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Dave Robertson

@davebikeski.bsky.social
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Livable, accessible cities. Oceans, lakes and forests. Owner Let's Go Cargo! Bike Rentals. Canadian sovereignty🚲❄️⛵⚓🛶🌳

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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#Ottawa mayoral candidates trying to entice voters with lower transit fares if elected: So, if a restaurant has a reputation for having bad food and/or you have to wait forever for your meal, would lower prices be the restaurant's secret to success?
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Every #cargobike on #Ottawa city streets or pathways makes this a better place to live. This one looks like it was being used by an @ncc-ccn.gc.ca contractor to service waste receptacles. Less noise and air pollution, happier employees, less car congestion, etc. ☺️🚲
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I think @en.ottawa.ca did a very nice job rehabilitating the Hintonburg Pumping Station.
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Contractors are experts at erecting buildings. Sign companies are experts at putting up signs. Neither are experts in #accessibility or urban mobility. 🛑 🚲🧑‍🦽🚶
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
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What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off
In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
#Cargobikes make that trip to Canadian Tire easy peasy. 50lb bag of sand, two bags of mulch, some other yard supplies. And the 90lb pup too. ☺️🚲🐶
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Done work? Where ya goin'? Don't you want to stick around and enjoy this for a bit longer?
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Maybe that 11pm fireworks ticked off enough people that we can finally transition to drones and music. That would be AMAZING! 🤞🤞
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
PSA for Drivers: you don't HAVE TO pass someone on a bike. We can also have this conversation at the next red light.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 05/07/2026
US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra welcomed Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich to his July 4 party in Ottawa tonight Lich is currently serving a house arrest sentence in relation to a criminal conviction over her role in the convoy's three-week occupation of Canada's capital city
Tamara Lich |*] @LichTamara

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It was an honour and a pleasure to attend the 4th of July American Independence Day celebrations at the Ambassador's residence in Ottawa. I had the opportunity to speak with Ambassador Hoekstra and thank him, the President, and the American people for their heartfelt support throughout the Freedom Convoy and ever since. @ChrisBarber1975

8:18 PM • Jul 4, 2026 • 8,516 Views
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Hey @toondreessen.bsky.social ! What do you think about the GG award in architecture awarded to the "Parkade of the Future"? raic.org/recognition/...
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Governor General's Medals in Architecture - RAIC | IRAC
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Reminder the city spent $28m; didn’t plan for winter; didn’t meet its own accessibility requirements; created guardrails that make it less safe; missed opp to create lookouts and views to promote an “instragammable” moment; it’s good, better than nothing, but is it good enough? bit.ly/41M0xKu
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Dreessen: William Commanda Bridge — Is 'good enough' really good enough?
What has been built is decent, nice even. But it falls short of excellence, revealing Ottawa's reluctance to invest in creativity.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is a wonderful article extolling how good it is to walk or cycle and how it makes you much more in touch with your surroundings than in a hermetically sealed car isolated from the world. HT @ppushbike.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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I’m driving less. I don’t want to see the world through a driver’s eyes any more
Before I began driving less, I had long had a melancholic sense that the city lifestyle I lived was cut off from the seasons and nature
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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 27/05/2026
🎉 🚲️ Bikes are back on VIA Rail!! 🚲️ 🎉 We love to see such a popular option brought back for travellers, though we're a bit disappointed that it took so long. Read more from VIA: media.viarail.ca/en/press-rel... 📸 Jeangagnon Wikimedia
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VIA RAIL REINTRODUCES ON BOARD BIKE SERVICES IN THE OTTAWA-QUÉBEC CORRIDOR | VIA Rail
MONTREAL, Wednesday, May 27, 2026 — VIA Rail Canada announced today the return of its on board bicycle service on trains between Ottawa and Québec City. As of today, cyclists can reserve a bike space…
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I agree that framing this conversation as "mobility" is important, because it should also be about "active mobility," as 🚶‍♀️🚲♿ is the feeder network for 🚌🚈. Transit users need safe sidewalks, intersections, and a connected network of mobility lanes to make public transit successful. #Ottawa
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
These signs. 🤦 Even after accessibility and safety upgrades at this intersection. I mean, they even contravene the HTA, which requires motorists to yield to pedestrians at unmarked crosswalks. I really hope there is a culture shift after the next municipal election wrt improving🚶‍♀️♿🚲 mobility.🤞🤞
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Conversation in the office today: "Who was lucky and got the long-form census?!" ☺️
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Ottawa Community Housing Foundation (OCH Foundation) @ochfoundation.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
CSV Architects is joining us as the Hop on Bikes sponsor for our 2026 Annual Charity Golf Tournament, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. 🚲⛳ Their generosity is helping us putt (pun intended) more bikes into the hands of kids who need them. Thank you CSV Architects for going the extra mile! #Ottawa
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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.com · 01/05/2026
Ottawa claiming we can’t have school streets because *waves hands* “resources” but all we would need to start with is a bunch of concrete planters. Cars can go around or turn around. It’s not actually that hard. It just takes prioritizing kids over cars and convenience.
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Ottawa Community Housing Foundation (OCH Foundation) @ochfoundation.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
1/2 Last Saturday, we kicked off our first Hop on Bikes event of the year, distributing 54 refurbished bikes to kids living in @och-lco.bsky.social. Each bike represents more than just a ride; it’s mobility and independence, yes, but also the chance to just be a kid and enjoy your childhood. #Ottawa
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Question for Ottawa people: the terrible death of a crossing guard last month in Barrhaven. I saw some people say there was a (removed) speed camera there, but as far as I can tell it was some distance away and a stretch to say it was the same place. (Same culture etc of course). True?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“The Elbows Up for Climate campaign launched today with an open letter signed by more than 100 mayors and councillors from coast to coast to coast, urging all party leaders to advance Canada’s economic and climate security through five bold, and achievable actions.” #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Absolutely love seeing this. 🤩 A delivery vehicle that makes sense in an urban setting.💪 #Purolator #Ottawa
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa.
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Doug van den Ham @dvdham.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Short sighted move: ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-...
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Canada to temporarily suspend federal fuel tax on diesel and gasoline
OTTAWA, April 14 (Reuters) - Canada will suspend the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel from April 20 to September 7 to help consumers and businesses deal with rising prices, Prime
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Yesterday, running errands in parts of #Ottawa I'm rarely in, reminded me how much I love the Cycling Guide app! It routed me on low stress pathways and residential streets, and when at my destination near an industrial park, the colour coding told me it was time to hop on the sidewalk. #Ottbike
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A new app highlights the safest and fastest cycling routes around Ottawa
The Kichi Zībī Mīkan Parkway. The Trillium Pathway along the light rail system. Or the Trans Canada Trail near Britannia Beach. These are just some of the
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
These are the results of Doug giving 💲💲💲 to his buddies to build and widen highways (only to create more car congestion BTW). There are no financial challenges. It's just #priorities. #InducedCongestion #Healthcare
ottawacitizen.com
The Ottawa Hospital is cutting 400 jobs in bid to address financial challenges
The reduction amounts to three per cent of its current workforce.
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The best quote so far from the Artemis II splashdown commentary: "They are all green." 🤢 Quickly followed up by a chuckle and clarification that they are all ok!😂 #CanadaInSpace
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I find it bonkers that @en.ottawa.ca still does this at all hours of the night. Leaf blowing...the sidewalks. 🧐 #ClimateEmergency #NoisePollution
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Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It's nice when newspapers use photos of normal every-day people riding bicycles as "just a normal thing to do". it normalizes the idea that cycling is something anyone can do, for transportation, for getting around the city without the financial (& emotional!) cost of driving a car).
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"Cycling represents one of the most energy-efficient forms of transport ever invented, allowing humans to travel faster and farther while using less energy than walking or running." #bicycles #cycling ☺️🚲
independent.co.uk
The exercise at least four times more efficient than walking
Cycling represents one of the most energy-efficient forms of transport ever invented
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
To quote @tomflood.bsky.social, “Pilot road to be removed, not enough uptake says City - Drivers encouraged to check city website for alternative car routes and future road opportunities.”
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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
From the back seat of the car, when asked if she likes to take the car or the bike to go places: "The bike.... Remember when the road was digged up and I could ride my bike on the road!? I can't anymore because the cars might run me over."
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Had a recent conversation where #activetransportation was framed as a "nice to have" vs #publictransit as "essential." It would be great if trains or buses pulled up outside everyone's front door, but that is rare. 🚲👨‍🦼🚶‍♀️facilities are the BACKBONE of any public system. It's how people reach 🚌🚈.
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This past week's federal announcement to protect natural spaces across the country was amazing! 😍🌳 One part of this plan was 15 new national urban parks! Maybe the Queen Elizabeth National Urban Park WILL become reality?! 😲
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa.
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Trans lunar injection burn 🚀🤠
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Widening of Parkdale Ave? 😵‍💫 Wut the.....
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Hot Tips🔥 Drivers: pay when you park Also, City: make it easier for drivers to pay. One app, no machines. Paid parking is good for drivers, businesses, and the City.
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Sweeping on Scott St mobility lanes done! 🚲🧹 #ottbike
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Driving is subsidized enough. Instead, start diverting taxes into a mobility fund to build capacity with public and active transportation across Canada. 🚲👨‍🦼🚶‍♀️ #CanPoli #BuildForTheFuture
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Poilievre calls for federal tax holiday on fuel as gas prices spike | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the government to temporarily pause federal taxes on gas and diesel for the remainder of the year.
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Great bike racks in #Westboro! #ottbike
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The Carruthers contraflow bike lane was busy today! Painted contraflow bike lanes should be protected with pin curbs to prevent drivers from parking - even if it's a low volume street. Being forced to bike into oncoming traffic is scary stuff 😲🚲 #ottbike
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A newsletter from a councillor who cares about this city. ☺️🚶‍♀️👨‍🦼🚲 #Ottawa
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
WATCH: Whether you love cars or hate cars, you should watch this new video and better understand the truth about the real costs & consequences of too many cars in our cities, and the car dependency many of us live in. You might find it hard to watch, but watch it to the end anyway. Via #NotJustBikes
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Every Reason to Hate Cars
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Money in money out, right? Can we not be insulating ourselves from economic events by shifting our spending priorities that are high risk or know will be very costly: ~$400M Lansdowne, road widenings and future ongoing costs, sprawl and maintaining that infrastructure. Spend wisely vs status quo?
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New report paints grim picture of Ottawa's economic outlook | CBC News
A new staff report that updates Ottawa's economic conditions cites challenges that include a rising unemployment rate, increased job losses and trickle-down effects from the federal workforce reductio...
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Winter Cycling Network Conditions 6-7am ❄️🚲 Trillium Path: Ice patches PoW: Ice patches Rideau Canal Eastern Path: Ice patches Hog's Back: Ice patches(sections 50% width) Brookfield: Ice patches #ottbiketraffic
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Cool.
nature.com
Antimatter has been transported for the first time ever — in the back of CERN’s truck
Physicists have succeeded for the first time in transporting the most expensive and most volatile substance on Earth: antimatter.
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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Winter Cycling Network Conditions 7-8am ❄️🚲 Trillium Path: Bare PoW: Bare Rideau Canal Eastern Path: Bare Hog's Back: Bare (sections 50% width) Brookfield: Bare #ottbiketraffic
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