Pyke
@pykey.bsky.social
Ottawa resident for the past few decades. I'm passionate about biking, the outdoors, municipal politics and urban places for people. I'm also a nurse and believe in science and vaccines. Oh and I love local beer on a fun patio. 🏳️🌈
Reposted by Pyke
Construction starts on Lansdowne 2.0 this week.
Everything in this photo is going to be taken from us.
Everything in this photo is going to be taken from us.
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Construction starts on Lansdowne 2.0 this week.
Everything in this photo is going to be taken from us.
Everything in this photo is going to be taken from us.
Reposted by Pyke
UCP AGM 2025, baby
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
UCP AGM 2025, baby
We could cross out "snow removal" and the headline would be just as true ...
Ottawa's snow removal standards are bad, with no plans on getting better | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We could cross out "snow removal" and the headline would be just as true ...
Reposted by Pyke
No longer waiting for a bus, now waiting for a train.
Proud to announce the sequel to DUDE, WHERE'S MY BUS?...
A TRAIN TO NOWHERE! Releasing January 2026!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=RGKe...
Proud to announce the sequel to DUDE, WHERE'S MY BUS?...
A TRAIN TO NOWHERE! Releasing January 2026!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=RGKe...
THE TRAIN TO NOWHERE | Official Teaser Trailer (2026) Documentary
YouTube video by GioTV1
m.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
No longer waiting for a bus, now waiting for a train.
Proud to announce the sequel to DUDE, WHERE'S MY BUS?...
A TRAIN TO NOWHERE! Releasing January 2026!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=RGKe...
Proud to announce the sequel to DUDE, WHERE'S MY BUS?...
A TRAIN TO NOWHERE! Releasing January 2026!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=RGKe...
Reposted by Pyke
The City has significantly improved its sidewalk snow clearing in recent years, but cost pressures mean they won't codify the change. Residents in walkable neighbourhoods should be able to hold them (and us) to account for something better than 2003 standards.
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
Deachman: Ottawa's snow removal standards are bad, with no plans on getting better
The city's public works department has once again decided not to update its Winter Maintenance Quality Standards. | Opinion
ottawacitizen.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The City has significantly improved its sidewalk snow clearing in recent years, but cost pressures mean they won't codify the change. Residents in walkable neighbourhoods should be able to hold them (and us) to account for something better than 2003 standards.
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
Reposted by Pyke
A “winter city” that has no pride, no care, no innovation cuz the balanced approach of austerity forever is the brain rot disease of #ottawa
And IMO, this much salt actually makes it more dangerous and easier to slip/slide and skid when biking
And IMO, this much salt actually makes it more dangerous and easier to slip/slide and skid when biking
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A “winter city” that has no pride, no care, no innovation cuz the balanced approach of austerity forever is the brain rot disease of #ottawa
And IMO, this much salt actually makes it more dangerous and easier to slip/slide and skid when biking
And IMO, this much salt actually makes it more dangerous and easier to slip/slide and skid when biking
Reposted by Pyke
I've never been to an Order of Ottawa ceremony. I'd hoped to attend this year, but I can't support the idea of being there when former Mayor Jim Watson is presented an award that he should not be given. It feels like I'd be complicit in something horribly obscene. 1/
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I've never been to an Order of Ottawa ceremony. I'd hoped to attend this year, but I can't support the idea of being there when former Mayor Jim Watson is presented an award that he should not be given. It feels like I'd be complicit in something horribly obscene. 1/
Reposted by Pyke
#BywardMarket but with parliament outline. Easy win.
Pedestrianize the market.
Pedestrianize the market.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#BywardMarket but with parliament outline. Easy win.
Pedestrianize the market.
Pedestrianize the market.
Reposted by Pyke
It is SO irritating to walk or bike past a chained-off stairway or bridge with a "not winter maintained" sign on it that went up on schedule on November 1st, with temperatures around 5C and absolutely not a flake of snow on the ground
Civil disobedience in Ottawa - the NCC closes off stairs everywhere because of course no one wants to walk in winter, right?
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It is SO irritating to walk or bike past a chained-off stairway or bridge with a "not winter maintained" sign on it that went up on schedule on November 1st, with temperatures around 5C and absolutely not a flake of snow on the ground
Bahaha. They can't even run buses on time and conmunicate accurate arrival times and there's been an app for that for years 🙃
I'm pretty sure no one is asking for this 🤷
capitalcurrent.ca/theres-an-ap...
I'm pretty sure no one is asking for this 🤷
capitalcurrent.ca/theres-an-ap...
There's an app for that: OC Transpo to provide real-time crime reporting - Capital Current
OC Transpo will introduce a new app next year for reporting crime on transit.
capitalcurrent.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Bahaha. They can't even run buses on time and conmunicate accurate arrival times and there's been an app for that for years 🙃
I'm pretty sure no one is asking for this 🤷
capitalcurrent.ca/theres-an-ap...
I'm pretty sure no one is asking for this 🤷
capitalcurrent.ca/theres-an-ap...
Reposted by Pyke
If you see someone asleep on the TTC and what makes you uncomfortable is seeing them trying to sleep rather than the current conditions that are causing more people to become homeless - you are simply not good at being a person and you need to work on that.
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you see someone asleep on the TTC and what makes you uncomfortable is seeing them trying to sleep rather than the current conditions that are causing more people to become homeless - you are simply not good at being a person and you need to work on that.
Reposted by Pyke
@helps.octranspo.com We really need to have a chat about your lying arrival times.
People are waiting 20+ minutes for a bus that's going to be there any minute now.
Just wait a minute longer...
And another...
Another two...
Oh this minute for sure!
*Ha gotcha!*
It's now two more minutes away!
People are waiting 20+ minutes for a bus that's going to be there any minute now.
Just wait a minute longer...
And another...
Another two...
Oh this minute for sure!
*Ha gotcha!*
It's now two more minutes away!
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
@helps.octranspo.com We really need to have a chat about your lying arrival times.
People are waiting 20+ minutes for a bus that's going to be there any minute now.
Just wait a minute longer...
And another...
Another two...
Oh this minute for sure!
*Ha gotcha!*
It's now two more minutes away!
People are waiting 20+ minutes for a bus that's going to be there any minute now.
Just wait a minute longer...
And another...
Another two...
Oh this minute for sure!
*Ha gotcha!*
It's now two more minutes away!
Reposted by Pyke
What passes for leadership in this city is truly appalling. Someone who sits on FINCO, chairs a committee that is associated with infrastructure, and is not a noob at the council table only should maybe figure out how to contribute to city building, rather than shit bombing other people's work.
ME: June 2025: no way will the East End light rail be running
OC Today: we hoped to have proved you wrong…. April 1 2026 now.
Call me, Nostradamus
OC Today: we hoped to have proved you wrong…. April 1 2026 now.
Call me, Nostradamus
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What passes for leadership in this city is truly appalling. Someone who sits on FINCO, chairs a committee that is associated with infrastructure, and is not a noob at the council table only should maybe figure out how to contribute to city building, rather than shit bombing other people's work.
Reposted by Pyke
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
"The details of the bid ... can’t be made public under the conditions of a non-disclosure agreement the city signed in April. The city will communicate ... to the public only after the process is completed"
Taggart contacted Sutcliffe's office directly with offer
ottawacitizen.com/news/bid-eas...
Taggart contacted Sutcliffe's office directly with offer
ottawacitizen.com/news/bid-eas...
Bidding on east-end landfill property approved by City of Ottawa finance committee
Staff says it's an opportunity to buy a landfill inside city limits that already has approvals, but opponents say there are serious risks.
ottawacitizen.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"The details of the bid ... can’t be made public under the conditions of a non-disclosure agreement the city signed in April. The city will communicate ... to the public only after the process is completed"
Taggart contacted Sutcliffe's office directly with offer
ottawacitizen.com/news/bid-eas...
Taggart contacted Sutcliffe's office directly with offer
ottawacitizen.com/news/bid-eas...
Reposted by Pyke
Honestly I don't even know why I have an UNCOUNTABLE number of lights on my bike: front, sides, spokes, rear, helmet, a whole string of blinky lights on the frame; when drivers still just do their thing right through a red light without noticing it or me! This close to serious injury tonight. 🙃
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Honestly I don't even know why I have an UNCOUNTABLE number of lights on my bike: front, sides, spokes, rear, helmet, a whole string of blinky lights on the frame; when drivers still just do their thing right through a red light without noticing it or me! This close to serious injury tonight. 🙃
Reposted by Pyke
OC Transpos projected budget is like $930M this year. It'd also cost about $1M to bring back 5m Line 1 headways during off-peak. $2M to notably make the service better. This is the City of nickle-and-diming things we need, while handing developers $500M because said businessmen suck at business.
Extending OC Transpo transfer window could cost nearly $1 million, staff say
Extending OC Transpo transfer window could cost nearly $1 million, staff say
Extending the OC Transpo transfer window an additional 30 minutes would cost Ottawa’s transit service nearly $1 million in lost revenue, according to staff.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
OC Transpos projected budget is like $930M this year. It'd also cost about $1M to bring back 5m Line 1 headways during off-peak. $2M to notably make the service better. This is the City of nickle-and-diming things we need, while handing developers $500M because said businessmen suck at business.
Reposted by Pyke
Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
Reposted by Pyke
I’m pessimistic as fuck on a good day but this city singing kumbaya and holding hands and mainlining the “let bygones be bygones” from the Watson era theme song was, is and will be a mistake. Watson broke any independence in senior staff at the city and I don’t understand how they’re trustworthy
Just a reminder how little the city cares about transit
The provincial inquiry found "OC Transpo director Troy Charter stating that he would recommend the trial running team use its "discretion" to pass the LRT on a day it probably should have failed" led to Line 1 issues.
He's now acting GM 🤡
The provincial inquiry found "OC Transpo director Troy Charter stating that he would recommend the trial running team use its "discretion" to pass the LRT on a day it probably should have failed" led to Line 1 issues.
He's now acting GM 🤡
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m pessimistic as fuck on a good day but this city singing kumbaya and holding hands and mainlining the “let bygones be bygones” from the Watson era theme song was, is and will be a mistake. Watson broke any independence in senior staff at the city and I don’t understand how they’re trustworthy
Reposted by Pyke
This bus was parked on the wrong side of the road, on the sidewalk, blocking the sidewalk and bike lane. I asked one of the half dozen cops standing 20 feet away to write them a ticket and he said "I prefer not writing tickets". And then just did nothing.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This bus was parked on the wrong side of the road, on the sidewalk, blocking the sidewalk and bike lane. I asked one of the half dozen cops standing 20 feet away to write them a ticket and he said "I prefer not writing tickets". And then just did nothing.
Reposted by Pyke
Enhancements like:
- slowing down the train
- removing 3.5% of bus service
- removing routes
- slowing down bus frequency
- gaslighting us daily with BS
- slowing down the train
- removing 3.5% of bus service
- removing routes
- slowing down bus frequency
- gaslighting us daily with BS
These improvements, along with savings and efficiencies from many other projects, help the City make investments in key priorities like enhancing transit services.
4/5
4/5
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Enhancements like:
- slowing down the train
- removing 3.5% of bus service
- removing routes
- slowing down bus frequency
- gaslighting us daily with BS
- slowing down the train
- removing 3.5% of bus service
- removing routes
- slowing down bus frequency
- gaslighting us daily with BS
Just a reminder how little the city cares about transit
The provincial inquiry found "OC Transpo director Troy Charter stating that he would recommend the trial running team use its "discretion" to pass the LRT on a day it probably should have failed" led to Line 1 issues.
He's now acting GM 🤡
The provincial inquiry found "OC Transpo director Troy Charter stating that he would recommend the trial running team use its "discretion" to pass the LRT on a day it probably should have failed" led to Line 1 issues.
He's now acting GM 🤡
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just a reminder how little the city cares about transit
The provincial inquiry found "OC Transpo director Troy Charter stating that he would recommend the trial running team use its "discretion" to pass the LRT on a day it probably should have failed" led to Line 1 issues.
He's now acting GM 🤡
The provincial inquiry found "OC Transpo director Troy Charter stating that he would recommend the trial running team use its "discretion" to pass the LRT on a day it probably should have failed" led to Line 1 issues.
He's now acting GM 🤡
Reposted by Pyke
Tools in the toolbox for retrofitting streets in Ontario for active transportation after Bill 60. Let's get moving.
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Tools in the toolbox for retrofitting streets in Ontario for active transportation after Bill 60. Let's get moving.
Reposted by Pyke
I make this augment a lot. You can travel to another city quicker then it is to get across 38km's within the city.
A daily round trip, is the equivalency of driving to montreal.
A daily round trip, is the equivalency of driving to montreal.
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I make this augment a lot. You can travel to another city quicker then it is to get across 38km's within the city.
A daily round trip, is the equivalency of driving to montreal.
A daily round trip, is the equivalency of driving to montreal.
Reposted by Pyke
Man who inherited his dad's company, mom's house, has thoughts.....
(Same belligerence as when he wanted to fight people in the gallery at City Hall)
(Same belligerence as when he wanted to fight people in the gallery at City Hall)
Former CEO of his dad's company has job search tips for the general public.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Man who inherited his dad's company, mom's house, has thoughts.....
(Same belligerence as when he wanted to fight people in the gallery at City Hall)
(Same belligerence as when he wanted to fight people in the gallery at City Hall)