alex 🇨🇦🍉
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Got the LRT wayfinding designs out of my info request finally- there's this "keep it moving" sticker that can go on platforms where people naturally crowd where they shouldn't... @helps.octranspo.com any chance we can get something like this on the platforms at Carleton?
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Got the LRT wayfinding designs out of my info request finally- there's this "keep it moving" sticker that can go on platforms where people naturally crowd where they shouldn't... @helps.octranspo.com any chance we can get something like this on the platforms at Carleton?
Someone should look into this @bettertransitottawa.ca
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Someone should look into this @bettertransitottawa.ca
Disappointed in this whole city for not voting bamms snack shack up here
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Disappointed in this whole city for not voting bamms snack shack up here
Just can't help but laugh at this
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Just can't help but laugh at this
@helps.octranspo.com @somersetward.bsky.social Some very attractive and muscular men came and lifted this bench behind Pimisi back into place today, but there are still a few boards missing from the benches themselves
October 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@helps.octranspo.com @somersetward.bsky.social Some very attractive and muscular men came and lifted this bench behind Pimisi back into place today, but there are still a few boards missing from the benches themselves
@helps.octranspo.com A new bus pad/platform was built for Rotary/Nettle (#3394) several weeks ago but the stop flag has not been moved there yet. Just want to make sure this work order wasn’t forgotten
October 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
@helps.octranspo.com A new bus pad/platform was built for Rotary/Nettle (#3394) several weeks ago but the stop flag has not been moved there yet. Just want to make sure this work order wasn’t forgotten
Downtown active transportation and tramway plan based on the TMP and the Confederation Boulevard design guidelines released by the NCC today
September 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Downtown active transportation and tramway plan based on the TMP and the Confederation Boulevard design guidelines released by the NCC today
Diagram of all current indefinite Temporary Speed Restrictions in effect on Line 1. This info has not been public but I finally got an MFIPPA released recently so I can share this. All TSRs except the ones at the ends are at the request of Alstom, and have been in place since the LRT inquiry in 2022
September 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Diagram of all current indefinite Temporary Speed Restrictions in effect on Line 1. This info has not been public but I finally got an MFIPPA released recently so I can share this. All TSRs except the ones at the ends are at the request of Alstom, and have been in place since the LRT inquiry in 2022
At Gladstone/Bronson, the one intersection in the study area you'd have to make caution with, the smallest width of the ROW is ~18.5 meters, and you can comfortably fit the existing left turn lane with sidewalks, traffic lanes, and cycle tracks in 18 meters.
September 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
At Gladstone/Bronson, the one intersection in the study area you'd have to make caution with, the smallest width of the ROW is ~18.5 meters, and you can comfortably fit the existing left turn lane with sidewalks, traffic lanes, and cycle tracks in 18 meters.
Baseline is wide and a miserable experience as a pedestrian for all its length but 88 is our busiest route. The winding spaghetti like road network, as well as a low operating budget out west means routes are forced to maximize coverage at the cost of speed, frequency, directness, and connectivity
September 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Baseline is wide and a miserable experience as a pedestrian for all its length but 88 is our busiest route. The winding spaghetti like road network, as well as a low operating budget out west means routes are forced to maximize coverage at the cost of speed, frequency, directness, and connectivity
I had sent you (and a few other councillors) a while back this modified map showing the “frequent” routes that don’t actually run frequently… does this person know there aren’t any buses in the west end that run every 15 minutes? (besides the 68 sometimes, but that’s Hazeldean…)
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I had sent you (and a few other councillors) a while back this modified map showing the “frequent” routes that don’t actually run frequently… does this person know there aren’t any buses in the west end that run every 15 minutes? (besides the 68 sometimes, but that’s Hazeldean…)
God help us God help this city someone please do something
September 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
God help us God help this city someone please do something
Vote for motion to pursue amended Proposed 2026 Budget Directions at the Financial and Corporate Services Committee, Sept 9, 2025.
Yeas: 9
Nays: 3
Absent: 0
Councillors from Wards 1, 16, 21 voted Yea with varying degrees of dissent
Yeas: 9
Nays: 3
Absent: 0
Councillors from Wards 1, 16, 21 voted Yea with varying degrees of dissent
September 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Vote for motion to pursue amended Proposed 2026 Budget Directions at the Financial and Corporate Services Committee, Sept 9, 2025.
Yeas: 9
Nays: 3
Absent: 0
Councillors from Wards 1, 16, 21 voted Yea with varying degrees of dissent
Yeas: 9
Nays: 3
Absent: 0
Councillors from Wards 1, 16, 21 voted Yea with varying degrees of dissent
It's the tightest squeeze possible but this right of way can have tracks laid and a freight train can pass through with no problem. See on satellite view that the fence south of Bayview follows the right of way. The star is a real life milepost for a very specific 0.2km, marking the switch location
September 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's the tightest squeeze possible but this right of way can have tracks laid and a freight train can pass through with no problem. See on satellite view that the fence south of Bayview follows the right of way. The star is a real life milepost for a very specific 0.2km, marking the switch location
Of course, Toronto Union is a far better city centre station than the options we really have, but it's my understanding our suburb-suburb, suburb-inner burb, inner burb-inner burb travel is a higher % of demand than in the GTA. CP+ Beachburg subs could be a reasonable route to satiate the demand
September 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Of course, Toronto Union is a far better city centre station than the options we really have, but it's my understanding our suburb-suburb, suburb-inner burb, inner burb-inner burb travel is a higher % of demand than in the GTA. CP+ Beachburg subs could be a reasonable route to satiate the demand
I think it's important to remember that especially in Canada and even more especially in Ottawa, connecting (good😑) feeder bus service can carry a lot of the weight that subpar-to-okay land use around rail stations would bring. Lakeshore East moves ~25k a day, mostly runs every 30m, and looks like:
September 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I think it's important to remember that especially in Canada and even more especially in Ottawa, connecting (good😑) feeder bus service can carry a lot of the weight that subpar-to-okay land use around rail stations would bring. Lakeshore East moves ~25k a day, mostly runs every 30m, and looks like:
E-ink next stop displays showing up after the last time it was mentioned as a pilot project 2 years ago. I had asked Renee Amilcar about at a budget meeting last year and she had no idea what e-ink was. Hilarious there's been no updates and one just pops up out of nowhere
August 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
E-ink next stop displays showing up after the last time it was mentioned as a pilot project 2 years ago. I had asked Renee Amilcar about at a budget meeting last year and she had no idea what e-ink was. Hilarious there's been no updates and one just pops up out of nowhere
Me when I have to fuck up my bus and also this sign because I was bored
August 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Me when I have to fuck up my bus and also this sign because I was bored
Bro remembered hes running for mayor in a year
July 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bro remembered hes running for mayor in a year
O-Train extension updates, East opens Q4 this year
June 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
O-Train extension updates, East opens Q4 this year
Canada Day closure comes from the feds at the request of emergency services as they don't want overcrowding on Booth Street, blocking emergency vehicles access. Pimisi was also open during Canada Day, just the Booth entrances were closed. It handled the crowds fine
May 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Canada Day closure comes from the feds at the request of emergency services as they don't want overcrowding on Booth Street, blocking emergency vehicles access. Pimisi was also open during Canada Day, just the Booth entrances were closed. It handled the crowds fine
Which is true in a lot of ways, but you have to imagine the trade offs for an extra emergency door or 80m of fencing are negligible at best. Project contingency is a major issue in NA and would contribute far more to overall cost than safety features across a project that often serve a good purpose
May 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Which is true in a lot of ways, but you have to imagine the trade offs for an extra emergency door or 80m of fencing are negligible at best. Project contingency is a major issue in NA and would contribute far more to overall cost than safety features across a project that often serve a good purpose
Today's fun fun fact: The average delay on the 14 Tunney's/StL during the evening peak is over eleven and a half minutes- a route that is supposed to run every fifteen!
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today's fun fun fact: The average delay on the 14 Tunney's/StL during the evening peak is over eleven and a half minutes- a route that is supposed to run every fifteen!