Mixed-use building that fits in with “neighbourhood character” and allow local business to thrive at a smaller scale.
Evolving our suburbs requires more than just adding housing; it requires integrating the amenities that people need in their daily lives.
#MissingMiddleHousing #UrbanDesign #MixedUseSuburbs #CompleteStreets
Slide from TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc @ToderianUW.bsky.social that says “If you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers. You design a multi-model city, it works better for everyone, including drivers.”
The more people that choose to walk, bike and ride public transit to get around cities, the better cities work for everyone, including drivers.
EVERYONE.
There’s no “war on cars,” just an opportunity for more successful cities.
You’re being lied to. It’s time we tell #TheTruthAboutTraffic.
Ya the 1-car household is the captive audience in waiting at whatever stage of life but I’d focus on households with older kids, kids 16-18 that want to have a life, job, etc but can’t have one unless there’s 2+ vehicles. But what do I know about how the world works, I’m an urban elite
750 is my complete guess. Suspect it’s more.
Orléans has at least two private indoor pools so that kids can get basic swimming lessons. It is not cricket vs pools. It is extremely low taxes vs expanding / maintaining city facilities. #OttPoli
Time for some tolls #autowa!
Does this not seem familiar to you? I’ve been raising this issue since taking office. Halifax’s current peril is Ottawa’s future threat. Looks like it’s time to continue talking about Urban3.
Hello Ottawa suburbs. 👋
And council just keeps making the same bad decisions year over year because no one wants to be the one to tell their constituents that they need to start paying their fair share. They've been subsidized for so long the fair share is now fucking huge. Which of course it is, that's what scams are.
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On top of that, the city's underlying financial model is not sustainable. In theory the city provides services to residents and recoups the costs for those services through taxes. But in reality large parts of the city cost more money to service than they bring in, in taxes
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Yeah, cool, so a short 🧵 about Halifax's finances.
Right now, after 14 or so year of taxes Halifax is at the precipice of a debt crisis which has the genuine potential to be destabilizing to our government. Most likely reforms instead of revolution but destabilizing none the less.
Why now?
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Thinking about putting together a detailed station by station breakdown of what was planned, what was promised and what we got once the LRT hits completion and everything thaws/melts.
There's a sidewalk that you could maybe call a path parallel to the highway, but no, there's nothing new there...
Will the O-Train East Extension achieve substantial completion today?
“Microplastics and nanoplastics in urban air originate mainly from tire abrasion, research reveals.” #UrbanTruth
phys.org/news/2026-03...
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This type of place can be known by all kinds of names: café, coffee house, espresso bar, teahouse. Cafes are a great local amenity that can easily fit right into the fabric of a residential street.
✨Tomorrow at lunch✨
For those of you who are interested in attending the kickoff meeting of the Eastern Ottawa Urbanism Club, let me know and I will make sure you have the meeting link in your mailbox. theneworleans.ca/urbanism-club
Something you notice in the winter is that cyclists and pedestrians have to justify maintenance of their infrastructure in a way that drivers never do
This is just getting ridiculous
Graphic with same text as in the post
“I LOVE TRAFFIC said no one ever.”
“More people walking, cycling, and using public transit benefits everyone.”
Important #UrbanTruth, this time by @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social!
I think the report makes better argument for banning cars from the road entirely than it does for keeping RTOR.
"Drivers are speeding, aggressive, angry, distracted, and disobey traffic laws. If we try to stop them from running over people in this crosswalk, they'll just run them over in another!"
But here in Ottawa, whereas the original plan for the revitalized ByWard called for full pedestrianization of a key street, the “refreshed” plan will only see pedestrianization on key dates like Canada Day. We lack boldness, vision, and even commitment to follow through on the original plan.
Crosswalk on Gladstone in ottawa where snow hasn’t been cleared in weeks so you can’t actually cross even tho there’s a crosswalk and signal. Ffs. Pedestrians come last here.
“Hey kids! Stay in the crosswalk so drivers can be sure to see you!”
@tomflood.bsky.social
Ottawa's latest pedestrian fatality. We don't know the details. We know that this person has a family and community grieving a life cut short. We know that our city council and management have a road safety policy of accepting tragedy as inevitable. This tragedy is an outcome. Not an accident.
Keeping property taxes low is probably one of the least effective ways to make life more affordable for those who are most impacted by the high cost of living. The folks who benefit the most from low property tax increases are those with the most valuable properties.
I’d love to see what proportion of households who swim in City pools, or rent City community rooms, or register for City summer camps - are those with household incomes lower than the average household income. I’ll bet they skew lower. 6/
And the Mayor suggests he’s kept the increases on taxes AND fees low. Not necessarily so. In many ways, increases to fees for services or programs have increased disproportionately higher. The significant spike in the solid waste fee is a shell game to keep that increase off of property tax. 4/
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/
@transit.app I’ve been using the app for YEARS to commute, and set walking speed at my fast speed.
Tomorrow I’m taking the bus with my young kids, and was idly wondering how long it would take to get to the bus with them. I rediscovered that setting, so perfect!
Thanks, keep up the great work!
