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Rob Attrell @robattrell.bsky.social · 6h

I’m at almost 2000 since end of May 2024 but I barely go anywhere, car or otherwise 🤣

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone sneers at people overpaying for cars, but Americans live in such car-centric places that many have no choice. And yes, prices of cars have skyrocketed. Instead of blaming individuals, we should be looking at providing alternatives. Mandatory car ownership is a tax.

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Rob Attrell @robattrell.bsky.social · 2d

My 5 and 7 year olds would love an age appropriate workshop where they build stuff.

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Rob Attrell @robattrell.bsky.social · 6d

It’s way WAY better than it was. But needless up down up down up down.

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Rob Attrell @robattrell.bsky.social · 6d

I watched this today and cried because this could have been Montreal Road.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 6d

Pledged to plant a million trees, but that’s not in the budget either.

As aspirational as the goal is, if it’s not in the budget it’s not there. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

@brenttoderian.bsky.social @toderianuw.bsky.social for the image

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Derrick Simpson @derricksimpson.bsky.social · 6d

The LRT being closed for maintenance on Panda Game weekend is such a confusing and poor decision.

Ottawa consistently forgets to think of the needs of students and transit riders when making decisions.

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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 8d

Don't listen to the rhetoric - most Canadians and even most conservatives support action to address climate change. We can and must do more better and faster.

Conservative Leaders are Failing to Respond to the Climate Concerns of their Base - Re.Climate

More conservatives support climate action than are opposed to it. So why isn’t anyone talking to them about it?

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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 8d

Next week we will have a special bike bus ride starting from this rally for better routes for our kids and everyone else. #OttBike please join us for the rally and ride to school. bikeottawa.ca/2025/10/01/r... 3/3

Rally for a safe cycling route on Gladstone

Guest post by concerned citizens of Dalhousie neighbourhood When: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 7:45 a.m. Where: Bronson and Christie Event: Join Bike Ottawa and neighbourhood cyclists on the mornin…

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The New Orleans @theneworleans.bsky.social · 10d

✨New Post✨ The city’s top-down approach to 15-minute neighbourhoods is too expensive. We can achieve the goal city-wide with a more fiscally prudent path: fixing our zoning to allow our communities to evolve organically. #LandUse #Zoning #OttPoli #Urbanism #StrongTowns

A Fiscally Prudent Path to True 15-Minute Neighbourhoods City-Wide - The New Orleans

To: Ottawa Zoning Bylaw TeamFrom: Rob Attrell, Engaged Urbanist and Suburban Resident I’m sending this letter via email to the zoning bylaw team. If you have feedback on the Zoning By-law process,…

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Pat Bickerton @pbickerton.bsky.social · 8d

Did you know the water pipes under Slater Street were installed in 1875!

Do you ever wonder how old Ottawa's water and wastewater infrastructure is? Come check out my map at bickertonpa.github.io/Ottawa-Water...

#OpenData #Ottawa

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The New Orleans @theneworleans.bsky.social · 8d

✨New Post✨ From our weekly "Pedal and Play" rides to a season-ending Kidical Mass event, we're showing what a more connected, family-friendly Orléans can look like—one bike ride at a time. 🚲 #Orléans #KidicalMass #Community

More Than a Bike Ride: Kidical Mass Capping Off a Year of Pedal and Play Success in Orléans - The New Orleans

On the morning of Saturday, September 27, 2025, the streets of Convent Glen North filled with the cheerful sound of laughter, bike bells, and even a handful of cow bells. This Orléans edition of the K...

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 9d

170 Slater, the collapsed parking garage being redeveloped into 538 residential units.

Community Benefits Charge (CBC): ~$600,000
Development Charges (DC): ~$13,000,000

Of those DCs, about $3-million goes exclusively towards suburban arterial roads. Those should be eliminated long before the CBCs.

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The New Orleans @theneworleans.bsky.social · 9d

Cargo bikes & e-bikes are the true car-lite machines for suburban life—hauling kids, groceries, and gear. Upgrade your tools! 🚲🛒👨

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Rob Attrell @robattrell.bsky.social · 9d

I am sure they will find a way to dissociate enough to conclude neither is true.

Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 9d

I look fwd to Councillor Brown agreeing that either (a) taxes need to go up significantly to provide adequate public services to rural areas or (b) agreeing that rural and far-flung suburban communities cannot be adequately serviced and voting to pull approval for Tewin www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This councillor says OC Transpo is failing his rural ward. Could private buses be the answer? | CBC News

Rural residents of Ottawa aren't adequately served by OC Transpo, and privatized transit may be the way to bridge the gap, according to Rideau-Jock Coun. David Brown.

www.cbc.ca

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Brigitte Pellerin @brigittepellerin.bsky.social · 9d

Behold: The dumbest idea of the decade. www.brigittepellerin.com/p/commuting-...

Commuting to Teams

This return to office nonsense is the dumbest idea of the decade.

www.brigittepellerin.com

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Convent Glen - Orléans Wood Community Association @cgow.bsky.social · 10d

✨New Post✨ Our October newsletter is out! Get ready for our 2nd Annual Pumpkin Alley, a workshop on extending your cycling season, our AGM, and more. Check out all the details and read new articles from the community.

October 2025 Newsletter - Convent Glen Orléans Wood

For October, check out our upcoming events, community news, featured photos taken by our residents, and so much more!

cgow.ca

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The New Orleans @theneworleans.bsky.social · 9d

✨New Post✨ The average bike probably isn't practical for daily life, but realistically that just mean you have the wrong bike. Most North American cyclists are riding a sports car or Jeep when they need a sedan or a minivan. theneworleans.ca/2025/10/02/y... 👩👧👦 #CargoBike #Suburbs #urbanism

Your Bike Can't Do That? You Might Have the Wrong Bike - The New Orleans

In case you didn’t hear, this week is the Week Without Driving. It’s the time of year advocates suggest thinking about your transportation choices and how you can reduce your reliance on driving…

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The New Orleans @theneworleans.bsky.social · 10d

✨New Post✨ The suburban dream sold us the 'freedom to drive,' but it came with a hidden contract: the obligation to own a car for everything. True freedom is about having choices—the choice to walk, bike, or live a full life without a car. #LessCar #Urbanism

The Suburban Dream and Its Hidden Contract: Trading True Freedom for the Freedom to Drive - The New Orleans

Lots of Ottawa residents just like us in the suburbs were sold a very specific dream, maybe even as early as when we were teenagers. Living in the suburbs meant owning a spacious home, having a lush,…

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Stephen @stephen.int42.org · 11d

People act like getting kids places without a car is Herculean. I biked three (one not mine) to the Kingfield Farmers Market, 95% on bikeways. No car seats, no stress, just laughs. The challenge isn’t moving kids, it’s redesigning cities to work for people instead of cars. #StreetsForPeople

View from the front of a cargo bike riding on a new two-way protected bikeway. Ahead, three children, all wearing helmets, ride bikes — one in a yellow sweatshirt, one in black, and one in a patterned dress. A pedestrian walks on the sidewalk to the left. Apartment buildings line one side of the street, and parked cars line the other. Trees and bright morning sunlight frame the neighborhood scene.

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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 12d

How about @stephanieplante.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social @lauradudas.bsky.social @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @jleiper.bsky.social 2/2

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Derrick Simpson @derricksimpson.bsky.social · 12d

Ahead of tonight’s Ottawa Urbanism Book Club, here’s my favourite quote from Strong Towns.

Meeting at 6:15 pm tonight at Sunnyside Public Library. All welcome, reading not required.

@strongtowns.org @strongtownsottawa.ca

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Eugenie Waters @eugeniewaters.bsky.social · 14d

I never met Darren Markland but I was very touched by his posts and his advocacy during Covid and beyond.
Today, I rode along the Ottawa River with my kids to attend @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social - which felt like a fitting tribute.

edmontonjournal.remembering.ca/obituary/dar...

Darren Markland Obituary | Edmonton Journal Remembering

View Darren Markland's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 205 tribute posts from the community.

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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 14d

Great turnout at today’s Kidical Mass ride in Orleans, Ottawa. Shows there’s an appetite for cycling outside the core.

#KidicalMassRide #Ottawa #Orleans
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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 14d

I was the sweeper for this morning's #KidicalMassOttawa bike ride. These two little ones did a super job.

So does this ASE Safety Camera. There are 3 elementary schools located on this stretch of 4 lane road. The camera helps keep kids safe NOW & collects funds for more permanent changes. 1/2

4 people are biking, an adult with purple jack, an adult with Orange safety vest, a young kid with pink helmet and blue handlebar streamers, and another youngester with purple helmet and pink skirt. They are riding in the street. A sign on the pole beside says municipal speed camera. The next sign says share the road.

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