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@ABetterOttawa
A Better Ottawa
2 years
Future people are disenfranchised. They can’t vote & lobby, so politicians have little incentive to think about them. Ottawa is set to grow by 500k by 2046, we need to consider them to create a flourishing city. More homes, active & public transpo, & a denser and greener city
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What was once a vibrant pedestrian street is now an inactive place for cars.
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Worldly Wednesday 🌏 Any 2-story rowhouse in Tokyo, the owner can operate a restaurant, boutique, or small workshop on the ground floor. That gives the city an incredible supply of potential unique microspaces that are affordable for entrepreneurs. Ottawa should legalize this.
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In many frigid cities like Oslo 🇳🇴, Helsinki 🇫🇮, & Sapporo 🇯🇵, municipalities have installed heated sidewalks to keep them free of ice & snow. In the long run, heated sidewalks are cheaper than clearing snow & ice, plus safer! Hospital visits for slip-&-fall accidents declined.
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This is a disgusting ad from the city of Ottawa. Instead of creating safer streets for all road users, the city chooses to vilify victims using horrific imagery. Creating safer streets is far more effective and will actually save lives. Sometimes this city is just embarrassing
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Slip lanes should not exist in cities. Slip lanes were created to solve one specific set of problems: vehicle speed and delay. Slip lanes are dangerous because they prioritize vehicle speed over the safety of everyone who needs to use the road. They should not exist in cities.
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A beg button is what you press to get a walk signal. It’s not always accessible and pressing it too late results in having to wait another cycle. Drivers don’t have to lean out of their window and push a button to get a green light at each intersection. So why do pedestrians?
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Stockholm 🇸🇪 adopted a new approach to snow clearing. It clears sidewalks & bike paths first, especially near bus stops & schools. Then local roads then highways. Why? 3X as many people are injured while walking in snowy conditions than driving.
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Slip lanes should not exist in cities. Slip lanes were created to solve one specific set of problems: vehicle speed and delay. Slip lanes are dangerous because they prioritize vehicle speed over the safety of everyone who needs to use the road. They should not exist in cities.
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People love to visit the Ottawa sign on York street in the ByWard Market. Unfortunately, most of the space is basically a surface parking lot. Even though there are 3k parking spots in garages around. This should be a plaza filled with patios, events, trees, benches, and more.
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York street, in the ByWard Market, is basically a surface parking lot with cars rolling through a prime location. Even though there are 3k parking spots in garages around. This should be a plaza filled with patios, events, trees, benches, and more. A place built for people.
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People love to visit the Ottawa sign on York street in the ByWard Market. Unfortunately, most of the space is basically a surface parking lot. Even though there are 3k parking spots in garages around. This should be a plaza filled with patios, events, trees, benches, and more.
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@ABetterOttawa
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Chicanes like the one here on Cambridge Street in Ottawa: • forces drivers to maneuver slowly • allows for additional vegetation along roadways • improves safety for all road users • decreases noise pollution Traffic calming measures help create liveable places.
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@ABetterOttawa
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With yesterday’s snowfall in Ottawa, you may have noticed “sneckdown” tracks. The tracks show how streets are actually used, often that cars receive too much space. Winter provides a unique opportunity to reimagine street space.
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Does this look like a pedestrian priority zone at Lansdowne?
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@_MarkSutcliffe The best way to respect Ottawa’s farmers is by halting sprawl into Ottawa’s rural areas. The city should make it much easier to build in existing neighbourhoods instead of allowing more prime farmland, wetlands, and forests to be paved over. We need good zoning reform.
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@ABetterOttawa
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Friends and families love to spend time in the ByWard Market for its shops, restaurants, cafes, & vibrant public spaces. However, cars dominate the market, making walking around often unpleasant and unsafe! Just today a driver drove into La Bottega. Pedestrianize ByWard Market!
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For a city that regularly experiences freezing rain and cold temperatures, why would the city of Ottawa decide to have so many open air LRT stations?
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Looks like the City of Ottawa painted over the temporary asphalt patch on the pedestrian section of Nicholas street.
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What happens when the City of Ottawa allows shops in neighbourhoods? Amazing and unique experiences like the Merry Dairy. Unfortunately, Ottawa makes it illegal, through zoning, to have commercial buildings in much of the city’s neighbourhoods. Ottawa needs zoning reform.
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York street is basically a surface parking lot with cars rolling through in a prime spot in the Byward Market. This should be a plaza or market square filled with patios, events, trees, benches, etc. A place built for people, not parked cars.
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Ottawa is experiencing a climate and housing crisis, yet… Ottawa's planning committee voted to delay 81 townhomes & three storey walk-ups, 30% of which would be affordable housing, because some councillors wanted more parking spots. The development is near the LRT expansion.
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“The City of Montreal plans to expand its growing network of bike paths by adding 200 kilometres of secured lanes over the next five years…In the last year, the number of bike trips has increased by 20 per cent in Montreal.”
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Ottawa’s population is projected to grow to 1.5 million by 2046. To avoid more car-centric design, let’s get ahead by opening zoning to allow for the densification of the city, build cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, expanding the LRT, and building mixed use neighbourhoods.
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Beautiful things happen when streets are open to people - Ottawa Chinatown Night Market.
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Ottawa’s LRT is really a commuter rail system. It’s meant to reduce highway commuters, not increase mobility in the city. This has led to many of Ottawa’s neighbourhoods be under-serviced. We need a complementary streetcar system - Bank, Wellington, Carling, Montreal, etc.
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Stockholm 🇸🇪 adopted a new approach to snow clearing. It clears sidewalks & bike paths first, especially near bus stops & schools. Then local roads then highways. Why? 3X as many people are injured while walking in snowy conditions than driving.
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What happens when the City of Ottawa allows shops in neighbourhoods? Amazing and unique experiences like Union Street Cafe. Unfortunately, Ottawa makes it illegal, through zoning, to have commercial buildings in much of the city’s neighbourhoods. Ottawa needs zoning reform.
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If stairs around Ottawa received as much attention and salt as our parking meters they could remain open in the winter.
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People love to visit the Ottawa sign on York street in the ByWard Market. Unfortunately, most of the space is basically a surface parking lot. Even though there are 3k parking spots in garages around. This should be a plaza filled with patios, events, trees, benches, and more.
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York street (by the Ottawa sign) should be a plaza. The last picture is in the Netherlands, what used to be surface parking is now a plaza for people - patios, events, music. There are 3k parking spots in the Market, and over 8k in the area. Let’s reclaim space for people.
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Allowing mixed-use buildings to be built in residential neighbourhoods leads to unique businesses and opens space for people to gather. It also encourages more people to walk and cycle, meaning less traffic and parking problems. Ottawa needs to legalize this across the city.
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Car-dependency is the concept that a city layout causes cars to be favoured over alternate forms of transportation. Let’s take a look at car-dependency in Ottawa, how it impact a household’s pocketbooks, Ottawa’s finances, and the environment. A short 🧵 (1/10)
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🇨🇦 cities are changing. Montreal - investing in hundreds of additional kms of cycling infrastructure & bus only lanes, plus pedestrianizing old Montreal. Toronto - finally legalized multiplex housing. Vancouver - pedestrianizing historic Gastown. What will Ottawa do?
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Mayors across 🇨🇦 are tackling real issues like housing affordability & improving pedestrian areas. Ottawa’s mayor is attempting to strong-arm the NCC in opening the QED to cars, though most streets don’t have cars zipping through them constantly. Mark needs better priorities.
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New data shows that very few cyclists and pedestrians are using Queen Elizabeth Driveway when it's closed to cars. Watch this video as a great example. When I recorded it yesterday afternoon, not a single pedestrian or cyclist passed me for the entire two and a half minutes.
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Trainyards is a car-centric shopping complex on 110 acres, most is parking lots, close to 3LRT stations & ViaRail, + is 5km from parliament. Wasted opportunity to build a mixed-use dense neighbourhood instead of parking lots @cmckenney @ottawacity @laura_shantz @AltaVistaWard18
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@ABetterOttawa
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Paris before and after. Which is a better use of a city’s waterfront? Ottawa can change. Video via @EmmanuelSPV
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Traffic lights are back on the Wellington and O’Connor intersection by Parliament Hill. A massive step backwards for Ottawa. This space could be the gateway to Canada’s democratic institution, a people’s plaza with trees. Instead it will return to noisy and polluting traffic.
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In Ottawa, someone who owns a car has access to a multitude more jobs than someone who doesn’t. Owning a car shouldn’t be a job requirement. Better public transportation = better job opportunities. Plus the financial savings of not needing a car - which averages $16k annually!
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In many frigid cities like Oslo 🇳🇴, Helsinki 🇫🇮, & Sapporo 🇯🇵, municipalities have installed heated sidewalks to keep them free of ice & snow. In the long run, heated sidewalks are cheaper than clearing snow & ice, plus safer! Hospital visits for slip-&-fall accidents declined.
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It’s okay to subsidize the things we value. We subsidize car infrastructure with little opposition or headlines. While public transit is often heavily scrutinized. Car infrastructure isn’t completely paid by drivers. There are no usage fees, though there are for public transit.
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Much of Ottawa’s waterfront is dedicated to wide roads for cars, with some areas having a small space for a shared pedestrian/cycling path & grass/trees. But imagine if this land was transformed from space for cars to space for people -parkland, paths, homes, shops (last 3 pics)
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3rd places are important, but what are they? Pedestrian streets, plazas, parks, libraries, and other places that cultivate organic interactions between people. Third places are those that aren’t home (1st place) or workplace (2nd place). What makes them important? (1/4)
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@PringleJosh Why would the city not incorporate designs that would permit winter use? People do not stop walking, rolling, or cycling in the winter. Yet, moves like this will deter people from doing so. Ottawa must embrace its winters.
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Ottawa sacrifices much of its waterfront to car-centric roads. Getting rid of the cars & replacing them with parks, cycling lanes, pedestrian paths, public amenities, & cafes/patios would make them places for people. Cities are reclaiming their waterfronts - Paris & Düsseldorf
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Beautiful things happen when we close our streets to cars and open them for people. Happy pride Ottawa! #CapitalPride #ottawapride
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Did you know Ottawa used to have streetcars? From 1891 till 1959 when it was ripped out in favour of car-centric sprawl. Ottawa’s current LRT is set to expand, but as the core densifies a streetcar system, separated from traffic, could be the answer for better urban mobility.
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Sparks Street’s public water bottle filling fountains play an important part in water access. Ottawa needs more public amenities like water fountains and public washrooms.
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Amsterdam 🇳🇱: rains 189 days, yet people walk & cycle daily. Sapporo 🇯🇵: snows 485cm, 200cm more than Ottawa, yet Sapporo has a reliable & sprawling public transpo system. Oulu 🇫🇮: temps below Ottawa, yet people cycle year round. People adapt, but our built environment helps!
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Ottawa used to have a sprawling streetcar system that serviced its urban core. The LRT mainly brings in folks from suburbia, which gets cars off the road. But, Ottawa’s urban core is under-serviced. Let’s build separated lanes for streetcars for Ottawa’s urban core - 15 min city
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Canada needs an additional 3.5M housing units by 2030 to restore affordability. What type of housing should that be? Single-detached housing through urban sprawl is environmentally degrading & fiscally irresponsible. Ottawa’s zoning needs to allow more ‘missing middle’ housing.
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Train Yards is one of the most underutilized places in Ottawa. The majority of the land is surface parking that never even gets close to filing up. Developing Train Yards into a mix of housing and commercial would be more economically productive, vibrant, and enjoyable.
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Ottawa doesn’t have to look far to see good place making. This block on Rue Laval in Gatineau, with bars & restaurants, is closed to cars. It added plants, patios, lights, & more - creating an inviting space for people to enjoy. Lots of spots in Ottawa would benefit from this.
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Traditional mixed-use and walkable neighbourhoods built a century ago, like Hintonburg & Glebe, are among the most popular spots of Ottawa. Yet, if they had to comply with modern land-use regulations they would be illegal to build. Time to reform these broken regulations.
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Ottawa retrofitted a freight bridge into an active transpo commuting & recreation route connecting Gatineau-Ottawa. However, the city announced it will be closed for winter. People don’t stop walking or cycling in the winter. Yet, moves like this will deter people from doing so
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@_MarkSutcliffe So for a higher price the city gets less housing? “…Lansdowne 2.0 proposal, including dropping the number of highrise towers from 3 to 2, removing the green roof from the proposed new arena & hiking the cost of the project by $86 million to $419 million”
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Ottawa’s Vacant Unit Tax attempts to reduce vacant housing in the city. But what about the housing units that could exist if land use was more efficient? Underutilized spaces (i.e. downtown surface parking lots) aren’t incentivized for redevelopment in the current tax system.
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Ottawa doesn’t have to look far to see good place making. This block on Rue Laval in Gatineau, with bars & restaurants, is closed to cars. It added plants, patios, lights, & more - creating an inviting space for people to enjoy. Lots of spots in Ottawa would benefit from this.
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Vancouver & Montreal are pushing ahead with pedestrianizing parts of their historical downtowns. They recognize the benefits: improving public health, creating vibrant & enjoyable spaces, plus the economic potential. 🇨🇦 cities are pressing ahead. What will Ottawa do?
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York street in the Byward Market in Ottawa has a beautiful view of parliament, is surrounded by shops & patios, but it is unfortunately prioritized for cars. There are thousands of parking spots in parking garages around the market, this prime location should be for people.
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Some worry that bike lanes impede on emergency vehicle response time. The opposite is true. Response time for firefighters in Paris 🇫🇷 improved. Emergency vehicles used bike lanes and cyclists got out of the way faster than cars. Video - @CommuteDeParis
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Many streets in Ottawa are treated as mini-highways rather than the public spaces they could be. These wide streets are loud, polluting, & dangerous, plus expensive to maintain! Especially when they never see max usage. Imagine instead wider sidewalks, trees, benches, & more!
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In Ottawa, someone who owns a car has access to a multitude more jobs than someone who doesn’t. Owning a car shouldn’t be a job requirement. Better public transportation = better job opportunities. Plus the financial savings of not needing a car - which averages $16k annually!
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There are thousands of parking spots in garages around the market, street parking isn’t an efficient use of space. This parking garage goes underused causing streets to be filled with parked cars Wider sidewalks, patios, cycling lanes, & trees should replace street parking
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While roads are decently cleared, sidewalks and bus stops are a different story. While many can step over or through these mounds of snow, many others can’t. Ottawa should strive to make its infrastructure as accessible as possible.
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Ottawa was a small compact city that was walkable & had a streetcar system. What happened? Ottawa tore up its streetcar system in favour for cars, buildings destroyed for parking lots & non-finished projects, plus restrictive zoning made it easier to sprawl than densify.
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Amsterdam 🇳🇱: rains 189 days, yet people walk & cycle daily. Sapporo 🇯🇵: snows 485cm, 200cm more than Ottawa, yet Sapporo has a reliable & sprawling public transpo system. Oulu 🇫🇮: temps below Ottawa, yet people cycle year round. People adapt, but our built environment helps!
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People love the tulip festival! The tulip festival attracts almost half a million visitors and produces an estimated $40 million in economic impact for Ottawa! Unfortunately, the city’s contribution to the tulip festival was cut down to $50k this year, and will be $0 next year.
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With the recent snowfalls in Ottawa, you may have noticed “sneckdown” tracks ⬇️ The tracks show how streets are actually used - cars often receive too much space. Winter provides a unique opportunity to reimagine street space.
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Ottawa has decided that none of the areas near its transit need to be upzoned for more housing. The city believes its bare minimum effort meets Ontario’s Bill 23 requirements. In today’s housing crisis Ottawa needs to legalize even more housing options, especially near transit.
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This was formerly an office building, now it’s being turned into a mixed-use apartment complex. 153 rental units & 3,864 square feet of commercial space. Located downtown Ottawa, steps away from LRT, cycling lanes, the Ottawa river, & urban parks. Great to see!
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Ottawa’s transportation options are not balanced: • taking the bus can take double or triple the amount of time than driving • cycling often means having to share the road with cars • lack of sidewalks forces pedestrians on roads Choice requires enabling infrastructure.
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“The NCC says it’s on track to seal a long-term agreement with the Ottawa Senators later this year for a new NHL arena at LeBreton Flats…as part of a mixed-use development at a six-acre plot of land on Albert Street between…”
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Allowing cars on a street doesn’t make it vibrant. Enabling a street to be a place for people does, just look at William street in ByWard Market. Wellington street, in front of parliament, could be a pedestrian plaza with trees, have cycling lanes, and a Gatineau-Ottawa tramway
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⬅️ a perfectly cleared street and a slippery sidewalk ➡️ Unfortunately it’s all too common for Ottawa’s sidewalks to be somewhat of an afterthought when it snows.
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Imagine how many unique shops and experiences would open across Ottawa if the city legalized small retail spaces in our neighbourhoods. Zoning, minimum square footage, lot sizes, and strict setbacks stop entrepreneurs who can’t afford larger spaces from starting new businesses.
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No one says, “I’m visiting ___ for their wide lanes & abundance in parking.” People visit a city for its architecture, cuisine, entertainment, & vibrancy. A city that invests in itself improves the quality of life of its residents and attracts visitors. Ottawa can be that city.
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“Why would you have your most iconic street, in front of your most important civic buildings in the nation, be a commuter rat run for people scurrying from one side of town to the other?”
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Ottawa’s downtown can be more than office buildings & barren streets that cater to 9-5 commuters. It can be a vibrant community with mixed-use buildings and people-focused streets. The nature of work has changed, so should our city. We just need the leadership to make it happen
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Chicanes like the one here on Cambridge Street in Ottawa: • forces drivers to maneuver slowly • allows for additional vegetation along roadways • improves safety for all road users • decreases noise pollution Traffic calming measures help create liveable places.
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Opening up Wellington Street, in front of parliament, to cars was a mistake. This space could be so much more than bumper-to-bumper traffic. It could’ve been a public plaza as a gateway to the parliament buildings. It is faster to walk this stretch than drive.
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One thing that’s missing on a lot of Ottawa’s walkable mixed-use streets is shade. On a hot sunny day, shade is essential to stay cool while out for a walk, cycling, or waiting for the bus. Shade from tall buildings & trees can make all the difference.
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Orleans, Barrhaven, & Kanata are some of Ottawa’s largest suburbs outside the greenbelt. While they offer a lot of homes, they are car-dependent neighbourhoods, have costly infrastructure needs. It’s difficult to conveniently walk, cycle, or use public transit to go anywhere.
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One thing that’s missing on a lot of Ottawa’s walkable mixed-use streets is shade. On a hot sunny day, shade is essential to stay cool while out for a walk, cycling, or waiting for the bus. Shade from tall buildings and trees can make all the difference.
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“Following the news that Montreal is making 11 of its streets car-free this summer, an Ottawa city councillor has shown interest at bringing the idea to this region.”
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What should be the future of Wellington street in front of parliament? Revert the street back to cars and traffic or open it up to people, more trees, public spaces, and public transit? Could the Gatineau tramway that would extend onto Ottawa’s Wellington street be the answer?
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When looking up ways to get around in Ottawa, most travel options look like this ⬇️ A 7 minute drive would mean a 26 minute public transit commute. It’s almost as fast to walk! Ottawa’s transpo options are not balanced. Choice requires enabling infrastructure and investments.
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Chicanes like the one here on Cambridge Street in Ottawa: • forces drivers to maneuver slowly • allows for additional vegetation along roadways • improves safety for all road users • decreases noise pollution Traffic calming measures help create liveable places.
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Beautiful things happen when streets are open to people - Ottawa Chinatown Night Market.
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A Better Ottawa
9 months
People don’t stop walking in the winter. Yet the way that Ottawa prioritizes its infrastructure in winter does make it seem so. In amenity & service dense areas of the city (Sandy Hill, Westboro, etc.) only 30% get around by car. Ottawa needs to prioritize pedestrians as well.
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A Better Ottawa
5 months
This used to be a single detached house in Sandy Hill, it will soon be a 10 unit apartment with 3-4 bedrooms in each unit. That means more people able to live in an amenity & service dense neighbourhood close to uOttawa, shops, canal, LRT, etc. Ottawa needs more infill.
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A Better Ottawa
1 year
Ottawa was a small compact city that was walkable & had a streetcar system. What happened? Ottawa tore up its streetcar system in favour for cars, buildings destroyed for parking lots & non-finished projects, plus restrictive zoning made it easier to sprawl than densify. (1/4)
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A Better Ottawa
1 year
@ctvottawa The best way to attract more people to use public transit is by improving its reliability and convenience.
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A Better Ottawa
2 years
Ottawa’s sidewalks in the winter tend to be in rough shape. In amenity-dense areas (Sandy Hill, Centretown, etc.) only 35% get around by car. The majority choose public transit, cycling, or walking. The prioritization of snow clearing makes it difficult for 65% to get around.
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A Better Ottawa
11 months
It’s a cool November evening yet the ByWard Market is bustling with friends and families enjoying its diverse shops, restaurants, cafes, and vibrant public spaces. Ottawa needs more places that are for spending time in, rather than simply passing through.
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A Better Ottawa
2 years
This is a map showing all high-speed rail connections to and from Ottawa.
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A Better Ottawa
4 months
People love to visit the Ottawa sign on York street in the ByWard Market ⬅️ Unfortunately, most of this space is basically a parking lot. Even though there are 3k parking spots in garages around, that never fill up ➡️ ⬅️ should be a plaza with patios, trees, benches, and more.
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A Better Ottawa
6 months
This is a map showing all high-speed rail connections to and from Ottawa.
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A Better Ottawa
9 months
Ottawa’s transportation options are not balanced: • taking the bus can take double or triple the amount of time than driving • cycling often means having to share the road with cars • lack of sidewalks forces pedestrians on roads Choice requires enabling infrastructure.
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A Better Ottawa
2 years
People live in Ottawa’s urban core. It’s not just a place for commuters to flow in and out of for work. People can choose to live in the suburbs & be car-dependent, but they can’t demand that people living in Ottawa’s core sacrifice safety & wellbeing for their car convenience
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Anthony Salloum (He/Him)
2 years
This is an example of how urban residents don't understand the challenge of suburban commuters. Kent is the only access point for many. We need to filter through the city expeditiously, otherwise Kent residents will complain about idling and exhaust. #Ottawa @ottawacity
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