, and public transit (and sometimes how those things relate to each other) way too much.
Slowly learning French!
I think and talk about human rights, car dependency, and public transit (and sometimes how those things relate to each other) way too much.
Slowly learning French!
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Lou 💞
@catlouuu.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hey y'all!! Never went back to Twitter, never really got into Threads, but Bluesky seems like the place to be, so here I am!
Let's be friends if you like cats, Animal Crossing, Terraria, young adult sci-fi or fantasy!
Let's be friends if you like cats, Animal Crossing, Terraria, young adult sci-fi or fantasy!
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Something's up with No-See Transpo today/yesterday
Maybe everyone's starting their Christmas vacations early? And now they're having undisclosed labor issues?
There's a lot of triple cancellations across the board
Even the rare quad
Normally they try for every other bus - style cancellation
Maybe everyone's starting their Christmas vacations early? And now they're having undisclosed labor issues?
There's a lot of triple cancellations across the board
Even the rare quad
Normally they try for every other bus - style cancellation
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Something's up with No-See Transpo today/yesterday
Maybe everyone's starting their Christmas vacations early? And now they're having undisclosed labor issues?
There's a lot of triple cancellations across the board
Even the rare quad
Normally they try for every other bus - style cancellation
Maybe everyone's starting their Christmas vacations early? And now they're having undisclosed labor issues?
There's a lot of triple cancellations across the board
Even the rare quad
Normally they try for every other bus - style cancellation
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It is kind of discouraging that OC Transpo could not bother to respond to a question from a city councillor...
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It is kind of discouraging that OC Transpo could not bother to respond to a question from a city councillor...
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The 53 consistently sees back-to-back cancellations around this time. Each of the screenshots below is a day further in the past
The times in the middle are service gaps between buses, and yes, there was a 2 and a half hour gap yesterday at 15:09
The trips with blank columns did not run
The times in the middle are service gaps between buses, and yes, there was a 2 and a half hour gap yesterday at 15:09
The trips with blank columns did not run
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The 53 consistently sees back-to-back cancellations around this time. Each of the screenshots below is a day further in the past
The times in the middle are service gaps between buses, and yes, there was a 2 and a half hour gap yesterday at 15:09
The trips with blank columns did not run
The times in the middle are service gaps between buses, and yes, there was a 2 and a half hour gap yesterday at 15:09
The trips with blank columns did not run
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@octranspo.com can you give me an idea of why 4 scheduled buses in a row for Route 53 were canceled?
December 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
@octranspo.com can you give me an idea of why 4 scheduled buses in a row for Route 53 were canceled?
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Your periodic reminder that transit and bus shelters are essential infrastructure. This isn’t rural, it’s 150 m from Bayshore mall #ottawa
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Your periodic reminder that transit and bus shelters are essential infrastructure. This isn’t rural, it’s 150 m from Bayshore mall #ottawa
Hey @octranspo.com, yet again, what are we even doing? This is crazy. Four trips canceled during rush hour on the 7 SB, leaving huge gaps on a supposedly frequent route, is absolutely insane. Not to mention that that one singular surviving trip in the 1.5h span will definitely be packed to the brim.
December 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hey @octranspo.com, yet again, what are we even doing? This is crazy. Four trips canceled during rush hour on the 7 SB, leaving huge gaps on a supposedly frequent route, is absolutely insane. Not to mention that that one singular surviving trip in the 1.5h span will definitely be packed to the brim.
I love it when OC Transpo tracking just breaks wooooooo
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I love it when OC Transpo tracking just breaks wooooooo
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Drive as if someone will jump out on the street at anytime and then be surprised if that doesn't happen. Not the other way around.
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Drive as if someone will jump out on the street at anytime and then be surprised if that doesn't happen. Not the other way around.
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Been 4 min and now it's 14, so this does not seem to be a bug.
@helps.octranspo.com mind explaining why a train is 5 min late on a line that has already had its service quartered on weekends?
@helps.octranspo.com mind explaining why a train is 5 min late on a line that has already had its service quartered on weekends?
December 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Been 4 min and now it's 14, so this does not seem to be a bug.
@helps.octranspo.com mind explaining why a train is 5 min late on a line that has already had its service quartered on weekends?
@helps.octranspo.com mind explaining why a train is 5 min late on a line that has already had its service quartered on weekends?
@helps.octranspo.com just an fyi the alerts page isn't showing any cancellations right now even though there are definitely several cancelled trips right now:
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
@helps.octranspo.com just an fyi the alerts page isn't showing any cancellations right now even though there are definitely several cancelled trips right now:
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Except it’s not remotely important to discourage non-disabled people from using accommodations because the more people find them useful, the more widespread they become. Curb cuts aren’t only beneficial for people in wheelchairs. Delivery people aren’t “faking” anything for using them too.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Except it’s not remotely important to discourage non-disabled people from using accommodations because the more people find them useful, the more widespread they become. Curb cuts aren’t only beneficial for people in wheelchairs. Delivery people aren’t “faking” anything for using them too.
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Aside from those "efficiencies", how much of the $252M saved over 4 years is from deferred capital projects? In 2025 alone, there were $21.3M in deferred capital transit projects. Deferred capital projects are not savings; they are cost avoidance. We didn't save money; we postponed spending it. 6/
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Aside from those "efficiencies", how much of the $252M saved over 4 years is from deferred capital projects? In 2025 alone, there were $21.3M in deferred capital transit projects. Deferred capital projects are not savings; they are cost avoidance. We didn't save money; we postponed spending it. 6/
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Those fuel savings are all over the budget, all the result of external policy changes from another level of government. The City of Ottawa has no right to claim that as an achievement. The only action the City took was not to re-invest those transit savings back into improved transit service. 5/
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Those fuel savings are all over the budget, all the result of external policy changes from another level of government. The City of Ottawa has no right to claim that as an achievement. The only action the City took was not to re-invest those transit savings back into improved transit service. 5/
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There's enough inaccurate or concerning information in the way in which @en.ottawa.ca is communicating about the 2026 Budget that I felt it should be addressed. And it's the concept of $252M in "savings" that I want to talk about, because this information is being used falsely. 1/
#OttBudget 2026 invests in the services we rely on every day. Through service reviews and continuous improvement, we have realized more than $252 million in savings during this Term of Council.
One example of a service improvement is the redesigned Open Ottawa platform.
1/5
One example of a service improvement is the redesigned Open Ottawa platform.
1/5
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
There's enough inaccurate or concerning information in the way in which @en.ottawa.ca is communicating about the 2026 Budget that I felt it should be addressed. And it's the concept of $252M in "savings" that I want to talk about, because this information is being used falsely. 1/
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The Transit Death Spiral is something that desperately needs to be avoided, but can be easily kickstarted during budget crunches.
Stagnant budgets are actively damaging to transit service. As an extension to this video, my thoughts on "schedule maintenance": bettercolumbia.ca/2025/12/02/f...
Stagnant budgets are actively damaging to transit service. As an extension to this video, my thoughts on "schedule maintenance": bettercolumbia.ca/2025/12/02/f...
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The Transit Death Spiral is something that desperately needs to be avoided, but can be easily kickstarted during budget crunches.
Stagnant budgets are actively damaging to transit service. As an extension to this video, my thoughts on "schedule maintenance": bettercolumbia.ca/2025/12/02/f...
Stagnant budgets are actively damaging to transit service. As an extension to this video, my thoughts on "schedule maintenance": bettercolumbia.ca/2025/12/02/f...
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400 000+ signed the petition. That’s a significant sign that the vast majority of Albertans identify as Canadian.
Compare that to the grumpy 4000 UCP members at their AGM crying out for independence and funded by MAGA operatives. It’s not independence they want; it’s to fracture Canada.
Compare that to the grumpy 4000 UCP members at their AGM crying out for independence and funded by MAGA operatives. It’s not independence they want; it’s to fracture Canada.
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
400 000+ signed the petition. That’s a significant sign that the vast majority of Albertans identify as Canadian.
Compare that to the grumpy 4000 UCP members at their AGM crying out for independence and funded by MAGA operatives. It’s not independence they want; it’s to fracture Canada.
Compare that to the grumpy 4000 UCP members at their AGM crying out for independence and funded by MAGA operatives. It’s not independence they want; it’s to fracture Canada.
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That petition drive for a non-binding referendum for Alberta to STAY in Canada is now verified.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
That petition drive for a non-binding referendum for Alberta to STAY in Canada is now verified.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
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its hard to get a grasp on how utterly screwed OC's current fleet is
we run D40is and D60LF(R)s that we bought in the early 2000s, as well as a more modern procurement of a bunch of novas and a handful of XE40s gotten since 2020, and the majority of our buses are beyond their useful life.
we run D40is and D60LF(R)s that we bought in the early 2000s, as well as a more modern procurement of a bunch of novas and a handful of XE40s gotten since 2020, and the majority of our buses are beyond their useful life.
massive props to Ajay and our members for getting this motion passed
the electric bus mandate restricted our fleet procurement options to only 40 foot buses, and in our current transitway environment, 60 foot buses are critical to rapid route operations into areas not set to be served by rail.
the electric bus mandate restricted our fleet procurement options to only 40 foot buses, and in our current transitway environment, 60 foot buses are critical to rapid route operations into areas not set to be served by rail.
Despite some opposition, transit committee voted YES to re-open the door to more high capacity buses at transit commission yesterday following our support
We welcome this first step, while still pushing council to buy more buses sooner, instead of delaying our next order until 2027
We welcome this first step, while still pushing council to buy more buses sooner, instead of delaying our next order until 2027
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
its hard to get a grasp on how utterly screwed OC's current fleet is
we run D40is and D60LF(R)s that we bought in the early 2000s, as well as a more modern procurement of a bunch of novas and a handful of XE40s gotten since 2020, and the majority of our buses are beyond their useful life.
we run D40is and D60LF(R)s that we bought in the early 2000s, as well as a more modern procurement of a bunch of novas and a handful of XE40s gotten since 2020, and the majority of our buses are beyond their useful life.
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Great coverage from Elina Ellis and Nyla McEwan at Capital Current about the issues with Bank Street and why bus lanes are needed if we want any serious chance of success for Lansdowne 2.0.
It's great to see so many different groups realize we need bus lanes!
capitalcurrent.ca/calls-grow-f...
It's great to see so many different groups realize we need bus lanes!
capitalcurrent.ca/calls-grow-f...
Bus lanes on Bank Street demanded after Lansdowne 2.0 vote
Transit committees across Ottawa are advocating for bus-only lanes in order to increase the flow of traffic along Bank Street.
capitalcurrent.ca
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Great coverage from Elina Ellis and Nyla McEwan at Capital Current about the issues with Bank Street and why bus lanes are needed if we want any serious chance of success for Lansdowne 2.0.
It's great to see so many different groups realize we need bus lanes!
capitalcurrent.ca/calls-grow-f...
It's great to see so many different groups realize we need bus lanes!
capitalcurrent.ca/calls-grow-f...
Also your alerts page is broken @helps.octranspo.com lol
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Also your alerts page is broken @helps.octranspo.com lol
Ummm... Hey @octranspo.com, doesn't cancelling three trips in a row on the 7 towards Carleton (the 5:38 PM, 5:53 PM, and 6:08 PM) seem like a huge problem? That leaves an hour gap between trips on a frequent route.
Not pictured is another cancellation on the 3:56 PM trip.
Not pictured is another cancellation on the 3:56 PM trip.
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Ummm... Hey @octranspo.com, doesn't cancelling three trips in a row on the 7 towards Carleton (the 5:38 PM, 5:53 PM, and 6:08 PM) seem like a huge problem? That leaves an hour gap between trips on a frequent route.
Not pictured is another cancellation on the 3:56 PM trip.
Not pictured is another cancellation on the 3:56 PM trip.
Just an fyi for anyone driving around the Maisonneuve/Allumettieres area in Hull/Gatineau right now. Power is completely out from just north of the Portage building to just before the lights at Sacré-Coeur & the traffic lights aren't working. Not everyone is treating the lights like a four-way stop.
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just an fyi for anyone driving around the Maisonneuve/Allumettieres area in Hull/Gatineau right now. Power is completely out from just north of the Portage building to just before the lights at Sacré-Coeur & the traffic lights aren't working. Not everyone is treating the lights like a four-way stop.
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Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was raining
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes
Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes
Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was raining
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes
Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes
Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.
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Every winter, I hear about sidewalks that are impassable due to insufficient snow clearing. Now the city says it doesn’t have the money to improve our winter quality maintenance standards. This is just one of the ways that austerity costs us all.
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Deachman: Ottawa's snow removal standards are bad, with no plans on getting better
The city's public works department has once again decided not to update its Winter Maintenance Quality Standards. | Opinion
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November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every winter, I hear about sidewalks that are impassable due to insufficient snow clearing. Now the city says it doesn’t have the money to improve our winter quality maintenance standards. This is just one of the ways that austerity costs us all.
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.