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Pyke

@pykey.bsky.social

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Ottawa resident for the past few decades. I'm passionate about biking, the outdoors, municipal politics and urban places for people. I'm also a nurse and believe in science and vaccines. Oh and I love local beer on a fun patio. 🏳️‍🌈

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 4h

It's an interesting issue. Even if staff won't say designs are unsafe, they often are and it's obvious.

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

Exactly this. Kids should feel safe moving about the communities they live in.

Real people live all over Centretown yet the city is often willing to provide them less safety and mobility than suburbanites. Just so those same suburbanites can shave 3 mins off their commute. We're 2nd class citizens

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

I once met a few construction workers as we were all waiting for a bus that never showed

They worked in the tunnel and said it was shocking how many leaks there are and that the work was rushed and cheaply done.

Imagine the cost to rebuild/fix when RTM hands this back after 30 yrs

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking of @toondreessen.bsky.social as I pass his favourite water stain in Rideau Centre. I am trying to remember if that wall was once tiled.

They were handwashing with sponge and squeegee the tiles at the platform level.

Grimmy white painted wall becomes muddy or maybe moldy as it curves to the baseboard above a tiled floor. Rideau station mall elevator at kiosk level October 7 2025

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

There's only one taxpayer no matter what level of government.

Stop wasting our money!

Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

People forget there's only one taxpayer

No matter what level of government the money comes from, it's a boondoggle we still have to pay for

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

FFS. More people need to understand the hateful policies of this company and its owner's

Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

I'd never bike on Bronson, not even the short stretch in this plan. It even feels unsafe walking there.

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

Sutcliffe's a liar. I've stopped believing anything he says

Also, his lack of action this winter after a neighbour died frozen on the street was disgusting. He posted a skating video of him and his wife the next morning. That's the moment I decided he was slime.

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 1d

After the LRT Inquiry, the mayor when elected, promised transparency to the Transit file. Bypassing the Transit Committee is transparent? #ottpoli
Negotiations to upload O-Train to Metrolinx must be ‘good deal for Ottawa,’ mayor says

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Negotiations to upload O-Train to Metrolinx must be ‘good deal for Ottawa,’ mayor says

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says negotiations to upload the light-rail transit system to the Ontario government must end in a “good deal for Ottawa,” with the city maintaining control over scheduling and hir...

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

Imagine! I doubt @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social has been on a bus very often, let alone listening to feedback and tacking hard issues with random people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

It is such a fantastic place!

One hope for the future though. Can we please find a way to make it accessible without a car? I've tried biking and walking there and both are dangerous and unpleasant.

Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 22h

This looks fascinating. Is there a way to find out more about it?

Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 23h

I thought about the bag option 😀

It'd just be nice to bike to the train, head to Montreal and then bike there on my own bike.

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 23h

My councillor will vote no. It's all the apparently clueless suburban councillors I worry about.

More cost, smaller stadiums, less greenspace, no roof etc. All because a perfectly safe and adequate facility hasn't been properly maintained or upgraded by the city.

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 1d

OSEg can fuck off with there stupid ads.

@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social no one wants our money wasted on a handout to OSEG!! Cancel Landsdowne 2.0 now

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 1d

I agree. I hope you've thanked Councillor Troster for all the hard work she did to make this happen.

I assume you'd never purposely co-op someone else's effort and pretend it was your own so I'm sure that this was just your attempt to thank her

Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 1d

I never really liked the Santa costumes tbh

Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 2d

That's awful 😞 I'm sorry someone did this to you

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Paul 🇨🇦 🚵 @paul-pothier.bsky.social · 2d

Outstanding!

open.substack.com/pub/cityofot...

Lansdowne 2.0: The Opportunity Costs We'll Feel Every Day

Or: How we've been told to stop worrying, close our eyes, and just say "Yes"

open.substack.com

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 3d

Today, Vancouver is well on its way to having a complete citywide AAA network. When asked whether or not the fight was worth it, Robertson is confident he’s on the right side of history: “The media overinflated how controversial it was. Change is always challenging, but it’s the right thing to do.”🔚

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles on protected cycling infrastructure on the streets of Downtown Vancouver.

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 2d

Can you take a folding bike on Via? I'm always so confused about their rules

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Free Transit Ottawa 🇨🇦 @freetransitottawa.bsky.social · 2d

Free coffee is nice and all, but let's get serious: proper dedicated bus lanes on Bank St could bring three times more people per hour to the area than mixed traffic does. Street parking will never provide these kinds of benefits for local shops.

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Glebe BIA brews up innovative way of increasing foot traffic to area businesses

Lucky coffee lovers may get their morning cup for free this month as the Glebe BIA covers the cost as a way to promote local cafés.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 4d

Ok, then there's no Alberta oil or Saskatchewan potash, it's Canada's oil and Canada's potash.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal | CBC News

Sask. Premier Scott Moe repeated his support for the proposed pipeline between Alberta and the northern B.C. coast earlier this week by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 2d

I live on a street with the same sign at a corner. There are 8 holes in the concrete from the number of times it's been run over in the past few years.