Michael Adair
@madair336.bsky.social
Born and raised in Ottawa. Supporting active transportation, transit and smart development. I fear for the planet.
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Do we think there is enough off-peak ridership to justify a return to 5-min headways on L1? 1130 train getting busier and busier as it approaches the core. Standing room only now.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Do we think there is enough off-peak ridership to justify a return to 5-min headways on L1? 1130 train getting busier and busier as it approaches the core. Standing room only now.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
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I know a few concillors follow me here....let's get LRT service back to once every 5 minutes like it was when it launched. I often ride off peak, and it's packed every time I get on.
Do we think there is enough off-peak ridership to justify a return to 5-min headways on L1? 1130 train getting busier and busier as it approaches the core. Standing room only now.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I know a few concillors follow me here....let's get LRT service back to once every 5 minutes like it was when it launched. I often ride off peak, and it's packed every time I get on.
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“Historians will look back on US raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Historians will look back on US raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
Canada should take note & choose a better path.”
💯 Life is about choices. Let’s choose to win.
Seems like a no-brainer to buy and build these in Canada, especially if they are also for Ukraine.
Sure we can double our 16 F-35s to appease the orange shithead, but no reason we can't have both
Sure we can double our 16 F-35s to appease the orange shithead, but no reason we can't have both
I hear Sweden makes some nice airplanes.
Gripen - Always combat ready
YouTube video by Saab
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November 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Seems like a no-brainer to buy and build these in Canada, especially if they are also for Ukraine.
Sure we can double our 16 F-35s to appease the orange shithead, but no reason we can't have both
Sure we can double our 16 F-35s to appease the orange shithead, but no reason we can't have both
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Yes, the Doug Ford government is corrupt. The Ontario Leader of the Opposition was ejected from the legislature for saying it.
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yes, the Doug Ford government is corrupt. The Ontario Leader of the Opposition was ejected from the legislature for saying it.
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Looks who's back? MAGA Pete Hoekstra.
Working with the Swedes on building Gripen fighter jets looks better all the time.
BTW Pete could you tell us if you have any knowledge of the $500 Mil slush fund offered to Alberta separatists?
#foreigninterference
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Working with the Swedes on building Gripen fighter jets looks better all the time.
BTW Pete could you tell us if you have any knowledge of the $500 Mil slush fund offered to Alberta separatists?
#foreigninterference
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Hoekstra accuses Canada of meddling in U.S. politics, says restarting trade talks ‘not going to be easy' | CBC News
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra continued to lash out against the ad campaign that infuriated his president and abruptly ended trade negotiations while on stage in Ottawa Wednesday, accusing C...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Looks who's back? MAGA Pete Hoekstra.
Working with the Swedes on building Gripen fighter jets looks better all the time.
BTW Pete could you tell us if you have any knowledge of the $500 Mil slush fund offered to Alberta separatists?
#foreigninterference
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Working with the Swedes on building Gripen fighter jets looks better all the time.
BTW Pete could you tell us if you have any knowledge of the $500 Mil slush fund offered to Alberta separatists?
#foreigninterference
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Since when has the city's information account just become Sutcliffe's mouthpiece?
How is this allowed by council @arieltroster.com @shawnmenard.bsky.social @jleiper.bsky.social @rawlson.bsky.social @lainejohnson.bsky.social
How is this allowed by council @arieltroster.com @shawnmenard.bsky.social @jleiper.bsky.social @rawlson.bsky.social @lainejohnson.bsky.social
#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 is #OttCity’s new digital permit management system.
One example is #OttCity’s new digital permit management system.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Since when has the city's information account just become Sutcliffe's mouthpiece?
How is this allowed by council @arieltroster.com @shawnmenard.bsky.social @jleiper.bsky.social @rawlson.bsky.social @lainejohnson.bsky.social
How is this allowed by council @arieltroster.com @shawnmenard.bsky.social @jleiper.bsky.social @rawlson.bsky.social @lainejohnson.bsky.social
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This underscores the importance of collaboration in decision-making at city hall. The existing safe, structurally sound, and higher capacity facilities could have been used for much longer until a better plan, and one that was publicly supported, could be implemented.
"We will not play at Lansdowne 2.0. That’s the one option not on the table.” Strong words from the PWHL. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
‘We will not play at Lansdowne 2.0’: PWHL says all other options on table for Ottawa Charge
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) says all options are on the table to keep the Ottawa Charge in the capital, but the team won’t be playing at the smaller hockey arena at Lansdowne once it...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This underscores the importance of collaboration in decision-making at city hall. The existing safe, structurally sound, and higher capacity facilities could have been used for much longer until a better plan, and one that was publicly supported, could be implemented.
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Wait..you’re saying that an opaque P3 deal where all the risk is transferred to the private sector doesn’t provide cost certainty, and is delivered late… wow.. call me shocked…. Glad we signed on to yet another P3 for Lansdowne….
O-Train Stage 2 budget cracks 5 billion dollars as delays and legal fees push up cost #ottpoli #ottnews
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
O-Train Stage 2 budget cracks $5B as delays and legal fees pile up | CBC News
The city is asking for more than $150 million in extra funding for the O-Train next year as delays and legal fees push up costs, while a contingency buffer needs to be padded again.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Wait..you’re saying that an opaque P3 deal where all the risk is transferred to the private sector doesn’t provide cost certainty, and is delivered late… wow.. call me shocked…. Glad we signed on to yet another P3 for Lansdowne….
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I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
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Does he even own a suit?
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Does he even own a suit?
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‘We need a mass program of deshittification’.
Terrific & wide-ranging interview here between @christoaivalis.bsky.social & @avilewis.ca covering public ownership, affordability & rebuilding the party’s connection to working people. 👇
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Terrific & wide-ranging interview here between @christoaivalis.bsky.social & @avilewis.ca covering public ownership, affordability & rebuilding the party’s connection to working people. 👇
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
‘We need a mass program of deshittification’: Avi Lewis on rebuilding Canada’s public services
In a wide-ranging interview with Christo Aivalis, NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis outlines his vision for Canada, advocating bold public ownership, stronger public services, and economic sovereignt...
canadiandimension.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
‘We need a mass program of deshittification’.
Terrific & wide-ranging interview here between @christoaivalis.bsky.social & @avilewis.ca covering public ownership, affordability & rebuilding the party’s connection to working people. 👇
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Terrific & wide-ranging interview here between @christoaivalis.bsky.social & @avilewis.ca covering public ownership, affordability & rebuilding the party’s connection to working people. 👇
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Quetion for rural Alberta? support a dying industry that leaves a toxic wasteland that has no funding for cleanup, or support a growing clean responsible industry that pays its bills?
Tough one.
Tough one.
Rural Alberta's $70-million question: Will renewable energy revenue keep growing?
Rural Alberta is experiencing something remarkable — a steady, reliable stream of revenue that doesn’t depend on oil prices, doesn’t require new taxes and keeps flowing year after year. In 2025, wind ...
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Quetion for rural Alberta? support a dying industry that leaves a toxic wasteland that has no funding for cleanup, or support a growing clean responsible industry that pays its bills?
Tough one.
Tough one.
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Again zero safety considerations made for people outside of cars on Scott at Westboro Station this morning.
It's almost like the project coordinators don't give a shit.
#Autowa
@jleiper.bsky.social
It's almost like the project coordinators don't give a shit.
#Autowa
@jleiper.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Again zero safety considerations made for people outside of cars on Scott at Westboro Station this morning.
It's almost like the project coordinators don't give a shit.
#Autowa
@jleiper.bsky.social
It's almost like the project coordinators don't give a shit.
#Autowa
@jleiper.bsky.social
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Usage of an object is almost primarily driven by the value proposition. Which is a matter of perception.
We run the transit system like it is a service of last resort. When we should be running it as, our primary mode transportation.
We run the transit system like it is a service of last resort. When we should be running it as, our primary mode transportation.
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Usage of an object is almost primarily driven by the value proposition. Which is a matter of perception.
We run the transit system like it is a service of last resort. When we should be running it as, our primary mode transportation.
We run the transit system like it is a service of last resort. When we should be running it as, our primary mode transportation.
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Ontario to spend money to rip out bike lanes and speed cameras to disconnect people and hurt school children. 🙌
The Netherlands is to invest up to €1 billion in cycling infrastructure to connect hundreds of thousands of new homes nationwide.
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/dutch...
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/dutch...
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ontario to spend money to rip out bike lanes and speed cameras to disconnect people and hurt school children. 🙌
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5/5 Now the hardest PR lesson: political change won’t come from central #Ottawa wards. As
@jleiper.bsky.social
knows, a change election runs through #ottawa’s suburban & rural wards. Flip four seats and the city changes. #ottnews #ottpoli
@jleiper.bsky.social
knows, a change election runs through #ottawa’s suburban & rural wards. Flip four seats and the city changes. #ottnews #ottpoli
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
5/5 Now the hardest PR lesson: political change won’t come from central #Ottawa wards. As
@jleiper.bsky.social
knows, a change election runs through #ottawa’s suburban & rural wards. Flip four seats and the city changes. #ottnews #ottpoli
@jleiper.bsky.social
knows, a change election runs through #ottawa’s suburban & rural wards. Flip four seats and the city changes. #ottnews #ottpoli
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The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.
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But of course, we have to shake this notion, and arguably, doctrine - that transit is only for the poor, or more nobly, transit is for the commuter
When Transit becomes ubiquitous, people will drop their cars. It's been shown over and over and over and over again.
So let's get as close as we can.
When Transit becomes ubiquitous, people will drop their cars. It's been shown over and over and over and over again.
So let's get as close as we can.
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
But of course, we have to shake this notion, and arguably, doctrine - that transit is only for the poor, or more nobly, transit is for the commuter
When Transit becomes ubiquitous, people will drop their cars. It's been shown over and over and over and over again.
So let's get as close as we can.
When Transit becomes ubiquitous, people will drop their cars. It's been shown over and over and over and over again.
So let's get as close as we can.
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Gotta dump Lansdowne 1.0 somewhere 🤷♂️
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Gotta dump Lansdowne 1.0 somewhere 🤷♂️
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This is not a complicated BRT project, this is meant as an interim solution until a real BRT is complete.
Easy and cheap projects like this need to be prioritized in our city to get our buses moving and use our insufficient bus fleet as efficiently as possible.
Easy and cheap projects like this need to be prioritized in our city to get our buses moving and use our insufficient bus fleet as efficiently as possible.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is not a complicated BRT project, this is meant as an interim solution until a real BRT is complete.
Easy and cheap projects like this need to be prioritized in our city to get our buses moving and use our insufficient bus fleet as efficiently as possible.
Easy and cheap projects like this need to be prioritized in our city to get our buses moving and use our insufficient bus fleet as efficiently as possible.
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Bill 60 will make our roads more dangerous for everyone.
Thank you to Bike Ottawa for inviting me to speak at your rally this morning — keep the pressure on the provincial government and tell them to stop interfering in the work cities are doing to make life better and safer for people.
Thank you to Bike Ottawa for inviting me to speak at your rally this morning — keep the pressure on the provincial government and tell them to stop interfering in the work cities are doing to make life better and safer for people.
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Bill 60 will make our roads more dangerous for everyone.
Thank you to Bike Ottawa for inviting me to speak at your rally this morning — keep the pressure on the provincial government and tell them to stop interfering in the work cities are doing to make life better and safer for people.
Thank you to Bike Ottawa for inviting me to speak at your rally this morning — keep the pressure on the provincial government and tell them to stop interfering in the work cities are doing to make life better and safer for people.
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Holy shit, not a single driver stopped at the stop sign. Not a single driver gave a shit about a pedestrian's ROW at a crosswalk. In a major foot traffic area.
But yes, PLEEZE DOOO tell me about how people on bikes need to follow road rules "like everyone else".
#balance
#MayorMarkWatson
But yes, PLEEZE DOOO tell me about how people on bikes need to follow road rules "like everyone else".
#balance
#MayorMarkWatson
Lastly, a pedestrian tries to cross at Wilton but neither side is willing to let that happen. #autowa
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Holy shit, not a single driver stopped at the stop sign. Not a single driver gave a shit about a pedestrian's ROW at a crosswalk. In a major foot traffic area.
But yes, PLEEZE DOOO tell me about how people on bikes need to follow road rules "like everyone else".
#balance
#MayorMarkWatson
But yes, PLEEZE DOOO tell me about how people on bikes need to follow road rules "like everyone else".
#balance
#MayorMarkWatson
2035?? That's 10 years away! This city is not serious.
Look at all the development down Carling Ave. It is all growing housing density awaiting decent transit.
Look at all the development down Carling Ave. It is all growing housing density awaiting decent transit.
The 2026 draft Ottawa budget announces further delays to the Carling bus lane project, estimating the completion time for a bus lane project at 2035. This project was started in 2016 with designs released in 2017, which would make this be a 19 year long project just to install interim bus lanes.
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
2035?? That's 10 years away! This city is not serious.
Look at all the development down Carling Ave. It is all growing housing density awaiting decent transit.
Look at all the development down Carling Ave. It is all growing housing density awaiting decent transit.