slow ottawa

Beautiful, equitable, sustainable urban living. Was once big on Pinterest: Latest ventures: @VisionZeroCA, @Love30ca.

[slow ottawa @slowottawa]

Essential reading.

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’ https://t.co/jX6nwLNkhp

[slow ottawa @slowottawa]

"Wood burners are incredibly bad for the environment – and flood our homes with toxins, too. I wish I’d known that in 2008" sez @GeorgeMonbiot.

https://t.co/7HnKV5wmSa

[slow ottawa @slowottawa]

From the start, @cmckenney has been a huge supporter of the @slowottawa campaign, and its spinoffs @VisionZeroCA & @Love30ca.

They are a bold and unflinching supporter of social, economic & environmental sustainability.

They're the brightest hope for Ottawa.

✊#imwiththem

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Ottawa voters, you have a rare chance to really turn the corner in a positive way for your city on Monday. @cmckenney is the best mayoral candidate your city has seen in a long time & with the new “strong mayor” powers being given to mayors, this election is especially important.

[slow ottawa @slowottawa]

Take it from Canada's leading urbanist. VOTE!

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

From what I’ve seen and heard, @cmckenney has the potential to be a truly transformative mayor for Ottawa, a city that is in real need of transformative thinking at this moment in its history. Ottawa Tweeps, please share, discuss, and #VOTE!

[Shawn Menard @ShawnMenard1]

When our city was being occupied, and harassed, with violence, debilitating noise, and constant threats to resident safety, many politicians did nothing. @CMcKenney stood up and gave me hope, I joined them then as I join them now, for #Ottawa. #Ottnews #Ottcity

[#VisionZero Canada @VisionZeroCA]

"Rather than telling [motorists] to be extra careful when driving their (increasingly large) vehicle, the Service de police de la ville de Montréal has [targeted] the most vulnerable."

Not that finger-wagging matters.
We need to DESIGN OUT THE CONFLICT!

https://t.co/jTcYG8pHci

[#VisionZero Canada @VisionZeroCA]

☠️ 3 lanes of traffic in each direction, going through various urban areas;

☠️ Speed limit is 45-55 mph, but cars are often going much faster;

☠️ Crosswalks are few & far between ...

👀 READ @marincogan on the Deadliest Road (#stroad) in America :

https://t.co/xhAGjffA0j

[#VisionZero Canada @VisionZeroCA]

Bring it on.

https://t.co/mPJXVDxjVV

[#VisionZero Canada @VisionZeroCA]

"The goal of the #BanCars movement is not to render cars obsolete. It’s to give ppl the choice to live a life where car ownership, & dependence are unnecessary — regardless of socioeconomic status or physical ability to operate an automobile." 😎 MUST-READ https://t.co/5iEPryWx52

[slow ottawa @slowottawa]

Presiding over City Hall Square on the Richshuset building in Copenhagen, 'The Weather Girls' sculpture will help launch this year's Tour de France.

[#VisionZero Canada @VisionZeroCA]

In case you hadn't noticed, space-consuming, gas-guzzling and #deadlybydesign luxury pickup trucks are successfully being marketed as everyday urban vehicles.

https://t.co/qJ39qzf7ml @tomflood1

[slow ottawa @slowottawa]

👇THIS is the future we've been fighting for. ✊💚💜💚✊ #ottvote #McKenney2022

[Mathieu Fleury @MathieuFleury]

I am happy to announce we are the first community in Ottawa where all residential streets are at 30km/hr speed limits

[Love 30 Canada @Love30ca]

This is the way to do 30k.

Re-set the limits in a wide swath, focussing on residential streets.

Then you can install speed bumps & other calming measures to align with that ppl-friendly limit.

Congrats to @MathieuFleury, & to all who made this happen.

https://t.co/yddTgLcc9u

[slow ottawa @slowottawa]

Two cheers for hopeful pessimism ...

https://t.co/VXRhCjQ93r

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

BREAKING: Tonight the City of Kingston, Canada became one of the first medium/smaller cities that I’m aware of to get rid of PARKING MINIMUMS for all non-residential land uses, affordable housing & heritage projects city-wide, plus establish new parking MAXIMUMS across the city!

[slow ottawa @slowottawa]

A synthetic enzyme designed using machine-learning software can break down waste plastics in 24 hours, according to research published in Nature. 💚🐢💚
https://t.co/LAnwDRIJyL

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

This would be a good time for a serious conversation about making CENTRAL OTTAWA “vehicle-light” (no thru traffic; local & disabled vehicle access-only; no non-delivery truck access; reduced street parking; better walking/biking/transit infrastructure) as other cities are doing.

[#VisionZero Canada @VisionZeroCA]

If #cycling #helmets mitigate injury then we should promote them & even mandate them, right?

Wrong, sez Dr. @HarryRutter. Cycling is benign, helmet protection is meagre, & we need to focus on eliminating the cause.

(@peterwalker99, How Cycling can Save the World, p. 163.)