Paul 🇨🇦 🚵
@paul-pothier.bsky.social
Don’t park in the bike lane, don’t slow-roll your car at me when I’m crossing the street
Ask me about HK3RS
Ask me about HK3RS
Attempting to Launch a Plane by Bike
YouTube video by Red Bull Bike
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Sounds like it would bring benefits to thousands and thousands of people every day
But … then again … it’s no stadium emergency
But … then again … it’s no stadium emergency
At Transit Committee, we asked staff to summarize items in the transit budget that will improve @octranspo.com bus on-time performance. Here's the summary, in a memo from staff.
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sounds like it would bring benefits to thousands and thousands of people every day
But … then again … it’s no stadium emergency
But … then again … it’s no stadium emergency
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Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday.
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
December 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Polar bears
Ptarmigan
Beluga whales
Wild turkeys
Moose
Ptarmigan
Beluga whales
Wild turkeys
Moose
Repost this with five animals you’ve seen in the wild. In my case:
Foxes
Deer
Crows
Turkeys
Snakes
Foxes
Deer
Crows
Turkeys
Snakes
Repost this with five animals you’ve seen in the wild.
Sea Lions
Coyotes
Deer
Alligators
Hawks
Sea Lions
Coyotes
Deer
Alligators
Hawks
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Polar bears
Ptarmigan
Beluga whales
Wild turkeys
Moose
Ptarmigan
Beluga whales
Wild turkeys
Moose
#LansdowneLogic says that any “savings” the mayor is claiming from deferred capital spending will only cost more when it’s gotten round to
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#LansdowneLogic says that any “savings” the mayor is claiming from deferred capital spending will only cost more when it’s gotten round to
Not a good time to be considering participation in #Eurovision
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Not a good time to be considering participation in #Eurovision
A trifecta a few moments ago:
Elgin/Cooper
Driver making an illegal u-turn nearly hits cyclist while another driver is making an illegal left turn onto Cooper
Elgin/Cooper
Driver making an illegal u-turn nearly hits cyclist while another driver is making an illegal left turn onto Cooper
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A trifecta a few moments ago:
Elgin/Cooper
Driver making an illegal u-turn nearly hits cyclist while another driver is making an illegal left turn onto Cooper
Elgin/Cooper
Driver making an illegal u-turn nearly hits cyclist while another driver is making an illegal left turn onto Cooper
Found in one of the new hospital’s Transportation Impact Assessment documents
So … if #OttCity decides to put in a transit priority lane the outcome is considered to be “worse”?
How so?
Obv, the authors are equating “vehicles” with “people”
In fact, the overall throughput (people) would improve
So … if #OttCity decides to put in a transit priority lane the outcome is considered to be “worse”?
How so?
Obv, the authors are equating “vehicles” with “people”
In fact, the overall throughput (people) would improve
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Found in one of the new hospital’s Transportation Impact Assessment documents
So … if #OttCity decides to put in a transit priority lane the outcome is considered to be “worse”?
How so?
Obv, the authors are equating “vehicles” with “people”
In fact, the overall throughput (people) would improve
So … if #OttCity decides to put in a transit priority lane the outcome is considered to be “worse”?
How so?
Obv, the authors are equating “vehicles” with “people”
In fact, the overall throughput (people) would improve
So … #OttCity staff are using AI?
Outlook, Word, Excel … all MS products that have it built in … the same stuff that everyone else uses
Not the flex they think it is
Outlook, Word, Excel … all MS products that have it built in … the same stuff that everyone else uses
Not the flex they think it is
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So … #OttCity staff are using AI?
Outlook, Word, Excel … all MS products that have it built in … the same stuff that everyone else uses
Not the flex they think it is
Outlook, Word, Excel … all MS products that have it built in … the same stuff that everyone else uses
Not the flex they think it is
Even the addition of curbing won’t keep #Autowa from driving wherever TF they want
Cooper/Cartier
@arieltroster.com
Cooper/Cartier
@arieltroster.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Even the addition of curbing won’t keep #Autowa from driving wherever TF they want
Cooper/Cartier
@arieltroster.com
Cooper/Cartier
@arieltroster.com
This is about bike computers and their potential to distract riders
Now, multiply this by 1,000 and substitute with “driving” and “cell phones”
open.substack.com/pub/tomports...
Now, multiply this by 1,000 and substitute with “driving” and “cell phones”
open.substack.com/pub/tomports...
Where's your attention?
Remove the Bike Computer; Reduce distraction.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is about bike computers and their potential to distract riders
Now, multiply this by 1,000 and substitute with “driving” and “cell phones”
open.substack.com/pub/tomports...
Now, multiply this by 1,000 and substitute with “driving” and “cell phones”
open.substack.com/pub/tomports...
Never, ever, will I ever again be able to ever say “there’s nothing on TV”
www.youtube.com/live/XDKpQhn...
www.youtube.com/live/XDKpQhn...
🔴 CLASSIC Thunderbirds 24/7 Livestream
YouTube video by ITV Retro
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Never, ever, will I ever again be able to ever say “there’s nothing on TV”
www.youtube.com/live/XDKpQhn...
www.youtube.com/live/XDKpQhn...
So … let me see if I’ve got this right …
If local urban residents are opposed to something in their neighbourhood rural councillors will help railroad it through
But if rural residents are opposed to something in *their* neighbourhoods then everyone else better back off
Gotcha
If local urban residents are opposed to something in their neighbourhood rural councillors will help railroad it through
But if rural residents are opposed to something in *their* neighbourhoods then everyone else better back off
Gotcha
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So … let me see if I’ve got this right …
If local urban residents are opposed to something in their neighbourhood rural councillors will help railroad it through
But if rural residents are opposed to something in *their* neighbourhoods then everyone else better back off
Gotcha
If local urban residents are opposed to something in their neighbourhood rural councillors will help railroad it through
But if rural residents are opposed to something in *their* neighbourhoods then everyone else better back off
Gotcha
Shurly to goodness this won’t be happening with Lansdowne 2.0
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Shurly to goodness this won’t be happening with Lansdowne 2.0
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Maybe if the councillors in the affected wards would’ve voted in favour of Lansdowne 2.0?
Awww … who’m I kidding … he already had the votes of councillors who don’t give a shit about public transit
Awww … who’m I kidding … he already had the votes of councillors who don’t give a shit about public transit
The 2026 draft Ottawa budget announces further delays to the Carling bus lane project, estimating the completion time for a bus lane project at 2035. This project was started in 2016 with designs released in 2017, which would make this be a 19 year long project just to install interim bus lanes.
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Maybe if the councillors in the affected wards would’ve voted in favour of Lansdowne 2.0?
Awww … who’m I kidding … he already had the votes of councillors who don’t give a shit about public transit
Awww … who’m I kidding … he already had the votes of councillors who don’t give a shit about public transit
Used to live about a mile or so directly south of RWY 18/36 in Winnipeg
We could hear every 4-holer from the moment they started spooling up at the threshold of 18 until they passed and turned on course
It was always about 6-7 minutes where any conversation (even indoors) was nearly impossible
We could hear every 4-holer from the moment they started spooling up at the threshold of 18 until they passed and turned on course
It was always about 6-7 minutes where any conversation (even indoors) was nearly impossible
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Used to live about a mile or so directly south of RWY 18/36 in Winnipeg
We could hear every 4-holer from the moment they started spooling up at the threshold of 18 until they passed and turned on course
It was always about 6-7 minutes where any conversation (even indoors) was nearly impossible
We could hear every 4-holer from the moment they started spooling up at the threshold of 18 until they passed and turned on course
It was always about 6-7 minutes where any conversation (even indoors) was nearly impossible
A lesson for the Alto consortium?
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A lesson for the Alto consortium?
Sorry, but I’m still struggling with how private citizens like @sjamieit.bsky.social are the one who are creating these types of data visualizations that councillors seem to find so interesting
Does #OttCity not have a data analytics group capable of producing this type of work?
Does #OttCity not have a data analytics group capable of producing this type of work?
A super interesting visualization of data from before & after installation of speed cameras. 💡
Injury graph redo. The earliest collision data is from 2013 and the earliest camera installation is 2020, so I trimmed the data at -6 years relative age.
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sorry, but I’m still struggling with how private citizens like @sjamieit.bsky.social are the one who are creating these types of data visualizations that councillors seem to find so interesting
Does #OttCity not have a data analytics group capable of producing this type of work?
Does #OttCity not have a data analytics group capable of producing this type of work?
Finally, a solution to the Trail Rd. problem
How much is it gonna cost?
That’s a secret
But it’s from Taggart so we can be sure it’s a good deal
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How much is it gonna cost?
That’s a secret
But it’s from Taggart so we can be sure it’s a good deal
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ottawa in talks to buy east end landfill | CBC News
The City of Ottawa says it has the rare chance to buy a functional landfill on Boundary Road that would help address a major waste management problem.
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Finally, a solution to the Trail Rd. problem
How much is it gonna cost?
That’s a secret
But it’s from Taggart so we can be sure it’s a good deal
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How much is it gonna cost?
That’s a secret
But it’s from Taggart so we can be sure it’s a good deal
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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But you know what is the best unrestricted fund for a municipality? Taxes and fees, the existing social contract with our residents. A donation button is sort of a bougie look for a municipality, and people will see through it.
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
But you know what is the best unrestricted fund for a municipality? Taxes and fees, the existing social contract with our residents. A donation button is sort of a bougie look for a municipality, and people will see through it.