Liam O'Brien

Building energy, occupants, Canada, urban planning, business

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@cmckenney @SWCHC @KellyEganColumn No disagreement, but certainly densification is needed for the economy and sustainability. Only in Ottawa would you find detached homes with backyards less than a km from parliament and the CBD. One more home in the core means one fewer 30 km away in the exurbs.

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@OttawaBylaw @OttawaBylaw Another for you. It was not an emergency. It was a couple of workers carrying 2 by 2" stakes about 20 ft.

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@wardFORpeople @BikeOttawa Which means 2020's urban boundary expansion will be a liability for many decades to come.

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@ChristophSolar Hmm...as if they subconsciously know what's best.

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@cmckenney @ShawnMenard1 Thank you Catherine! I am so pleased to be represented by you. Keep it up!

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@OttawaBylaw Taken today: even if this was a somewhat legitimate reason to park in the bike lane (construction ahead), other drivers see this and the practice becomes normalized (as demonstrated by the car illegally parked behind the police).

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@OttawaBylaw Thank you. Now please enforce it. There is a lot of money that could be made from fines. Also, please practice what you preach. Last week, I asked an officer parked in a bike lane to ticket another car also parked in a bike lane.

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@OttawaBylaw Your smartphone app's been down for ages.

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@ottawacity The solution to budget shortfalls is under our nose. Start ticketing stopped/parked cars in bike lanes. #ottbike #autowa

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@jen_keesmaat Unfortunately, urban sprawl is all the more tempting for individuals and government alike. Of course, once people move outward it's a downward spiral; now a car is needed to get just about anywhere useful (not just work).

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@cmckenney That's what happens when a city is allowed to sprawl and the political centroid resides outside the core. I'm all for transit, but why are we catering to people who opt to live in transit-unfriendly suburbs?

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

I watched this @canadapostcorp truck drive and stop along the bike lane. #ottbike #autowa

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@HealthTransport What kind of pie charts are those?!?

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

Your logo is literally someone riding a bicycle.

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@Bridgehead I think your driver needs a little more caffeine so he/she can walk a few extra feet and not park in the bike lane #ottbike

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

An everyday occurrence in the bike lane on Laurier at Bay @BikeOttawa. @ottawacity we need a new paint job here.

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

Hey @Sysco and @twosixate, your delivery guy was a real treat (/s) when I politely asked him to him to not park in the bike lane on Preston. @BikeOttawa

[Building Performance Research Centre (BPRC) @CarletonBPRC]

CONGRATULATIONS to @CarletonBPRC students Luminita Dumitrascu, Tareq Abuimara, Michael Gutland, Larissa Ide and Adrian Soble who have WON 1st PLACE in the International Building Performance Simulation Competition in Rome! An amazing achievement! @CarletonU_Eng #BS2019Rome @IBPSA

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

@WestJet WS1219. Allegedly it was LGA's fault, but that's pretty hard to buy considering the plane got in very late and plenty of other flights around were leaving on-time. Maybe we are just numbers to you, but a near sleepless night won't be forgotten when I book my next flight.

[Liam O'Brien @ProfLiamOBrien]

Hey @WestJet are you on a downward race with @AirCanada for terrible service? I was stranded in YYZ for 8 hours last night because of a missed connection due to very delayed flight. No agents in sight to help and refusal from phone agent to help.