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The real discussion for 2030: De-Amalgamation. Barrhaven can widen roads to runway status. Nepean can have a blanket NIMBY ordinance. Orleans can have its DUI champions.

This week from VZO: ✅Spokane's "Emergency Streets" shows what happens when city leadership treats traffic violence as preventable 🧡Truth & Reconciliation reflections on infrastructure and health equity. 🗳️Election accountability 📊Close Calls campaign update visionzeroottawa.ca/2026/09/28/v...

Albertans with Canadian flags attached to their car in 2026 and Albertans with Canadian flags attached to their car in 2021 are completely non-overlapping groups.

Does anyone believe that fixing Ottawa’s transit system is all about uploading the light rail to the province? Would an LRT upload fix transit in Ottawa for you? #ottawa #betterottawa #613trending

Having failed to deliver LRT, manage it effectively or deliver on promises made, uploading will relieve the city from accountability; it won’t do anything for bus commuters, nor other public means of getting around (bike share, sidewalks, etc). And remember: there’s on 1 taxpayer. And it’s us.

Good coverage by @capitalcurrent.bsky.social of @en.ottawa.ca's problematic report on Right Turns On Red. “I don’t think that there’s ever an argument to prefer momentary convenience for drivers over the safety of everyone else,” van Geest said. #RTOR #OttCity capitalcurrent.ca/right-on-red...

“ Staff need another study on the private delivery model bike share” 1. If the private model worked we would have bike share. 2. Is staff going to investigate funding roads or Transit as a private model? No. Council needs to give clear direction: get on with bike share.

A poignant reminder that Ottawa’s council and senior staff accept traffic deaths as inevitable. Its policy: ❌ Scarce funding for traffic calming ❌ No commitment to Vision Zero ❌ No political will to prevent another tragedy This election year remember those who offer nothing but condolences.

Gas Rationing? To see this tide run out on the pick up truck dude-bros. 🧢 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ottawa has nearly a billion $ allocated for the coming years, all for roads/widenings in rural/suburban wards tk reduce car commutes by seconds or minutes. Meanwhile our transit network is starved for funding. Map credit @sjamieit.bsky.social

Good Morning Ottawa. #Ottcity LRT Line 1 is now out of service in its 3rd day: 🦗 No communications from Mark Sutcliffe. 📣 No updates on return to full service. 😕 No expression of regrets to riders. 🤷‍♂️ No plan.

Tragedy exposes weak standards. Canada lags the EU on vehicle size and pedestrian impact safety, and people are dying because of it. Rapid change means opportunity—align our vehicle rules with Europe now

Demolition of a 4M artwork commissioned a decade ago, along with a stadium with decades of life remaining, while Transit and infra renewal are wholly neglected, is peak Sutcliffe council. Vote them out in 2026.

Take note of the Watson/Sutcliffe council for 2026: Most of the incumbents who voted for starving Transit and infrastructure renewal in favour of Tewin and OSEG handouts are running again. Consider donating to @strongtownsottawa.ca @horizonottawa.bsky.social to hold those voting records account.

Good morning @ncc-ccn.gc.ca

Save the date: 🎈Speed Gun Party on King Edward 📆 3:30-4:30pm January 15th 👉 Losing Speed Cameras made our communities considerably less safe. 📣 Cheer drivers respecting the speed limit and our community (and jeers to those who don’t.) visionzeroottawa.ca/events/

Had a blast at Kidical Mass in Orléans! 🚲 Families out riding together, decorating bikes, and filling the streets with colour and energy. Thanks Convent Glen Orléans Wood Community Association, Matt and Rob, for hosting. I was proud to support this awesome event! @bikeottawa.bsky.social

Speed enforcement cameras work to keep neighbourhoods safe by reducing dangerous speeding. I and @catmckenney.bsky.social ask you to write to your MPP and Premier Ford to oppose legislation that would ban their use in Ontario cities.

Some seriously big energy at #KidicalMass from the #BikeHfx crew today! Today was a strong reminder that society undermines the strength of our kids. These kids WANT TO MOVE! But we limit them so aggressively through poor policy & design decisions. Grateful for the organizers & marshalls!

Carrying a weapon conveys power over others by threat of lethality. Being threatened by a driver of a multi-ton vehicle is no different. Change my mind.

Community: Cycling Gladstone is unsafe and horrible. #OttCity: We propose worse.

I will always proceed though a worksite vs risking my life with drivers on a multi-lane road like Preston. We need a shift in #Ottawa where residents(esp children) are given the same rights as construction workers around car traffic. Read more below⬇️ #DetoursForPeople @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

A parenting win.

Another Critical Mass is coming! FRIDAY AUGUST 29th🌟 #BikeHFX Meet at Grand Parade (City Hall) at 6:00pm, rolling out at 6:30

Our letter to @ottawapolice.bsky.social regarding their refusal to provide crash victims w insurance info. Withholding insurance info from injured parties is contrary to the HTA & has harmful affects on peoples' recoveries, especially pedestrians & cyclists. www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/ottawa-...

Great way to relate the impact of a car crash with something people can directly understand! buff.ly/ANAJuP6 #yegbike

ICYMI - Our final #KidicalMass bike ride of the season will take place September 27 in Orleans! More details and optional registration: kidicalmassorleans2025.eventbrite.ca 📢 Please help us share the word. #OttBike #OttEvents #OttCity #Ottawa #OrleansOntario #SafeStreets #SafeStreetsForKids

Canada has a #StopDeKindermord history too, complete with stereotypical "sorry". The difference between Canada and the Netherlands: we didn't see widespread change and action decades ago. We're still asking for it today.

School is just around the corner. Want to try biking to school with your kids? How about trying our new maps to find the safest routes? Download the Cycling Guide app now. It’s free. #BikeMaps #Ottawa #OttawaBikeMaps cyclingguide.org/download-the...

A trip to a museum on transit for a family of 4 would cost $32. Driving and parking $6. We need to flip the this, make the externality costs of the later pay for the former.

Sign our petition here: www.ecologyottawa.ca/rtor_petition #VisionZero #OttCity #Ottawa #OttWalk #OttRoll #OttBike

Yes! Make your vouce heard

Unacceptable. Pickup trucks and their drivers are killing children. The federal government must act on #CarBloat. We must prioritize children's lives #StopDeKindermoord #StopKillingKids

I witnessed the aftermath of a cyclist getting hit by a car turning right yesterday, just a couple of blocks from where Saloni Aitawadekar was killed while crossing the street near City Hall. It’s time to seriously consider banning right turns on red in Ottawa’s downtown core.

I am 100% ready to join you to “ban right on red”. Montreal has this, but only because that’s the way it always was. Other cities elected to allow right turns on red, to allow for greater traffic flow. And look who’s paying the price. Day after day, another tragedy. Make this an election issue.

Sneak peak of tomorrow's route -and potential special guests 🐮🐮🐮 Meet 9:30am at Meadowvale Terrace Park, Ride departs at 10am, storytelling and BYO snacks back at the park between 10:45-11am. #KidicalMassOttawa #SafeStreetsForKids

We could have nice things too, all it takes is political will (and not just from the urban minority in Ottawa).

What’s the best way to visit the tulip festival, you ask? By bike of course. You can walk your bike if it’s not too busy. Alternatively there are plenty of bike rack throughout Commissioners Park, including these really cute ones at the dock (good for all types of bikes). #Ottbike #TulipFest

Hot take on red light cameras revenues