Pat Bickerton
@pbickerton.bsky.social
I like hobbies, data, and hobbies that involve data.
Opinions are my own.
https://github.com/bickertonpa
Opinions are my own.
https://github.com/bickertonpa
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If your transit fare is so expensive that you need multiple different carve-outs for disadvantaged groups, maybe reconsider the price of your basic fare.
Transit shouldn't be a service of last resort, it should be the primary mode for everyone, and it should be priced to achieve that goal.
Transit shouldn't be a service of last resort, it should be the primary mode for everyone, and it should be priced to achieve that goal.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If your transit fare is so expensive that you need multiple different carve-outs for disadvantaged groups, maybe reconsider the price of your basic fare.
Transit shouldn't be a service of last resort, it should be the primary mode for everyone, and it should be priced to achieve that goal.
Transit shouldn't be a service of last resort, it should be the primary mode for everyone, and it should be priced to achieve that goal.
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A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world.
Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars.
An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars.
An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world.
Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars.
An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars.
An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
Do we think there is enough off-peak ridership to justify a return to 5-min headways on L1? 1130 train getting busier and busier as it approaches the core. Standing room only now.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Do we think there is enough off-peak ridership to justify a return to 5-min headways on L1? 1130 train getting busier and busier as it approaches the core. Standing room only now.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
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🚨No loss of life or serious injury on our roads is acceptable.
📣 We want those who govern our transportation systems to fully embrace Vision Zero
👇Join the Vision Zero Ottawa project!
📅 December 2nd 6:30-8:30pm
For details on Day Zero of Vision Zero
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/day-zero-of-...
📣 We want those who govern our transportation systems to fully embrace Vision Zero
👇Join the Vision Zero Ottawa project!
📅 December 2nd 6:30-8:30pm
For details on Day Zero of Vision Zero
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/day-zero-of-...
Day Zero of Vision Zero Ottawa
We are reaching out to ask for your support in starting a Vision Zero Team for Ottawa. This will be our Day Zero—the first step toward building a safer city for everyone. What is Vision Zero?Vision…
schoolstreetsottawa.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨No loss of life or serious injury on our roads is acceptable.
📣 We want those who govern our transportation systems to fully embrace Vision Zero
👇Join the Vision Zero Ottawa project!
📅 December 2nd 6:30-8:30pm
For details on Day Zero of Vision Zero
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/day-zero-of-...
📣 We want those who govern our transportation systems to fully embrace Vision Zero
👇Join the Vision Zero Ottawa project!
📅 December 2nd 6:30-8:30pm
For details on Day Zero of Vision Zero
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/day-zero-of-...
Over the last 30 yrs, #OttCity has seen inner greenbelt neighbourhoods move the suburbs. Probably for more affordable housing. As Ottawa considers changes to its zoning bylaw, we should be increasing densities and housing options in these struggling areas.
Inspired by: bsky.app/profile/alex...
Inspired by: bsky.app/profile/alex...
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Over the last 30 yrs, #OttCity has seen inner greenbelt neighbourhoods move the suburbs. Probably for more affordable housing. As Ottawa considers changes to its zoning bylaw, we should be increasing densities and housing options in these struggling areas.
Inspired by: bsky.app/profile/alex...
Inspired by: bsky.app/profile/alex...
Critics of speed cameras challenge the claim that compliance lowers accidents and injuries
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Critics of speed cameras challenge the claim that compliance lowers accidents and injuries
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
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I've filtered Ottawa's traffic collision data to show only collisions with injuries for each year, and then added the speed camera locations present in those years.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I've filtered Ottawa's traffic collision data to show only collisions with injuries for each year, and then added the speed camera locations present in those years.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
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There are two speed cameras on Walkley Rd between Bank and St Laurent that were installed in 2024. In 2022 that stretch of Walkley had 34 collisions with injuries. In 2024, after the cameras were turned on, there were just 4 collisions with injuries. Speed cameras work.
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There are two speed cameras on Walkley Rd between Bank and St Laurent that were installed in 2024. In 2022 that stretch of Walkley had 34 collisions with injuries. In 2024, after the cameras were turned on, there were just 4 collisions with injuries. Speed cameras work.
Rip speed cameras 🪦
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Rip speed cameras 🪦
#OttCity keeps trying the same thing over and over expecting a different result.
We're asking upper levels of government to cover an additional $47-million for transit. We've tried this before. It's never happened, leading to funding shortfalls.
What makes us think it will be different this time?
We're asking upper levels of government to cover an additional $47-million for transit. We've tried this before. It's never happened, leading to funding shortfalls.
What makes us think it will be different this time?
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#OttCity keeps trying the same thing over and over expecting a different result.
We're asking upper levels of government to cover an additional $47-million for transit. We've tried this before. It's never happened, leading to funding shortfalls.
What makes us think it will be different this time?
We're asking upper levels of government to cover an additional $47-million for transit. We've tried this before. It's never happened, leading to funding shortfalls.
What makes us think it will be different this time?
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As the Germans wisely said. "We don't have charities, because the need for charity is a failure of the obligations of a good government."
Thank you Mayor.
I would encourage you to share this donation link with friends and family. Every penny counts! Our crumbling infrastructure won't pay for itself.
ottawa.ca/en/forms/cit...
I would encourage you to share this donation link with friends and family. Every penny counts! Our crumbling infrastructure won't pay for itself.
ottawa.ca/en/forms/cit...
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
As the Germans wisely said. "We don't have charities, because the need for charity is a failure of the obligations of a good government."
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Ottawa's 2026 Draft Budget has $92.8M allocated for road resurfacing and rehabilitation - a drop in the bucket when we have a $2.3-billion backlog in resurfacing.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Ottawa's 2026 Draft Budget has $92.8M allocated for road resurfacing and rehabilitation - a drop in the bucket when we have a $2.3-billion backlog in resurfacing.
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City of Ottawa is so broke we are literally asking for public donations to fund our infrastructure and debt servicing.
No joke
ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
No joke
ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
City of Ottawa is so broke we are literally asking for public donations to fund our infrastructure and debt servicing.
No joke
ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
No joke
ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
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🚨 @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social - we expect you to stand up to Doug Ford and fight for our Speed Safety Cameras
🧑🧑🧒🧒Our kids and families deserve safe school zones - ASE cameras work! Speed humps and roundabouts won’t fit on arterials
📝Sign our petition today
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...
🧑🧑🧒🧒Our kids and families deserve safe school zones - ASE cameras work! Speed humps and roundabouts won’t fit on arterials
📝Sign our petition today
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🚨 @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social - we expect you to stand up to Doug Ford and fight for our Speed Safety Cameras
🧑🧑🧒🧒Our kids and families deserve safe school zones - ASE cameras work! Speed humps and roundabouts won’t fit on arterials
📝Sign our petition today
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...
🧑🧑🧒🧒Our kids and families deserve safe school zones - ASE cameras work! Speed humps and roundabouts won’t fit on arterials
📝Sign our petition today
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...
One of the strategic failures of #OttCity Road Safety Action Plan is the lack of communications about where speed camera revenues are spent.
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
One of the strategic failures of #OttCity Road Safety Action Plan is the lack of communications about where speed camera revenues are spent.
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
I got the list via #ATIP. Here are some projects that were only made possible because of these revenues. Full data at tinyurl.com/4brrmh9j
#Rideau-Jock
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Ontario property assessments haven't been done since 2016 and it's getting ridiculous. Suburban homes are paying much lower property taxes than they should be.
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Ontario property assessments haven't been done since 2016 and it's getting ridiculous. Suburban homes are paying much lower property taxes than they should be.
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
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It was a joy to join @strongtownsottawa.ca for this month’s Urbanism Book Club and to honour @derricksimpson.bsky.social for his 2025 Eco Award for Active & Accessible Champion.
Congratulations, Derrick, and keep up the excellent work!
#Ottawa #EcoAward #Community #Environment
Congratulations, Derrick, and keep up the excellent work!
#Ottawa #EcoAward #Community #Environment
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It was a joy to join @strongtownsottawa.ca for this month’s Urbanism Book Club and to honour @derricksimpson.bsky.social for his 2025 Eco Award for Active & Accessible Champion.
Congratulations, Derrick, and keep up the excellent work!
#Ottawa #EcoAward #Community #Environment
Congratulations, Derrick, and keep up the excellent work!
#Ottawa #EcoAward #Community #Environment
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Walkable city baseball edition:
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Walkable city baseball edition:
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
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College Ward has a really good Councillor.
Why I'm voting against Lansdowne 2.0
youtu.be/qzpGjx4dBCk?...
youtu.be/qzpGjx4dBCk?...
Why I'm voting against Lansdowne 2 0
YouTube video by College Ward 8
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 AM
College Ward has a really good Councillor.
Municipal budgets are difficult to read, but they don't have to be!
I think most people want to know the basics; where does the money come from, and how do we spend it?
Here is my attempt to simplify #OttCity 2024 Operating Budget. Revenues on the left, expenses on the right. Simple.
#DoTheMath
I think most people want to know the basics; where does the money come from, and how do we spend it?
Here is my attempt to simplify #OttCity 2024 Operating Budget. Revenues on the left, expenses on the right. Simple.
#DoTheMath
October 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Municipal budgets are difficult to read, but they don't have to be!
I think most people want to know the basics; where does the money come from, and how do we spend it?
Here is my attempt to simplify #OttCity 2024 Operating Budget. Revenues on the left, expenses on the right. Simple.
#DoTheMath
I think most people want to know the basics; where does the money come from, and how do we spend it?
Here is my attempt to simplify #OttCity 2024 Operating Budget. Revenues on the left, expenses on the right. Simple.
#DoTheMath
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Hey Ontario! You've heard of the disastrous Ford bill to destroy tenant rights, but did you know that Omnibus Bill 60 would entirely wipe out the ability of cities to right-size their roads by reducing lanes _at all_, not even just for bike lanes?
#onpoli #OttBike #ontario #ottawa
#onpoli #OttBike #ontario #ottawa
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Why can't our have nice things?
It is probably because we stopped building our cities efficiently after WWII with the wide adoption of the family automobile.
Here is a great video from Halifax using 100 years of property tax data.
#OpenData #DoTheMath
It is probably because we stopped building our cities efficiently after WWII with the wide adoption of the family automobile.
Here is a great video from Halifax using 100 years of property tax data.
#OpenData #DoTheMath
Hey. Hi. Hello.
In this Halloween Special , I continue HFX By Bike's annual tradition of trying to genuinely scare you using nothing but spreadsheets and graphs.
This year it's all about the city's taxes and why it feels like Halifax can never get ahead.
youtu.be/l8kCed6o4Bc
In this Halloween Special , I continue HFX By Bike's annual tradition of trying to genuinely scare you using nothing but spreadsheets and graphs.
This year it's all about the city's taxes and why it feels like Halifax can never get ahead.
youtu.be/l8kCed6o4Bc
Built To Fail
YouTube video by HFX by Bike
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Why can't our have nice things?
It is probably because we stopped building our cities efficiently after WWII with the wide adoption of the family automobile.
Here is a great video from Halifax using 100 years of property tax data.
#OpenData #DoTheMath
It is probably because we stopped building our cities efficiently after WWII with the wide adoption of the family automobile.
Here is a great video from Halifax using 100 years of property tax data.
#OpenData #DoTheMath
Financially productive land isn't just found in downtown #OttCity.
Transit can act as a wealth accelerator and increases the productivity of nearby properties. Here
@strongtownsottawa.ca
shows how today's highest productive land still remains generally aligned with 1929 streetcar routes.
Transit can act as a wealth accelerator and increases the productivity of nearby properties. Here
@strongtownsottawa.ca
shows how today's highest productive land still remains generally aligned with 1929 streetcar routes.
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Financially productive land isn't just found in downtown #OttCity.
Transit can act as a wealth accelerator and increases the productivity of nearby properties. Here
@strongtownsottawa.ca
shows how today's highest productive land still remains generally aligned with 1929 streetcar routes.
Transit can act as a wealth accelerator and increases the productivity of nearby properties. Here
@strongtownsottawa.ca
shows how today's highest productive land still remains generally aligned with 1929 streetcar routes.