Bus lanes, not bid lanes.

No, that is not my understanding. The province would have to first introduce legislation or regulation that ban conversion of general traffic lanes to bid lanes. Currently that is not prohibited and permission is not required.

Other uses would need to first be prescribed by the Province. It is essentially a placeholder to prescribe other uses in the future. The current iteration of Bill 60 only prohibits bicycle lanes.

I hear you. I don't have a crystal ball, but the federal funding seems to be there (while weakened with the latest federal budget). I am personally optimistic the funding will be secured sooner rather than later.

... Construction will start as soon as funding is secured.

For Merivale, the environment assessment design process is just beginning in tandem with the Baseline-Merivale Secondary Plan.

For Baseline, there are some curbside bus lanes being added on approach to Greenbank - construction has started. A design for median bus lanes from Algonquin College to Data Centre Road has finished detailed design and staff are applying for federal funding...

Why do this instead of precast curbs with gaps for drainage?

ALTO has been pretty clear when visiting municipalities along the route that public consultation activities would spin up in 2026: "Alto plans to launch a comprehensive consultation process in 2026 with strategically planned and located public meeting opportunities."
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There are a lot of standards. To make it easier for you, the standard being updated is the "ramp style" sidewalk, which is SC13.

No, not publicly. The standards are available upon request by emailing [email protected]. If you email now you will likely receive the 2025 standards, so you will have to email again later for the 2026 standards OR ask to be subscribed for future updates.

I believe the standard should be updated as-of the 2026 specification/standard update if all goes well.

We heard positives and negatives about each style, and have now developed a design that is a hybrid between the two: a smaller dip than the "traditional" sidewalk combined with a smaller "ramp" taking up less of the overall sidewalk width. The hybrid will be the new go-to standard for sidewalks.

The City's standards for basic sidewalks have been relatively consistent since the 2015 City of Ottawa Accessibility Design Standards. Results from the recent consultation (where you got those slides from) revealed a real split between which sidewalk style people preferred.

Correct! And sometimes wider next to schools and other high traffic areas.

Do you have a shot of the suburbs? I imagine most of the newest suburbs are blue due to their higher density?

You can walk to the bus stops you just can't walk through the bus entrance, which is true for most fare paid bus loops. Leitrim gets service from Route 93 & 94. Bowesville doesn't currently get bus service but almost certainly will as Riverside South expands.

The sidewalks aren't being "redone", it is an entirely new sidewalk built as one of the first pedestrian projects from the new TMP. While we don't know exactly what happened, the situation appears to be a cruel irony.

Ottawa has something like that. Is this what you had in mind? youtu.be/Cf4kWI5L1v4?...