@orleansfietser

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Just an #Ottawa suburban dad trying to bike around the city without dying and to leave a better city for his kids.

"Just in the peak hour alone, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., there were 1,761 bike passages recorded on Saint-Denis at the corner of Rachel, he said."

Bike infrastructure really improves a city's resilience. Meanwhile, complete gridlock in Ottawa because of a crash.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-bike-traffic-transit-strike-1.7559855

Montreal sees surge in bike and Bixi traffic during public transit strike | CBC News

Montreal’s transit strike has left some commuters stranded, but others took matters into their own hands — and feet — setting new records for the number of cyclists and Bixi users taking to the streets.

CBC

New CMHC study finds Canada needs to increase annual housing starts from 245K to 477K to return to 2019-levels of affordability.

Of that extra 232K/yr, they find nearly 3/4 should be owner-oriented housing.

Report here: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-research/research-reports/accelerate-supply/canadas-housing-supply-shortages-a-new-framework

"By making driving more challenging in populated areas we can bring the actual risk in line with the perceived risk. Driving in a dense city full of people should be difficult."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6LIYQRglnM

#Urbanism

Why speed limits don't matter

YouTube

@Doug_Bostrom @SkepticalScience

Good luck!

"You cannot trust this government. You cannot trust the United States. Don't think you can finesse the situation you are dealing with, you're looking into an abyss."

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/marci-shore-end-of-history-u-s-affair-1.7540641

America is just not that into you. Why it's time to end the affair with the U.S. | CBC Radio

As a historian of totalitarianism, Marci Shore feels obligated to offer the world some blunt relationship advice: it's time to end our affair with the U.S. She warns America can no longer be trusted to defend democracy — even within its own borders. The Yale professor explains how her knowledge of Eastern Europe informed her choice to move to Canada.

CBC
As some of you might know, a driver left hooked me on Beechwood at the beginning of April. I wrote a piece for our CA newsletter about it.
https://cgow.ca/reflections-as-a-road-victim

“To all investors and companies looking to invest in Ontario, we urge you to do your due diligence and speak directly to our First Nations. While both federal and provincial leaders claim Canada and Ontario to be ‘Open for business’ or to ‘Build, baby, build’, First Nations resources are not Ontario’s nor Canada’s resources...”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #cdnpoli #ONpoli #Bill5

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/opinion/anishinabek-nation-will-be-idle-no-more-if-bill-5-passes-current-form

Anishinabek Nation will be idle no more if Bill 5 passes in current form

The Anishinabek Nation continues to call upon Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the Government of Ontario to immediately halt the advancement of Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025, withdraw it, and begin an engagement process of meaningful consultation, consent, and accommodation, most recently at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Standing Committee on the Interior on May

Windspeaker.com

When cyclists defend their constitutional rights in court, our authoritarian premier tries to destroy even more bike lanes out of spite.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-fords-budget-will-target-more-toronto-bikes-lanes/article_3dce2937-1e72-4607-bbd3-ebf8dcca4c5c.html

*Taps sign*

https://youtu.be/KgFCQ7jEZxI by @notjustbikes

Doug Ford’s budget will target more Toronto bike lanes

Sources say the budget will include the removal of the bike lanes on Queen's Park Crescent and on Avenue Road south of Davenport.

Toronto Star

Bike Helmets: Stupid Hat or Essential Protection?

https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/4jcPj9Y4t6LdSs4bXBzu8W

Bike Helmets: Stupid Hat or Essential Protection?

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Anti-homeless architecture. #truth #urbanplanning #AICP #urbanism #zoning
My first op-ed appeared in the Saturday edition of the Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/car-centric-city
Gagnon: Moving away from a car-centric city requires better safety measures

When people drive, they are provided with a very forgiving environment, designed for vehicles. Cyclists and pedestrians are not so lucky.

ottawacitizen