Was glad to be a part of it. Took the bus too 🚍

The local councillor noted that there used to be an automated speed enforcement camera in the area.

That's the problem with using ambiguous language like "peak hours".

You would think that peak hours would mean the peak hours of congestion; but it doesn't.

Instead, the city means 7-9 am northbound, and 3-5 pm sounthbound. In the Glebe, these are NOT the peak hours on congestion

Thanks for replying. The wording about the reduced hours of time-of-day bus lanes was confusing at best, verging on sneaky. This should have been debated at PWIC, or at the very least Council.

Tim Tierney holding a NIMBY Tears mug and standing next to Mark Sutcliffe and an unnamed person.

If it was Tierney, I think that would be grounds for returning his favorite "NIMBY Tears" mug.

Appreciate your reply Sean, but it sounds like we're reading different things between those lines. That's my point.

There are some well intentioned things in the motion (pending funding, of course), but the reduced hrs and lack of ANY discussion or consultation was a kick in pants. I don't like it.

It has taken more than 4 years to get a 'pilot project' passed, which actually won't start until next year, and really all that 'pilot project' does is change some signs — we're supposed to be impressed that such a feat was even possible.

If you felt it wouldn't have passed Council - as it did PWIC - then I think people should know why.

Absence of an explanation and debate at Council erodes public trust and people will naturally fill the void with their own narrative.

I'm sure you had your reasons. Please share them.

Really? How is asking the public to read between the lines an acceptable explanation?

I'm honestly trying to make sense of this decision but can't.

Help us understand (genuinely)

I don't even know why collect this data

It literally keeps on getting better and better

My thoughts exactly

Brutal.

Where is the Long Range Financial Plan? It was due last summer by the province, then delayed, and delayed again. Staff said it would tabled Spring 2026? Sooooo....are we going to see it before the election?

This exactly. I honestly feel for sorry for city staff who spend time and effort setting the vision in our Official Plans only to have their work undermined by a few vocal people who resist any change in *their* neighbourhood.

The bus-ridership and travel-time charts from the Bank Street Active Transportation Study. I've highlighted the times proposed for bus lanes. They're weekday only and only in one direction at a time.

See if you can spot periods with high ridership and long delays that could also use bus lanes.

City staff recommend dedicated bus lanes through the Glebe in both directions, during peak and off-peak hours, and during more Lansdowne events.

The same staff have also developed a bus-lane pilot study that does none of these things. The study is set to begin summer 2027.

58 year old pipe.

An OC Transpo #6 bus in a bus lane. Inside of the bus there are multiple people, each with a text showing what they're going to be doing. They say "Grabbing a bite to eat", "Going to Lansdowne", "Getting a haircut", "Bought groceries", and "Can finally fit on the bus". The final one was a user in a wheelchair. Beside the bus there is a single person in a truck in the regular travel lane. Pointing to him it says "Just driving through". They have a thought bubble coming out from their head saying "That bus lane is going to ruin local business!".

An amazing member of ours put together this graphic that really encapsulates perfectly the situation on Bank Street.

There is only so much space available, and we must use it as efficiently as possible. Parking isn't that.

Please sign up to delegate on March 30th in favour of bus lanes!

You are correct. I am unaware of PILT data broken down to the parcel level. I think it's just a lump sum to the city.

And bsky.app/profile/pbic...

I've got you. bsky.app/profile/pbic...

Gee, I wish. The short answer is no, not easily. The cost of servicing by hectare requires a lot of assumptions about usage. E.g "how much of transit budget do I assign to this house?"

Capital and operating costs are available, but assigning cost values to areas is where the math gets messy

I do! I made it 😏

The city sends mixed messages about the values that inform the design of transportation projects.

For each project design, city staff should rank the priority of:
* Project cost
* Vehicle speed (travel time)
* Volume (how many people it moves)
* Safety

And Ottawa!
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...

Needed infrastructure work is being deferred because of your low tax increases, with the backlog growing every year. There's a $2.6-billion backlog just in road resurfacing. At some point we will need to pay for it, and that ENORMOUS tax increase will be YOUR fault, not a future mayor's.

And let's not forget about all the car vs. car collisions that happen because of right turn on red.

I've personally seen 6 collisions at Bronson and Catherine in just the past few years, but not a single one since they added a no right on red sign.

It's a really stupid maneuver to allow.

Imagine adding onto the cost of every apartment tower going up in the core millions of dollars in DCs to pay for new suburban roads, and then also admitting that those same roads have zero benefit to anybody else in the city except for those suburban growth areas.

When are they going to fix this?