Matt Gagnon
@orleansfietser.bsky.social
Vice-president, Convent Glen Orléans Woods Community Association
Board member, Federation of Citizen's Associations of Ottawa
Board member, Federation of Citizen's Associations of Ottawa
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Both @jleiper.bsky.social and I are fighting for a budget that puts people first, a budget that delivers reliable transit, safe communities and a city where everyone can afford to live and thrive.
Add your name to tell City Council that we need a budget built for people: www.arieltroster.com/budget
Add your name to tell City Council that we need a budget built for people: www.arieltroster.com/budget
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Both @jleiper.bsky.social and I are fighting for a budget that puts people first, a budget that delivers reliable transit, safe communities and a city where everyone can afford to live and thrive.
Add your name to tell City Council that we need a budget built for people: www.arieltroster.com/budget
Add your name to tell City Council that we need a budget built for people: www.arieltroster.com/budget
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I delegated to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee today with a simple message: Stand up for Ottawa. 🏛️
Bill 60 is a threat to our autonomy & budget. #ottawa #ottbike #bill60
Bill 60 is a threat to our autonomy & budget. #ottawa #ottbike #bill60
My Delegation and Comments on the Report on Ontario Bill 60 Impacts on Ottawa Cycling Projects - The New Orleans
From Public Works and Infrastructure Committee – November 27, 2025 Today, I had the opportunity to speak to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (PWIC; formerly the Transportation Committee) ...
theneworleans.ca
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Bill 60 kneecaps municipal Councils and councillors seeking to make our streets safer as we intensify, and will worsen congestion for everyone. Thanks to residents who came to City Hall this morning to protest.
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Bill 60 kneecaps municipal Councils and councillors seeking to make our streets safer as we intensify, and will worsen congestion for everyone. Thanks to residents who came to City Hall this morning to protest.
Thank you @jleiper.bsky.social , Florence @bikeottawa.bsky.social , et Christina Bouchard pour vos commentaires. Pour nous à @cgow.bsky.social , le Boulevard d'Orléans est une grande perte qui va affecter nos jeunes ainsi que l'adoption du train léger. #bill60
ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-tele...
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Des cyclistes ottaviens contre Doug Ford | Le téléjournal Ottawa-Gatineau
Des résidents d'Ottawa demandent à Doug Ford de faire marche arrière avec son projet de loi 60, qui vise à accélérer des projets d'infrastructures. S'il est adopté, les municipalités ne pourront plus ...
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Thank you @jleiper.bsky.social , Florence @bikeottawa.bsky.social , et Christina Bouchard pour vos commentaires. Pour nous à @cgow.bsky.social , le Boulevard d'Orléans est une grande perte qui va affecter nos jeunes ainsi que l'adoption du train léger. #bill60
ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-tele...
ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-tele...
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Enthusiastic cyclists gearing up for another Ottawa winter ottawacitizen.com/news/cyclist...
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Enthusiastic cyclists gearing up for another Ottawa winter ottawacitizen.com/news/cyclist...
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🧵 There’s been some attention on the City’s new “donation button”. It’s an idea we talked about last year and that we were supposed to get a report on before proceeding. Maybe I missed it...
But here we are. And I have thoughts.
But here we are. And I have thoughts.
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🧵 There’s been some attention on the City’s new “donation button”. It’s an idea we talked about last year and that we were supposed to get a report on before proceeding. Maybe I missed it...
But here we are. And I have thoughts.
But here we are. And I have thoughts.
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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.
Property taxes have not and will not be able to provide long-term support for these types of developments. We have decades of evidence.
October 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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.
Property taxes have not and will not be able to provide long-term support for these types of developments. We have decades of evidence.
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Is Ottawa school zone safety negotiable?
🚷Delays to sidewalk builds
🚦School Street policy red lighted
📸 Automated Speed Enforcement to be cut down by Doug Ford
📣 No! Tell the Mayor to stand up to the province and anyone who makes communities less safe.
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/2025/10/11/o...
🚷Delays to sidewalk builds
🚦School Street policy red lighted
📸 Automated Speed Enforcement to be cut down by Doug Ford
📣 No! Tell the Mayor to stand up to the province and anyone who makes communities less safe.
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/2025/10/11/o...
Ottawa Streets Are Not Safe For Kids – A Call to Action to Keep ASE, Have Sidewalks and School Streets
Ottawa Streets are not safe for kids – losing ASE will make it worse
schoolstreetsottawa.ca
October 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Is Ottawa school zone safety negotiable?
🚷Delays to sidewalk builds
🚦School Street policy red lighted
📸 Automated Speed Enforcement to be cut down by Doug Ford
📣 No! Tell the Mayor to stand up to the province and anyone who makes communities less safe.
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/2025/10/11/o...
🚷Delays to sidewalk builds
🚦School Street policy red lighted
📸 Automated Speed Enforcement to be cut down by Doug Ford
📣 No! Tell the Mayor to stand up to the province and anyone who makes communities less safe.
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/2025/10/11/o...
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Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.
A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.
www.bloomberg.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
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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…
We hit the streets to ask Ottawans what they think about Lansdowne 2.0.
How to stop this madness 👉 betterottawa.ca/fightlansdowne
How to stop this madness 👉 betterottawa.ca/fightlansdowne
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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…
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City wide graphs of the effects of ASE camera installation on the percent of high-end speeders, and general speed limit compliance. These cameras work
October 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
City wide graphs of the effects of ASE camera installation on the percent of high-end speeders, and general speed limit compliance. These cameras work
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✨New Post✨ From our weekly "Pedal and Play" rides to a season-ending Kidical Mass event, we're showing what a more connected, family-friendly Orléans can look like—one bike ride at a time. 🚲 #Orléans #KidicalMass #Community
More Than a Bike Ride: Kidical Mass Capping Off a Year of Pedal and Play Success in Orléans - The New Orleans
On the morning of Saturday, September 27, 2025, the streets of Convent Glen North filled with the cheerful sound of laughter, bike bells, and even a handful of cow bells. This Orléans edition of the K...
theneworleans.ca
October 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
✨New Post✨ From our weekly "Pedal and Play" rides to a season-ending Kidical Mass event, we're showing what a more connected, family-friendly Orléans can look like—one bike ride at a time. 🚲 #Orléans #KidicalMass #Community
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New video: The story of one boy has given me hope for getting more kids riding bikes to school again
youtu.be/Lqz6TjVXIxc
youtu.be/Lqz6TjVXIxc
Why kids don't bike to school anymore (and 5 things that can fix it)
YouTube video by Shifter
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October 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New video: The story of one boy has given me hope for getting more kids riding bikes to school again
youtu.be/Lqz6TjVXIxc
youtu.be/Lqz6TjVXIxc
This would initially hurt those of us in the suburbs. However, it would further shift the tax burden to the core (higher relative property values) and create incentives for neighbourhoods to evolve and grow up. In the long run, it will make us all wealthier while solving big issues like housing.
Ahead of tonight’s Ottawa Urbanism Book Club, here’s my favourite quote from Strong Towns.
Meeting at 6:15 pm tonight at Sunnyside Public Library. All welcome, reading not required.
@strongtowns.org @strongtownsottawa.ca
Meeting at 6:15 pm tonight at Sunnyside Public Library. All welcome, reading not required.
@strongtowns.org @strongtownsottawa.ca
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This would initially hurt those of us in the suburbs. However, it would further shift the tax burden to the core (higher relative property values) and create incentives for neighbourhoods to evolve and grow up. In the long run, it will make us all wealthier while solving big issues like housing.
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“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
www.jalopnik.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
Video of the Kidical Mass in Orléans this morning along Jeanne D'Arc Boulevard. Thank you @robattrell.bsky.social for leading the event. Thank you @lauradudas.bsky.social and @jleiper.bsky.social for attending. #bikeottawa
youtu.be/LNUS-enIASI
youtu.be/LNUS-enIASI
Orléans, Ontario Kidical Mass Ride 2025
YouTube video by OrléansFietser
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September 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Video of the Kidical Mass in Orléans this morning along Jeanne D'Arc Boulevard. Thank you @robattrell.bsky.social for leading the event. Thank you @lauradudas.bsky.social and @jleiper.bsky.social for attending. #bikeottawa
youtu.be/LNUS-enIASI
youtu.be/LNUS-enIASI
September 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Taking the whole ROAD ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
Textbook radical anti-car cyclists.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
Textbook radical anti-car cyclists.
May 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Taking the whole ROAD ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
Textbook radical anti-car cyclists.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
Textbook radical anti-car cyclists.
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Literally one parked car, likely with no one in it, holding up a 60' articulated bus, with maybe as many as 60 times the amount of people on it.
Which should our city prioritize?
strongtownsottawa.ca/bank/ Tell the city to at least try some proper dedicated bus lanes in the Glebe.
Which should our city prioritize?
strongtownsottawa.ca/bank/ Tell the city to at least try some proper dedicated bus lanes in the Glebe.
September 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Literally one parked car, likely with no one in it, holding up a 60' articulated bus, with maybe as many as 60 times the amount of people on it.
Which should our city prioritize?
strongtownsottawa.ca/bank/ Tell the city to at least try some proper dedicated bus lanes in the Glebe.
Which should our city prioritize?
strongtownsottawa.ca/bank/ Tell the city to at least try some proper dedicated bus lanes in the Glebe.
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Interested in diving into Ottawa's property tax data?
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Interested in diving into Ottawa's property tax data?
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
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Children deserve independence.
Bike lanes enable it.
Great article Richard, thanks for sharing!
Bike lanes enable it.
Great article Richard, thanks for sharing!
I learned through the media that the Calgary Herald published my op-ed this weekend...
It is about the anti-bike lane push by the governments of Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. I thought the perspective of children was missing from the discussion... 🚲
#cycling
It is about the anti-bike lane push by the governments of Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. I thought the perspective of children was missing from the discussion... 🚲
#cycling
Opinion: Youth caught in never-ending cycle of bike vs. auto arguments
It is time for our governments to accept the evidence from decades of research on the benefits of cycling as well as impact on traffic.
calgaryherald.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Children deserve independence.
Bike lanes enable it.
Great article Richard, thanks for sharing!
Bike lanes enable it.
Great article Richard, thanks for sharing!
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Your choice is the shortest route (lots of red) via Innes vs the safer route (lots of green). The safer one is twice as long. This is why people bike on sidewalks in places sometimes. Your weekly commute would be five hours more. #ottbike
August 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Your choice is the shortest route (lots of red) via Innes vs the safer route (lots of green). The safer one is twice as long. This is why people bike on sidewalks in places sometimes. Your weekly commute would be five hours more. #ottbike
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This is exactly why road safety advocates want physically protected wheeling lanes. #roadsafety
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
Entre todas las cosas que me dan terror de este video es pensar que la única solución parece ser es que el celular estalle cuando se acerque a un auto.
Imaginate una persona que no tiene otra opción que caminar por esa ruta o moverse en bici. Luego rompen las pelotas por cada cosa.
Imaginate una persona que no tiene otra opción que caminar por esa ruta o moverse en bici. Luego rompen las pelotas por cada cosa.
August 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is exactly why road safety advocates want physically protected wheeling lanes. #roadsafety
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
The way this idiot is operating their 3000lb weapon of mass destruction is more common than uncommon these days.
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Your regular reminder of the concept of transit death spiral—that is, funding cuts ➡️ poorer service ➡️ lower ridership ➡️ funding cuts, etc.
#Ottawa needs functioning transit; but for that, we need to fund it.
Ask your councillor for proper #OttTransit funding.
ottawacitizen.com/news/ridersh...
#Ottawa needs functioning transit; but for that, we need to fund it.
Ask your councillor for proper #OttTransit funding.
ottawacitizen.com/news/ridersh...
Low ridership feeding OC Transpo budget deficit
A report before the city's finance committee on Sept. 2 forecasts a year-end deficit of $46.7 million for transit services.
ottawacitizen.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Your regular reminder of the concept of transit death spiral—that is, funding cuts ➡️ poorer service ➡️ lower ridership ➡️ funding cuts, etc.
#Ottawa needs functioning transit; but for that, we need to fund it.
Ask your councillor for proper #OttTransit funding.
ottawacitizen.com/news/ridersh...
#Ottawa needs functioning transit; but for that, we need to fund it.
Ask your councillor for proper #OttTransit funding.
ottawacitizen.com/news/ridersh...