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How is it we can add private security guards to the market without a big staff report or even council debate on their impact but not “just do” other things like banning right on red in downtown intersections?
We can just try more things if we wanted to.
We can just try more things if we wanted to.
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How is it we can add private security guards to the market without a big staff report or even council debate on their impact but not “just do” other things like banning right on red in downtown intersections?
We can just try more things if we wanted to.
We can just try more things if we wanted to.
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If only the pros outweighed the cons.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If only the pros outweighed the cons.
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We could cross out "snow removal" and the headline would be just as true ...
Ottawa's snow removal standards are bad, with no plans on getting better | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We could cross out "snow removal" and the headline would be just as true ...
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Ottawa's snow removal standards are bad, with no plans on getting better | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ottawa's snow removal standards are bad, with no plans on getting better | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
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Saturday | 10:05 PT We bring you excerpts from an evening with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast, joined by city councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood. @visionzerovancouver.ca @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Saturday | 10:05 PT We bring you excerpts from an evening with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast, joined by city councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood. @visionzerovancouver.ca @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Happy Doug Ford Endorses Speeding Day
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Happy Doug Ford Endorses Speeding Day
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"When risks exceed benefits, half a billion dollars is not a partnership or investment. It's a bailout"
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"When risks exceed benefits, half a billion dollars is not a partnership or investment. It's a bailout"
I walked my daughter (10) to school today, ~2km after a dentist appointment. OC could have been an option but the route is now so infrequent I was a good way home when the bus there passed by. Walked on and by some dilapidated city assets. But @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social priority is Lansdowne.
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I walked my daughter (10) to school today, ~2km after a dentist appointment. OC could have been an option but the route is now so infrequent I was a good way home when the bus there passed by. Walked on and by some dilapidated city assets. But @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social priority is Lansdowne.
The world is full of terrible things right now, but then you see the construction worker helping an elderly lady through a construction zone holding her arm, and it brings a little smile
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The world is full of terrible things right now, but then you see the construction worker helping an elderly lady through a construction zone holding her arm, and it brings a little smile
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On this day in 2014, Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a member of the Ceremonial Guard, was fatally shot at the National War Memorial. The shooter ran inside the Parliament Buildings and was shot by RCMP officers and died on scene. Three others were injured in the attack.
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
On this day in 2014, Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a member of the Ceremonial Guard, was fatally shot at the National War Memorial. The shooter ran inside the Parliament Buildings and was shot by RCMP officers and died on scene. Three others were injured in the attack.
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The NCC owes nothing to the city to help people drive faster wherever they want. They should 100% shut down at a minimum the QED and then install retractable bollards on all their other roads for immediate closure
Imagine a linear park stretching from NAC to Dows Lake; narrow woonerfs for access to homes/emerge vehicles along way, filled with art, buskers, seating, public washrooms, small pavilions to tell Indigenous and other histories; pop up food carts/bikes; make #PlacesForPeople @ncc-ccn.gc.ca
In Paris, here in October, in the urban park on the banks of the Seine. It used to be a motorway, and now it is a public space for the enjoyment of inhabitants of all ages.
October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The NCC owes nothing to the city to help people drive faster wherever they want. They should 100% shut down at a minimum the QED and then install retractable bollards on all their other roads for immediate closure
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Centretown residents generate significantly greater tax revenues than the residents outside the Greenbelt. Those revenues are used across the city, not specifically to our benefit.
That's fine I guess, but can we at least stop prioritizing suburban commuters speed over local communities.
That's fine I guess, but can we at least stop prioritizing suburban commuters speed over local communities.
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Centretown residents generate significantly greater tax revenues than the residents outside the Greenbelt. Those revenues are used across the city, not specifically to our benefit.
That's fine I guess, but can we at least stop prioritizing suburban commuters speed over local communities.
That's fine I guess, but can we at least stop prioritizing suburban commuters speed over local communities.
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Canadians: “We the north! I love hockey, skiing, and taking my kids sledding. Did you hear about a light dusting of snow shutting down some southern US city?”
Canadians, when you suggest
it’s possible to bike past September: “but what if I get… cold?”
Canadians, when you suggest
it’s possible to bike past September: “but what if I get… cold?”
October 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Canadians: “We the north! I love hockey, skiing, and taking my kids sledding. Did you hear about a light dusting of snow shutting down some southern US city?”
Canadians, when you suggest
it’s possible to bike past September: “but what if I get… cold?”
Canadians, when you suggest
it’s possible to bike past September: “but what if I get… cold?”
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NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.
In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca
Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.
globalnews.ca
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.
In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
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Agreed. Unfortunately some poli use this as a divisive election tactic claiming “no one will bike from carp to Navan in Feb for hockey practice” when the reality is few would ever do this; what we need is better cycling w/in communities and urban areas tk give options, local mobility
October 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Agreed. Unfortunately some poli use this as a divisive election tactic claiming “no one will bike from carp to Navan in Feb for hockey practice” when the reality is few would ever do this; what we need is better cycling w/in communities and urban areas tk give options, local mobility
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"Commuters don’t like to hear this, but the more roads you build in a congested area, the more cars will quickly converge on those highways to fill them up. It’s called the “theory of induced demand,” but it’s just a fancy way of saying that free roadways lead to free-for-alls."
Doug Ford’s drive for highways simply speeds past accountability
The premier is acting as if he can build as he pleases in his own time on his own dime, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"Commuters don’t like to hear this, but the more roads you build in a congested area, the more cars will quickly converge on those highways to fill them up. It’s called the “theory of induced demand,” but it’s just a fancy way of saying that free roadways lead to free-for-alls."
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Yes, speed cameras work.
September 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yes, speed cameras work.
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In addition to Hubley, I don’t think Luloff, Tierney or Plante attended the Council meeting in person. No prizes for guessing how all 4 of them voted.
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In addition to Hubley, I don’t think Luloff, Tierney or Plante attended the Council meeting in person. No prizes for guessing how all 4 of them voted.
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Stands on street with no sidewalks. What do we need with extra development charges or red tape for accessibility, eh?
We will cut red tape, lower and defer fees, and remove unnecessary regulations to make it easier, faster, and more affordable to build homes.
#OttawaHousingActionPlan
marksutcliffe.ca/events/2025/...
#OttawaHousingActionPlan
marksutcliffe.ca/events/2025/...
September 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Stands on street with no sidewalks. What do we need with extra development charges or red tape for accessibility, eh?
If your neighbour is having a medical emergency please give them the privacy they deserve and be a bit more subtle with your curiosity, mow your lawn, sweep your driveway, vacuum the roof, don’t stare at their home. Give them some privacy and be decent humans.
September 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
If your neighbour is having a medical emergency please give them the privacy they deserve and be a bit more subtle with your curiosity, mow your lawn, sweep your driveway, vacuum the roof, don’t stare at their home. Give them some privacy and be decent humans.
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The Gladstone/Percy cycling study originally proposed contra-flow bike lanes on Percy and bike lanes on Gladstone.
Now, instead of a simple left turn onto Gladstone, the proposal would have a north-westbound biker go from Percy to Flora, Bay, Gilmore, Bronson, Christie, Arthur, THEN Gladstone.
Now, instead of a simple left turn onto Gladstone, the proposal would have a north-westbound biker go from Percy to Flora, Bay, Gilmore, Bronson, Christie, Arthur, THEN Gladstone.
September 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Perhaps what we are doing is not working?
Be extra vigilant with kids back in school, #OttCity.
Between 2019 and 2023, there were 153 collisions involving pedestrians and 62 involving cyclists that resulted in a fatality or major injury.
Let’s work together to keep everyone safe.
More: https://bit.ly/4p4hdIc
Between 2019 and 2023, there were 153 collisions involving pedestrians and 62 involving cyclists that resulted in a fatality or major injury.
Let’s work together to keep everyone safe.
More: https://bit.ly/4p4hdIc
September 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Perhaps what we are doing is not working?
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Bikes unlock so much public transit ridership as a viable driving alternative.
Wanted to take kid 2 to the aviation museum today.
🚗 : 26 mins
🚍+🚊 : 2 hrs
🚲 : 52 mins
We biked to LRT, got off at UofO station, then biked the rest.
Transit + Bike: 37 mins
OC Transpo recovery needs bikeshare.
Wanted to take kid 2 to the aviation museum today.
🚗 : 26 mins
🚍+🚊 : 2 hrs
🚲 : 52 mins
We biked to LRT, got off at UofO station, then biked the rest.
Transit + Bike: 37 mins
OC Transpo recovery needs bikeshare.
August 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bikes unlock so much public transit ridership as a viable driving alternative.
Wanted to take kid 2 to the aviation museum today.
🚗 : 26 mins
🚍+🚊 : 2 hrs
🚲 : 52 mins
We biked to LRT, got off at UofO station, then biked the rest.
Transit + Bike: 37 mins
OC Transpo recovery needs bikeshare.
Wanted to take kid 2 to the aviation museum today.
🚗 : 26 mins
🚍+🚊 : 2 hrs
🚲 : 52 mins
We biked to LRT, got off at UofO station, then biked the rest.
Transit + Bike: 37 mins
OC Transpo recovery needs bikeshare.
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“Efficiencies” don’t balance the books: they erode services and trust in our governments, institutions and organizations.
My first (!!!) op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen: Why respect for taxpayers must mean real investment in transit, housing, and climate resilience.
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/taxp...
My first (!!!) op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen: Why respect for taxpayers must mean real investment in transit, housing, and climate resilience.
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/taxp...
Bellerive: Ottawa taxpayers get no respect in latest budget proposal
The city does not have a budget problem. It has a priorities problem. And it targets the wrong people to fix it.
ottawacitizen.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“Efficiencies” don’t balance the books: they erode services and trust in our governments, institutions and organizations.
My first (!!!) op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen: Why respect for taxpayers must mean real investment in transit, housing, and climate resilience.
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/taxp...
My first (!!!) op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen: Why respect for taxpayers must mean real investment in transit, housing, and climate resilience.
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/taxp...
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why do so many people who are on the side of not burning down the planet insist on finding ways to hate on bikes?
yeah, YOU don't have to do it when it's hot, cold, rainy, or when you've got kids & groceries to tote, but bikes are in fact still good at these things.
yeah, YOU don't have to do it when it's hot, cold, rainy, or when you've got kids & groceries to tote, but bikes are in fact still good at these things.
August 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
why do so many people who are on the side of not burning down the planet insist on finding ways to hate on bikes?
yeah, YOU don't have to do it when it's hot, cold, rainy, or when you've got kids & groceries to tote, but bikes are in fact still good at these things.
yeah, YOU don't have to do it when it's hot, cold, rainy, or when you've got kids & groceries to tote, but bikes are in fact still good at these things.