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Joshua Bertram @joshuabertram.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Fantastic analysis. The only thing I would add is that even if many more drove and need parking, how could it ever be the solution for the Glebe? 1/3

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 15/01/2026

It is almost like we said exactly this would happen... How many more injuries and deaths on our roads do we need? These aren't just needed in front of schools, all of our residents deserve safety, and children don't only walk in front of schools! www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

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Joshua Bertram @joshuabertram.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

This is insane, just as fares increase to be functionally the second highest in Canada. City Council needs act quickly to reassure riders that SOMETHING is being done.

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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Local media covered our GOOD NEWS story. It's an example of how a small improvement can make a big difference. Still LOTS to fix with @octranspo.com, but yesterday life got a little bit easier for some of Ottawa's most vulnerable residents. Here's CTV's coverage. 1/ www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

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Joshua Bertram @joshuabertram.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Perhaps the most eloquent way I have ever seen the moral need to allow new housing argued. It frustrates me deeply how aesthetic characteristics keep dominating discussions about getting more housing built so that a human need is fulfilled. Shelter is a human right.

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Lucy van Oldenbarneveld @lucyvanolden.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday. His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21

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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Are these "continuous improvements", or sleight of hand? Obfuscation, deflection, misrepresentation, whatever you want to call it. It's the pre-election budget, and someone's pumping the tires, but the tires have holes. That "hisssss" you hear is the sound of credibility leaking.

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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

When much the City’s self-described “savings and efficiencies” include deferrals of capital investments as well as reduced fuel costs resulting from the elimination of the Carbon Tax, it’s more accurate to call it “cost avoidance” and “blind luck”.

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Joshua Bertram @joshuabertram.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A bad deal and a bad process. The devil is in the details and when Ottawans read the fine print, he smiles back. Landsdowne thus far has under-delivered, not once breaking even. Therefore we must now payout $17 million a year for the chance at revenue neutrality??

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Marko @markomiljusevic.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

You would think the mayor was being ironic here when he says that we can't acquiesce to demands of wealthy sports owners, right before he says we need to be careful we don't lose the other wealthy sports owners in the same stadium 🤣🤣 #Ottawa #Lansdowne2.0

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 07/11/2025

Lansdowne 2.0 passes 15-10. As a group dedicated to financial transparency and smart investments in community infrastructure, we had concerns around the reporting process and special financial treatment given to Lansdowne 2.0, as well as the lack of tangible transit improvements. @alex-is.online

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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll

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Joshua Bertram @joshuabertram.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

So many pedestrian and cyclist deaths this year in Ottawa. A CHILD was just killed in Overbrook by a dump truck driver. We need a more urgent and proactive cycling plan in Ottawa to prevent more tragedies. How much blood has to be spilt this year before we get a sense of urgency to be proactive.

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 15/10/2025

We heard from many groups today about the Tewin development. This is unfortunately going to be a development that further entrenches us into unsustainable sprawl. Property taxes have not and will not be able to provide long-term support for these types of developments. We have decades of evidence.

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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Intensification and transit-oriented development are an existential imperative for North American cites, but who's thinking about the strip malls?! As it turns out, Toronto city planners are. Read my latest post here: kitchissippiward.ca/2025/07/18/t...

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Joshua Bertram @joshuabertram.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I’m reminded of how the city miss-used speed camera revenue on general expenses and police instead of spending it on road safety measures as they were supposed to. It is shameful for the city to claim it is too expensive to implement safer streets when they misuse funds allocated for it. Shameful.

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Today Ottawa City Council is set to pass $4 billion in spending on our water and sewer infrastructure. This is just 2/3 of the $6 billion identified as needed over the next decade, and a drop in the bucket compared to what's to come once we get to renewing suburban sprawl. 🧵

A map of Ottawa showing the small amount of 75 to 150 year old water and sewer pipe remaining in the old part of the city (180km), next to a map showing the 1800km of pipe laid down over the 1950s and 60s.

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 29/05/2025

This photo goes so damn hard it's not even funny. The community support has been amazing, even among businesses. If you live in Ottawa and ride the 6 or 7, please visit strongtownsottawa.ca/bank for more info on how to support. But the big two are emailing the PM, and counselor Menard.

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Let's Make a Better Bank Street - Strong Towns Ottawa

The city is currently studying options for how to make Bank Street better, but none of their options seek to push the status quo that got us into the mess we're in.

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Derrick Simpson @derricksimpson.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We’ve officially taken over the marquee at the Mayfair to promote bus Lanes on Bank Street! Amazing how much community support we’ve had for better transit @strongtownsottawa.bsky.social

Movie sign out front of the Mayfair that reads: support bus lanes on bank street Strongtownsottawa.ca

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Joshua Bertram @joshuabertram.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

This letter expertly outlines a lot of the dissatisfaction and frustration with the new TMP. Centretown Community Association doing great work as usual!

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Joshua Bertram @joshuabertram.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Visiting Montreal for a conference and ended up walking around Griffintown to check it out. The scale of the urban redevelopment there is honestly astonishing! The amount of new apartments, street redesigns, and greenspace is shocking. It is giving gentrified but I am not sure how populated it was.

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Parking minimums drive up the cost of housing and incentivize car ownership. Abolishing parking minimums is good planning policy, and I am seriously concerned about attempts to dilute or eliminate this proposed policy in our new zoning bylaw. youtu.be/3cw7mldYS4A?...

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Abolishing parking minimums is good policy

YouTube video by Ariel Troster

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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The NYT just dropped a bombshell: a foreign spa company with one location and no cash landed a 95-year sweetheart deal—based on misleading claims and a secretive, preferential process. This gov't was elected to protect Ontario. Do the right thing. Cancel the deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...

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European Spa Company Therme Misrepresented Itself in an Effort to Expand Into Canada

A Times investigation shows Therme, a European firm, exaggerated its track record in securing a deal with Ontario, and government auditors found that the process had been unfair and opaque.

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