Pat Bickerton
@pbickerton.bsky.social
I like hobbies, data, and hobbies that involve data.
Opinions are my own.
https://github.com/bickertonpa
Opinions are my own.
https://github.com/bickertonpa
Do we think there is enough off-peak ridership to justify a return to 5-min headways on L1? 1130 train getting busier and busier as it approaches the core. Standing room only now.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Do we think there is enough off-peak ridership to justify a return to 5-min headways on L1? 1130 train getting busier and busier as it approaches the core. Standing room only now.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
Transit Commission budget meeting Monday Nov 24.
Time to write your Councillor to demand better off-peak frequency.
That watermain is only 55 years old. Yikes! Ottawa has 813 km of water pipes that are older than this (about 21% of all pipes city wide).
Council decided to defer a few billion dollars in maintenance work in the long term financial plan. I'm afraid this is going to become more common.
Council decided to defer a few billion dollars in maintenance work in the long term financial plan. I'm afraid this is going to become more common.
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
That watermain is only 55 years old. Yikes! Ottawa has 813 km of water pipes that are older than this (about 21% of all pipes city wide).
Council decided to defer a few billion dollars in maintenance work in the long term financial plan. I'm afraid this is going to become more common.
Council decided to defer a few billion dollars in maintenance work in the long term financial plan. I'm afraid this is going to become more common.
Over the last 30 yrs, #OttCity has seen inner greenbelt neighbourhoods move the suburbs. Probably for more affordable housing. As Ottawa considers changes to its zoning bylaw, we should be increasing densities and housing options in these struggling areas.
Inspired by: bsky.app/profile/alex...
Inspired by: bsky.app/profile/alex...
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Over the last 30 yrs, #OttCity has seen inner greenbelt neighbourhoods move the suburbs. Probably for more affordable housing. As Ottawa considers changes to its zoning bylaw, we should be increasing densities and housing options in these struggling areas.
Inspired by: bsky.app/profile/alex...
Inspired by: bsky.app/profile/alex...
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 8:25 PM
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.
Here is a snapshot a sample of the data. I selected the collisions that were within 30 seconds of a camera location. For example, if travelling at 50 kph, you travel 415m in 30s. Only the collisions along the route were selected.
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Here is a snapshot a sample of the data. I selected the collisions that were within 30 seconds of a camera location. For example, if travelling at 50 kph, you travel 415m in 30s. Only the collisions along the route were selected.
Critics of speed cameras challenge the claim that compliance lowers accidents and injuries
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Critics of speed cameras challenge the claim that compliance lowers accidents and injuries
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Here is a snapshot a sample of the data. I selected the collisions that were within 30 seconds of a camera location. For example, if travelling at 50 kph, you travel 415m in 30s. Only the collisions along the route were selected.
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Here is a snapshot a sample of the data. I selected the collisions that were within 30 seconds of a camera location. For example, if travelling at 50 kph, you travel 415m in 30s. Only the collisions along the route were selected.
Hmm...if that's the case, should't the ask be closer to the $177-million for rail ops then?
Here is a breakdown of the draft 2026 Transit Commission Operations Budget.
Note: the "Property Taxes" on the revenue side reflects the "Net Requirement" line item in the budget.
Here is a breakdown of the draft 2026 Transit Commission Operations Budget.
Note: the "Property Taxes" on the revenue side reflects the "Net Requirement" line item in the budget.
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hmm...if that's the case, should't the ask be closer to the $177-million for rail ops then?
Here is a breakdown of the draft 2026 Transit Commission Operations Budget.
Note: the "Property Taxes" on the revenue side reflects the "Net Requirement" line item in the budget.
Here is a breakdown of the draft 2026 Transit Commission Operations Budget.
Note: the "Property Taxes" on the revenue side reflects the "Net Requirement" line item in the budget.
Not only did speed cameras reduce speeding, but the revenues were reinvested in big and small street design changes (the actual problem). Ward 9 has their own examples.
This revenue source is now gone without a long term replacement.
This revenue source is now gone without a long term replacement.
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Not only did speed cameras reduce speeding, but the revenues were reinvested in big and small street design changes (the actual problem). Ward 9 has their own examples.
This revenue source is now gone without a long term replacement.
This revenue source is now gone without a long term replacement.
#OttCity keeps trying the same thing over and over expecting a different result.
We're asking upper levels of government to cover an additional $47-million for transit. We've tried this before. It's never happened, leading to funding shortfalls.
What makes us think it will be different this time?
We're asking upper levels of government to cover an additional $47-million for transit. We've tried this before. It's never happened, leading to funding shortfalls.
What makes us think it will be different this time?
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#OttCity keeps trying the same thing over and over expecting a different result.
We're asking upper levels of government to cover an additional $47-million for transit. We've tried this before. It's never happened, leading to funding shortfalls.
What makes us think it will be different this time?
We're asking upper levels of government to cover an additional $47-million for transit. We've tried this before. It's never happened, leading to funding shortfalls.
What makes us think it will be different this time?
Oh don't worry. We're going to crowdfund those!
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Oh don't worry. We're going to crowdfund those!
But now we can also donate to underfunded programs and services!
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
But now we can also donate to underfunded programs and services!
City of Ottawa is so broke we are literally asking for public donations to fund our infrastructure and debt servicing.
No joke
ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
No joke
ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
City of Ottawa is so broke we are literally asking for public donations to fund our infrastructure and debt servicing.
No joke
ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
No joke
ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM