@alwaysadetour.bsky.social
Dreaming of fifteen minute livable cities with less car noise
Disappointment at council today. Council just passed a motion from Councillor Menard for the Bank Street bus lane study which will restrict bus lanes even further from staff's proposed 3 hours to 2 hours. This means we will get no data about how parking affects bus flow in the area.
People often want simple answers to the question of why transit is worse in North America (US especially) than other places. A transit agency voluntarily slowing it’s trains down for dubious “safety” benefits, as the government bans speed cameras says a lot.
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was raining Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.
A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world. Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars. An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
Robert Zaichkowski@rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 8mo agoA sad day for cyclists. Bill 60 - which prohibits the conversion of motor vehicle lanes to bike lanes (or any other prescribed purpose) - has passed Third Reading this morning which will kill various cycling projects in Toronto & across Ontario. #shame #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
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
Watch and learn. 👀 🧠 I’ve written often about how infants learn language not just with their ears, but with their eyes. But I’ve rarely run across a better video example than this lovely moment shared to IG by seanandcaitlin. (Thread 🧵)
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin@enb.iisd.org · last yr.At #UNFF20, the US opposed including any references to #ClimateChange, the impacts of climate change, or the #ParisAgreement in the eventual #UNFF20 outcome document, and said they "reject and denounce" the 2030 Agenda for #Sustainable #Development and the #SDGs.
A male Violet-headed Hummingbird perched at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #nature
One thing that I was thought was revealing about the divisions within Canada: When Carney acknowledged Poilievre's hard work on his campaign in his victory speed, the crowd of Liberals cheered. When Poilievre mentioned Carney in his concession speech, there was loud booing.
This is an embarrassment for the city. There's never enough money for making roads safer for non-car users, because all the money has been siphoned away to general coffers!
Pyke@pykey.bsky.social · last yr.Makes you wonder what other little secrets @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social and @cityottawa.bsky.social are hiding from us and lying about.
Good news: The Chief William Commanda Bridge re-opens tomorrow to pedestrians and cyclists!
Bonkers that we live in a world where Liberation Day is a term used by the US government to commemorate the day when it imposes huge tariffs including on allies - with massive price increases to the American public - significantly increasing the likelihood of a global recession.
Hard to take cities seriously on housing when building a modest new structure on a lot you own requires multiple "public hearings" as if you're changing the law to allow public swordfighting, or driving while drunk.
The City's TMP phase 5 released today is... extremely disappointing. It pushes the same status quo, if anything it walks back many of the very necessary transit priority projects we needed. We're expecting less than a 2% drop in personal vehicle use in our modal share. In 20 years. Embarrassing
Please get involved and advocate for better transit infrastructure in Ottawa! The proposals have left out key improvements on major routes through the core and instead focus, once again, on commuters in and out of the city.
alex 🇨🇦🍉@alex-is.online · last yr.The City of Ottawa Draft Transportation Master Plan released today! Here's whats changed to our list of Transit Priority projects since the previous TMP 12 years ago! 🧵
Introducing bike lanes is about creating transportation choice. When you give people safe choices, they can choose a bike for some trips, reducing congestion and reducing conflict between users. Leaders don’t need more evidence, we need to speak better to the public feeling of scarcity.
Michelle@michelle-colleen.bsky.social · last yr.Take note!! A Ministry of Transportation commissioned report concludes removing bike lanes will not reduce traffic but will increase collisions for all road users. And, it is not feasible to move main thoroughfare bike lanes to lesser roads. #bikeTO #onpoli #topoli #walkto www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The modern conservative playbook. There is no need for the stated reasons to have any relationship with reality. The tariffs aren't about fentanyl and removing the bike lanes isn't about congestion. www.thestar.com/news/gta/for...
Quick, if we show this picture to Mark Sutcliffe he might advocate for it to be closed again!
Flomouthe@flomouthe.bsky.social · last yr.Alexandra Bridge reopened to cars while I was away. I’m not impressed. It should have remained open to active transportation only. People had already changed their habits. This is Alexandra at 1:20pm today, Saturday. #OttBike
Not very visually appealing, but at least it has an indoor waiting area, a rarity for downtown GO stations. Looking at you, Exhibition Station
More Transit Southern Ontario@moretransitso.bsky.social · last yr.Ontario has awarded the contract to construct East Harbour transit hub. news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
Maybe @ottawacity.ottawa.ca will get the hint eventually too...
Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · last yr.Canadians — tell your friends to leave X. Tell people whose posts you like to read to leave. Tell your governments and your elected officials. Tell your favourite pundits and shitposters. Tell the people with bad takes to bring them here. X is a platform used to undermine our sovereignty. Leave it.
@ottawacity.ottawa.ca is launching a consultation on the redesign of Riverdale Avenue in Old Ottawa South. Happy to see that two of the three proposed designs included separated cycle tracks. I frequently used Riverdale to cycle when I lived in OOS, and now use it to bypass Bank and go to the canal.
Would love to go on a bike ride with my partner sitting in there 🥹
Fietser@americanfietser.bsky.social · last yr.Sometimes in the US, I feel like the only person who doesn't haul children in an Urban Arrow, but rather always adults. In the Netherlands 🇳🇱, it's just normal.
#ottbike A thread about bike projects funded in budget 2025: To start off, One of my favourite projects, O'Connor Phase 2 is finally going ahead. This will connect the existing bikeway to Wellington St, from its current end point of Laurier.
