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Reflections on Ottawa and little ways to improve its urban fabric

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The City is spending millions of dollars fighting to prevent housing from being built on a golf course. Can you think of anything better that the city could spend its time and our money on? I can.

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Streets are for people.

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

With the Ottawa Police’s abysmal approach to traffic enforcement and the justice system’s extremely lax sentencing for dangerous driving, it’s no wonder stop signs have become nearly meaningless. We need better street design, like raised crossings at intersections, to change driver behaviour.

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Let’s make sure that this destruction of a park and public art leads to Mark Sutcliffe being a one-term mayor.

Multiple excavators and heavy equipment are seen at Lansdowne Park removing the public art piece “Moving Surfaces” and digging up the park. The North Stands, also slated for demolition, dominate the background.

An aerial view shows excavators and heavy equipment at Lansdowne Park removing the public art piece “Moving Surfaces” and excavating the park, which has been turned into a field of dirt.

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

No car, no problem.

A Christmas tree on the platform at an LRT station waiting for the train.

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Construction starts on Lansdowne 2.0 this week. Everything in this photo is going to be taken from us.

A photo showing the hill at Lansdowne Park in the winter with families tobogganing. The art piece “Moving Surfaces” is shown with the north stands filling the background

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Crossings like this with stop signs should have raised, continuous sidewalks to force drivers to slow down, and to flip the dynamic so that drivers know and consciously feel that they are on space that belongs to pedestrians.

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Shawn Menard @shawnmenard.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

NEW- We’ve discovered 7 concerning issues with the new information on Lansdowne 2.0 released by the city just one week ago- 1) $17.4 million per year (not $4.3 million) is being carved out of Ottawa’s Budget until 2070 to pay for Lansdowne 2.0 debt ($696 million in payments).

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 04/09/2025

We have a new blog up dedicated to a summary of the analysis some of our members have done regarding the property tax for the city, and what that means for our city finances in general. More to come in the future! Huge thanks to the members that worked on this strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...

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Property Tax Revenue Analysis and Dataset

Where does the money come from?

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

This is a positive development and the right precedent to set for Ontario.

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Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes | CBC News

An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional.

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Neil Saravanamuttoo @neilsara.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Essential reading. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

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Deachman: City fees are squeezing small developers out of rental housing

François Latreille, a small ByWard Market developer, says city charges make low-rise developments impossible to build, writes Bruce Deachman

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Ottawa would do well to prioritize tree planting.

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Dave Robertson @davebikeski.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This used to be a parking lot.

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

There’s light rain in #Ottawa today. That means that, at many crosswalks, water is pooling where the sidewalk dips down to meet the road. It’s worse when snowbanks form in winter. Raised crossings should be standard on all side streets where a stop-sign exists. This is one of many reasons why.

A photo of a crosswalk with a large puddle where the road and the sidewalk meet

A photo of a crosswalk in winter with deep puddles on both sides where the sidewalk slopes down to meet the road

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Patrick @obike.ca · 16/11/2024

#ottbike A thread about bike projects funded in budget 2025: To start off, One of my favourite projects, O'Connor Phase 2 is finally going ahead. This will connect the existing bikeway to Wellington St, from its current end point of Laurier.

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Urban Ottawa @urbanottawa.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Pin curbs are finally being installed on Lees Avenue. This will go a long way to improve safety and reduce speeding. @bikeottawa.bsky.social

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