The New Ottawa

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[The New Ottawa @OttawaTomorrow]

Building a traffic calming bulb-out in Ottawa can take years to get approved and cost more than $100-250k. These bulb-outs in Quebec City are a fraction of the cost and delightful too.
More of these please!

#Quebec
#myottawa
#trafficcalming

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@BrentToderian Only 2 people swam outdoors yesterday. RIP OUT ALL THE PUBLIC POOLS! Waste of money and the proof is here in winter.

[Gulk @realgulk]

How far your NHL team's arena is from its City Hall, on a map of Ottawa

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@rail613 @OccTranspo @ABetterOttawa Not to mention the glaring omission of any destinations beside the station. The purpose of transit is to get people to places. So if we are not putting transit where the places already are, we should at least put new places beside our new transit.

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@jen_keesmaat Totally agree with @jen_keesmaat
Lots missing on the Toronto map. Also - Rail is great, but buses and LRT/streetcars supported in the right context can be just as good and sometimes better. We have to stop looking at rail as the transit holy grail.

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@BrianPHuntley A great way to slow down all those crazy cyclists going 25 km/hr!

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@ctvottawa ... and yet still not enough to offset the costs.

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@siobhanwanders It is because there is a sizable population who value local sports teams and there are difficult to quantify benefits associated with their presence. While not the same, rapid transit systems, public pools, marinas, greenspace, etc. have similarities in this regard.

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@ABetterOttawa Not by coincidence, the Byward Market is the one area where densification has been aggressive. More people close by = $ for businesses, tax $ revenue, and lively spaces. If we want more places like this, we need to support densification.

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@DerrickSimpson_ @StrongTowns ... Lansdowne 1.0 uses a low-fuss, low-maintenance design. Nicer things usually involve more maintenance (landscaping, snow removal, etc.). Again, if you have more revenue from more people living there, you can use some of it to improve the embellishments and it's upkeep.

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@DerrickSimpson_ @StrongTowns The biggest missing piece at Lansdowne is people living there. If we want all those items mentioned, we need more people. Yes, the designs/layout could be better, but that costs more so there needs to be revenue to help pay for it (i.e. more people living there).

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@DerrickSimpson_ ... and "taking our time" on these decisions has been the scapegoat mantra on difficult policies for too long. If this is a truly important area of the city, then let's elect leaders that back our policies. Years keep melting away and old issues persist.

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@DerrickSimpson_ For $400million, the limited amount of housing attached to this is upsetting. Housing is the number one issue in the country. And if we can't build lots of it in walkable neighbourhoods like this, we are doomed.

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@AlainMiguelez Love the example Alain.
Here is another good one in my opinion - "Bo01" Mälmo, 2001). Although more modern in flavour, it still has an interesting texture and is very human-scaled.

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@flanagan61 The reduction in the number of residential units though the revised proposal is a direct result of complaints about their potential impacts - not because of our fear of somebody making more money off of this than they should, nor tax dollar spending concerns.

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We are in a housing emergency and yet we consistently demonize new housing.
We want local business, but don't want to put more customers near them.
We want parks, but we don't want to pay for them.
Unreal.
#lansdowne https://t.co/nkPdp0Jpd4

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@ACHFraser @NSaravanamuttoo ... and a giant field where some pretty cool events are held.

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@ACHFraser @NSaravanamuttoo Lansdowne is not just a shopping mall. There are basketball courts, a skate park, splash pad, running track, sledding hill, two or three public plazas and squares, a children's playground, the horticulture building, the Aberdeen pavilion, apple orchard, and a community garden.

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Nice to see Zibi really taking shape.
Still my favourite ongoing development. Feels like it will really tie the two sides of the river together.

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@MichaelLeoM @BrentLandry Exactly

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Line 1 "has been a game changer for Bluesfest" - only a minute away from Pimisi Station. Good job @OC_Transpo fo keeping it open this time. This is what it is for - moving large volumes of people. https://t.co/dRC38j65EU