Oh, to know more than something has been settled.
Who is paying who? How much? Why?
LRT contracts and settlements are City of Ottawa's Area 51. #OttPoli
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Oh, to know more than something has been settled.
Who is paying who? How much? Why?
LRT contracts and settlements are City of Ottawa's Area 51. #OttPoli
No, that's not a fair comment, David Hill doesn't understand the cashflow.
The staff report says the subterranean parking facility at 70 Clarence has a "projected long-term net cashflow of -$68.9 million" and "capital and lifestyle costs exceed its revenue potential". That's not cashflow positive.
The video from last year is more relevant than ever.
David Hill and Cyril Rogers are incorrectly claiming the underground parking is cash flow positive over the long run. All of the evidence we have from City Staff goes against what this is saying.
We've attached the staff report refuting this.
‘Vibrant’
Words don’t mean anything anymore, or people have never actually been to a vibrant city
Image of the text of an essay outlining problems and solutions to Ottawa's transit issues, page 1. The full text can be found on the CollegeWard website.
Image of the text of an essay outlining problems and solutions to Ottawa's transit issues, page 2. The full text can be found on the CollegeWard website.
Some excerpts from my piece about the state of Ottawa's public transit. Read it in the images or at www.college-ward.ca/out_of_servi...
Since 2022, I’ve been wrestling with myself over a feeling of powerlessness about OC Transpo, in conflict with my ability as a decision maker to affect change.
One of the funniest things in urbanism is the constant desire to create "our cities high line" instead of something novel and contextual.
The high line works because its in manhattan folks, not because it was just any random elevated structure.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX-9...
A traffic count on Percy Street from 2018 had a peak hour volume of 160 vehicles and 24H of 1881 vehicles, which is over 3X what is recommended for the AA&A bike boulevard. With some modal filters and a contra-flow lane, it could be a similar success story to Shaw Street — if the city wanted to.
Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing.” #HousingFirst #UrbanTruth
Image of an urban arterial jammed with cars and trucks congestion, with the text saying our dependency doesn’t equal to freedom. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. Message via the Urban Truth Collective.
1946: Freedom is being able to drive anywhere.
2026: Freedom is not having to drive everywhere.
(above text suggested to us by @harrisongibbons.bsky.social)
Once again, the Mayor boasts about how low our taxes are - we’re not even keeping up with the rate of inflation. But this ideological obsession long pre-dates Sutcliffe. It’s a point of pride in Ottawa, a city with almost the highest median household income in Ontario. 1/
Low taxes cost us all more in the long run. It’s deferred maintenance, pushing the cost of transit, infrastructure, social service services and quality of life down while pretending to have savings that result in higher cost down the road. Look around your community: is our city better off? 1/
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.
As someone who drives in downtown Ottawa, banning right turns on red would make my drive LESS stressful. When I'm turning right, there's pressure to roll forward and block the crosswalk even though it's very unlikely I'd find a gap. The signal cycles are only 70s, I'd rather just wait.
Graphic showing a busy urban arterial clogged with cars and trucks. The text says that car dependency does not equal freedom. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. The image is tagged with the Urban Truth Collective logo.
They still want us to think cars equal freedom. But car DEPENDENCY is the opposite of freedom.
Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.
#UrbanTruth
shining type writer scene - woman looking at what's been typed i just don't wanna go far for stuff.i just don't wanna go far for stuff.i just don't wanna go far for stuff.i just don't wanna go far for stuff.i just don't wanna go far for stuff.i just don't wanna go far for stuff.i just don't wanna go far for stuff.i just don't wanna go far for stuff.i just don't wanna go far for stuff.i just don't wanna go far for stuff.
my entire position on cities.
Given how clueless he is about cities ON EARTH (“tunnels for teslas,” anyone?), I’d be pretty skeptical of any “city” Musk tried to build on the moon, or anywhere else.
Need bollards
Thank you for that
Interested in learning about the impacts of the new zoning bylaw on the neighbourhoods in our city? How they'll be evolving over time, or how some might stay stagnant? We have BuildingIn coming to present at our next monthly meeting!
Join us Thursday to learn more!
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Parabéns!!!
Easy to say for the guy comfortably living in a comfortable home.
We're in a housing shortage/affordability crisis.
Your statement is opposition to building more homes and having more neighbours.
This is minutes walk to LRT. Billions interested. Why would you not want to maximize that investment
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Wouldn't this be really close to higher level transit? Blocking a taller development isn't somehow going to also make mid-rise growth happen, so I don't see the logic here at all. I thought we wanted to help solve the housing crisis and work towards more TOD?
Screenshot of a report by the City of Ottawa that reads, "within walking distance of the site. Emergency services have been consulted and recognize that the path network in LeBreton is being developed to support emergency service vehicles including fire trucks and ambulances. In recent years, downtown fire stations have been testing out vehicles that are smaller and deployed in denser areas with pedestrian connections."
Wait, what? Did we know #OttCity is testing smaller emergency vehicles? Where can I find out more?
Yea another day sunk, no idea what is wrong.
In the interest to not waste time I'm going to build out the public website Autowa.app and just "pretend" the app isn't forked.
If you have any stat ideas now is the time. I'm going to do the heavy duty DB design next.
gist.github.com/SirPolaris/e...
Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
On August 29, 2024 a motorist rammed into a group of cyclists. Police arrived & despite video evidence, charged 2 people on bikes for allegedly uttering threats. The motorist was not charged & was the only one who claimed she was threatened. She did not admit to striking cyclists w her vehicle 1/3
This is sorely needed to allow for a wider variety of housing, and to help make missing middle density easier to build!
This would be a great step to making housing more affordable!
The broken watermain is from 1957.
For reference, Carling is from 1913, Catherine is 1899, Slater is 1875!
We are FAR behind on replacing our aging pipes, and council just this past summer voted to defer $2 billion in recommended replacements. Expect much more of this!
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as it should.
'architecture' is a nice thing some people can pay, for all to contemplate.
urbanism is for all, regardless.
