This was researched a published years ago in #OttCity: suburban sprawl costs everyone $465/person. We’d be better off building moderate infill density, making better use of transit, services and social infrastructure. 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Fantastic turnout with older adults and @carleton.ca researchers on the “Social Connections Project” at the Old Ottawa South Firehall this morning. You can find out more about how older adults experience connection and isolation:
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Two big wins!!
Two huge afternoon games for the Sens and Charge today with playoff implications. Buckle up. Let’s go Ottawa.
It will be an information item on the next Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on April 23rd, 2026. We will keep pushing for this in Ottawa.
The Bike Share Memo and Feasibility Study is now released. We’ve been waiting for some time for this. You can read the documents here which highlight the potential for a national capital public program. www.shawnmenard.ca/city_release...
That’s going to be a big factor, how many ebikes, cost for use and ease of use in both summer and winter
Will share more details online but the bike share memo and feasibility study as a result of our 2023 Direction were just released. The basics - staff say a publicly owned bike share system makes sense, would connect with transit, help with mobility, and be relatively inexpensive to get started.
I understand. The raised bike lane will be extended from the bank street bridge to Holmwood. The 24:7 bus only curbside sections will be at the Sunnyside library, in front of Lansdowne on both sides and both sides at Fifth ave. 17 parking spots will be removed, the rest will remain during the pilot
Hey Scott, send me an email at capitalward@ottawa.ca I’ll get back to you today. Too much to write.
Bike Share would be a game changer for Ottawa. My team put forward a motion this term of council to move this forward and we should see a full feasibility study released today about the National Capital Region connectivity. Thanks to Envirocentre for undertaking this.
3) In the motion, we added the study of old ottawa south bus only non peak lanes (which should produce data from Bank street that can be extrapolated) and hopefully some help in getting more frequency and transit advance lights.
4) My community -many perspectives emailed to us we try to incorporate
1) Had I not brought this motion, another motion would have come forward and likely removed some 24/7 bus sections
2) We need this pilot to be successful. By far the greatest lightning rod that could have killed this outright during the testing period was the expansion of the peak period times.
Sure. It’s utterly disappointing to see this reaction from some people after fighting for 7 years to advance a much more progressive transportation approach and wins in this city. Take this (exceptionally difficult) issue to manage, make progress with a pilot and then attack allies.
The study of the lane in Old Ottawa South (which we got in as part of that motion as well) should also assist with that re the bank street corridor when parking was normally present.
Thats not how I see it. The removal of parking for permanent 24/7 bus lanes that are part of the changes will have data produced, and the effect of bus only curbside lanes in peak period will give us data on how fast buses can move through the corridor without parking being present.
I would agree Marko, let’s ensure the pilot is successful without massive pushback and something that will pass council. I appreciate all your work on this to date.
No, it wouldn’t have.
Having permanent 24/7 bus lane sections, expanded bike lanes, transit advance lights and a pilot project with the ability to make further changes in the future is a pretty big success in my view. Managing to get that through without it being completely killed has not been an easy task.
I’m glad we got a pilot launched for this area (where no other areas have this), with an extended bike lane, bus advance light, permanent 24/7 bus lane sections and an ability to test peak period bus only lanes, with the potential to see more positive changes in the future.
I was looking at the data you had emailed me Marko as well as other OC data. The 9:30am to 10am portion. The last thing I want is for this pilot to fail or be unfairly criticized, and given everything I was hearing, tried to help that today.
No other traditional main street in Ottawa has these types of treatments coming as a pilot. I agree it’s not rocket science. Know the dynamics at play on this street intimately, I want the pilot to be successful.
That wasn’t the case. And there is a significant need to ensure this is successful when it is implemented.
Happy to have a private chat about this. A lot more at stake than you realize.
Why did the study happen in the first place? How did we get bike lanes on the bank street bridge? How did 18 and under free transit happen in Ottawa? Incredibly unfair comments.
I’ll stand by my voting record and what I’ve done for my residents and for transit riders. What has been accomplished here exists on no other traditional Main Street in Ottawa. Maybe take a moment to celebrate the positive instead of blaming an ally with political realities on transportation changes
That’s ok. I’m fine with you being disappointed in me. I know what my team and I have been through to try and get a pilot up and running and the win this is for the street and the potential for the future. I also know where my values are and the positive changes I’ve made for my ward.
We worked our butts off to get this review in 2021 Scott. We then pushed staff further on it during the consultations. Had a 24/7 lane been proposed for the entire way we would have received nothing from council (which would have been awful). See you at Volleyball.