Stephen Hickson

Ottawa guy working as a transit planner in Metro Vancouver. Opinions are my own.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

Such a treat to work on this project with great colleagues. Our bold vision for Sussex includes active transport improvements, new public spaces, water access, renaturalization, and space for Indigenous placemaking.

[National Capital Commission @NCC_CCN]

🏆 First place: Rideau Connection | Stephen Hickson, Arzen Chan and Christina Hoang, from @McGillU

This design concept is guided by five themes: connection, animation, Indigeneity, nature, and water. Active transportation is at the heart of the plan.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@CapitalCity613 @DevineSean @NSaravanamuttoo Wellington is wide enough that I think it’s totally possible to do a tram and an adjacent public space. Tunnel will cost $500M+ and make extensions a non-starter due to cost and complexity with the canal.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@CapitalCity613 @DevineSean @NSaravanamuttoo care to elaborate?

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@PhillyGov @RM_Transit deal with your own issues yourselves. We’ll deal with ours.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@PhillyGov @RM_Transit ah if it isn’t that classic American hubris. The same mentality that left how many innocent Iraqis dead?

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@PhillyGov @RM_Transit ok so that’s a no. Anyways, most Canadians are much happier up here on our own in a safer, more tolerant, and functional society. We undoubtedly have our problems but when it comes to joining the US, it’s a hard no.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@PhillyGov @RM_Transit the government of the United States recognizes Texas as its own nation? News to me.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@PhillyGov @RM_Transit even if the culture were common (they’re not. Do some research on the proud and beautiful nation of Québec), your pro-annexation position fails to recognize that the vast majority of Canadians do not want to be part of the USA and would soundly reject that in a referendum.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@PhillyGov @RM_Transit ah good we’ve reached “let’s annex a country because of the billboard charts” levels of stupidity

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@PhillyGov @RM_Transit Boundaries are arbitrary. Culture isn’t common.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@PhillyGov @RM_Transit What an absolutely ignorant thing to say.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

Lots of evidence to suggest that investing in young riders pays off in the long run

[Shawn Menard @ShawnMenard1]

The city should be moving in the opposite direction, creating a u-pass for all students 18 and under working with the student transportation authorities and create life long transit users.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

may have made a brief appearance in @uytaelee’s great new video on public hearings: https://t.co/OkLjjL6XV5

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

can’t beat starting Friday with a bike ride

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@Lg2022Lg5 @ctvottawa yes that is the northeastern boundary

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@Lg2022Lg5 @ctvottawa Baseball Town is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@Lg2022Lg5 @ctvottawa yes. I lived in Baseball Town.

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@Lg2022Lg5 @ctvottawa I was a proud Baseball Town resident when they were councillor

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

@k_lyons55 “land use”

[Stephen Hickson @613STEVE]

ridiculous metric. All this shows is that Ottawa has a land use and transportation system that does not incentivize transit or walking for late night trips

[CTV Ottawa @ctvottawa]

Ottawa ranks as one of the top 5 party cities in Canada, Uber survey shows https://t.co/Mpgs80Zw2f