Strong Towns Ottawa
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We're an urbanist group, focused on safer streets, giving citizens more options, and creating a more financially responsible city.
Help us support bus lanes on Bank St: strongtownsottawa.ca/Bank
We're an urbanist group, focused on safer streets, giving citizens more options, and creating a more financially responsible city.
Help us support bus lanes on Bank St: strongtownsottawa.ca/Bank
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With all of the talk about Lansdowne 2.0, and improving transit access to the location, this is the perfect opportunity to get fully dedicated 24/7 bus lanes, not just during "peak" hours.
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
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Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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With quite the busy week we forgot to post about the People's Summit we were invited to, Nov 1st. Tons of people were interested in seeing our property tax visuals, long-term city financials, hearing about bus lanes on bank, or the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club.
Such a great energy to push for better!
Such a great energy to push for better!
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
With quite the busy week we forgot to post about the People's Summit we were invited to, Nov 1st. Tons of people were interested in seeing our property tax visuals, long-term city financials, hearing about bus lanes on bank, or the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club.
Such a great energy to push for better!
Such a great energy to push for better!
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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.
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Please tell your local MPP and Councillor that removing these cameras is unacceptable and will unequivocally lead to more deaths and injuries on our roads, often times for the most vulnerable users of those roads!
🚨 @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social - we expect you to stand up to Doug Ford and fight for our Speed Safety Cameras
🧑🧑🧒🧒Our kids and families deserve safe school zones - ASE cameras work! Speed humps and roundabouts won’t fit on arterials
📝Sign our petition today
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...
🧑🧑🧒🧒Our kids and families deserve safe school zones - ASE cameras work! Speed humps and roundabouts won’t fit on arterials
📝Sign our petition today
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Please tell your local MPP and Councillor that removing these cameras is unacceptable and will unequivocally lead to more deaths and injuries on our roads, often times for the most vulnerable users of those roads!
This morning, our board member Etienne Lefebvre spoke about why Bill 60 must be opposed. The bill strips away local decision-making, forces fiscally irresponsible planning, and locks our city into a dangerous, car-centric status quo.
Thank you to @bikeottawa.bsky.social and everyone who came out!
Thank you to @bikeottawa.bsky.social and everyone who came out!
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This morning, our board member Etienne Lefebvre spoke about why Bill 60 must be opposed. The bill strips away local decision-making, forces fiscally irresponsible planning, and locks our city into a dangerous, car-centric status quo.
Thank you to @bikeottawa.bsky.social and everyone who came out!
Thank you to @bikeottawa.bsky.social and everyone who came out!
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New post from me: "Speed cameras work!"
glengower.substack.com/p/speed-came...
glengower.substack.com/p/speed-came...
Speed cameras work!
Data, facts, and more about automated speed enforcement in Ottawa
glengower.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
New post from me: "Speed cameras work!"
glengower.substack.com/p/speed-came...
glengower.substack.com/p/speed-came...
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What this guy said.
Thank you @pbickerton.bsky.social
Thank you @pbickerton.bsky.social
One of the strategic failures of #OttCity Road Safety Action Plan is the lack of communications about where speed camera revenues are spent.
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What this guy said.
Thank you @pbickerton.bsky.social
Thank you @pbickerton.bsky.social
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UPDATE: THEY ARE REPLACING THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK!! It’s officially the end of an era for two of the most infamous traffic cones in Ottawa. 🎉
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
UPDATE: THEY ARE REPLACING THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK!! It’s officially the end of an era for two of the most infamous traffic cones in Ottawa. 🎉
Come out to tell Doug Ford he needs to focus on his own issues and not meddle with cities making their streets better for everyone.
Our rally against Bill 60 is coming up
🚲 Bring your bikes
🪧 Bring a protest sign
📣 Spread the word
Details (slight change)
City Hall - side of the building
Thursday, November 13
8:30am
See you on Thursday!
🚲 Bring your bikes
🪧 Bring a protest sign
📣 Spread the word
Details (slight change)
City Hall - side of the building
Thursday, November 13
8:30am
See you on Thursday!
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Come out to tell Doug Ford he needs to focus on his own issues and not meddle with cities making their streets better for everyone.
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One of the strategic failures of #OttCity Road Safety Action Plan is the lack of communications about where speed camera revenues are spent.
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
One of the strategic failures of #OttCity Road Safety Action Plan is the lack of communications about where speed camera revenues are spent.
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
With quite the busy week we forgot to post about the People's Summit we were invited to, Nov 1st. Tons of people were interested in seeing our property tax visuals, long-term city financials, hearing about bus lanes on bank, or the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club.
Such a great energy to push for better!
Such a great energy to push for better!
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
With quite the busy week we forgot to post about the People's Summit we were invited to, Nov 1st. Tons of people were interested in seeing our property tax visuals, long-term city financials, hearing about bus lanes on bank, or the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club.
Such a great energy to push for better!
Such a great energy to push for better!
Please tell your local MPP and Councillor that removing these cameras is unacceptable and will unequivocally lead to more deaths and injuries on our roads, often times for the most vulnerable users of those roads!
🚨 @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social - we expect you to stand up to Doug Ford and fight for our Speed Safety Cameras
🧑🧑🧒🧒Our kids and families deserve safe school zones - ASE cameras work! Speed humps and roundabouts won’t fit on arterials
📝Sign our petition today
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...
🧑🧑🧒🧒Our kids and families deserve safe school zones - ASE cameras work! Speed humps and roundabouts won’t fit on arterials
📝Sign our petition today
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Please tell your local MPP and Councillor that removing these cameras is unacceptable and will unequivocally lead to more deaths and injuries on our roads, often times for the most vulnerable users of those roads!
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MPAC is supposed to reassess property values every four years, but it has now been nearly a decade. The Ford Government has postponed assessments indefinitely to look into the 'fairness' of the system. Ironic given the resulting unfairness.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
MPAC is supposed to reassess property values every four years, but it has now been nearly a decade. The Ford Government has postponed assessments indefinitely to look into the 'fairness' of the system. Ironic given the resulting unfairness.
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To be very clear, in case there's any misunderstanding, these properties are all in the same city and pay the exact same tax rate. It's the assessed value that's broken.
First example again, even though they currently have the same listing price, the assessed value is:
↙️ $679,000 | $565,000 ↘️
First example again, even though they currently have the same listing price, the assessed value is:
↙️ $679,000 | $565,000 ↘️
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
To be very clear, in case there's any misunderstanding, these properties are all in the same city and pay the exact same tax rate. It's the assessed value that's broken.
First example again, even though they currently have the same listing price, the assessed value is:
↙️ $679,000 | $565,000 ↘️
First example again, even though they currently have the same listing price, the assessed value is:
↙️ $679,000 | $565,000 ↘️
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Annual property taxes:
↙️ $5583 | $4807 ↘️
↙️ $5583 | $4807 ↘️
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $5583 | $4807 ↘️
↙️ $5583 | $4807 ↘️
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With all of the talk about Lansdowne 2.0, and improving transit access to the location, this is the perfect opportunity to get fully dedicated 24/7 bus lanes, not just during "peak" hours.
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
With all of the talk about Lansdowne 2.0, and improving transit access to the location, this is the perfect opportunity to get fully dedicated 24/7 bus lanes, not just during "peak" hours.
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
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Annual property taxes:
↙️ $5288 | $4800 ↘️
↙️ $5288 | $4800 ↘️
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $5288 | $4800 ↘️
↙️ $5288 | $4800 ↘️
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Ontario property assessments haven't been done since 2016 and it's getting ridiculous. Suburban homes are paying much lower property taxes than they should be.
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Ontario property assessments haven't been done since 2016 and it's getting ridiculous. Suburban homes are paying much lower property taxes than they should be.
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
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"Neighbourhood interiors were never intended for commercial activity", says one letter writer. To be fair, this is true, if you toss the entirety of human history and modern day Earth outside North America in the trash, and think that urban planning less than a century old is ironclad natural law.
No corner coffee shops: Toronto committee waters down neighbourhood retail plan
It’s the second time in less than a year councillors balked at allowing certain businesses to open on some residential streets
www.torontotoday.ca
October 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Neighbourhood interiors were never intended for commercial activity", says one letter writer. To be fair, this is true, if you toss the entirety of human history and modern day Earth outside North America in the trash, and think that urban planning less than a century old is ironclad natural law.
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It’s kind of crazy that improvements to the 6 and 7 were barely discussed during the Lansdowne 2.0 vote
youtu.be/wtWHri5lShA?...
youtu.be/wtWHri5lShA?...
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It’s kind of crazy that improvements to the 6 and 7 were barely discussed during the Lansdowne 2.0 vote
youtu.be/wtWHri5lShA?...
youtu.be/wtWHri5lShA?...
With all of the talk about Lansdowne 2.0, and improving transit access to the location, this is the perfect opportunity to get fully dedicated 24/7 bus lanes, not just during "peak" hours.
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
With all of the talk about Lansdowne 2.0, and improving transit access to the location, this is the perfect opportunity to get fully dedicated 24/7 bus lanes, not just during "peak" hours.
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
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“The Ford Govt in Ontario has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras.
Ford says it will make the province more efficient & reduce red tape.
It won’t do either, and he knows it.
It might get him “speeder votes” though.
This will kill more people.
Ford says it will make the province more efficient & reduce red tape.
It won’t do either, and he knows it.
It might get him “speeder votes” though.
This will kill more people.
Ford government passes bill banning municipal speed cameras in Ontario
The Ford government has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“The Ford Govt in Ontario has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras.
Ford says it will make the province more efficient & reduce red tape.
It won’t do either, and he knows it.
It might get him “speeder votes” though.
This will kill more people.
Ford says it will make the province more efficient & reduce red tape.
It won’t do either, and he knows it.
It might get him “speeder votes” though.
This will kill more people.
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Lansdowne 2.0 passes 15-10.
As a group dedicated to financial transparency and smart investments in community infrastructure, we had concerns around the reporting process and special financial treatment given to Lansdowne 2.0, as well as the lack of tangible transit improvements.
@alex-is.online
As a group dedicated to financial transparency and smart investments in community infrastructure, we had concerns around the reporting process and special financial treatment given to Lansdowne 2.0, as well as the lack of tangible transit improvements.
@alex-is.online
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Lansdowne 2.0 passes 15-10.
As a group dedicated to financial transparency and smart investments in community infrastructure, we had concerns around the reporting process and special financial treatment given to Lansdowne 2.0, as well as the lack of tangible transit improvements.
@alex-is.online
As a group dedicated to financial transparency and smart investments in community infrastructure, we had concerns around the reporting process and special financial treatment given to Lansdowne 2.0, as well as the lack of tangible transit improvements.
@alex-is.online
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Toronto streetcar missing a light because it’s stuck in traffic.
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Toronto streetcar missing a light because it’s stuck in traffic.