It's Jamie
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Municipal issues, data, transportation, history, yelling at drivers. Serious ideas, unserious person. Lots of original content. Pretend journalist. 🚲👶🌳
Centretown, Ottawa, Ontario
Centretown, Ottawa, Ontario
Don't even need a bus route on the street. Just add bus lanes anyway.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Don't even need a bus route on the street. Just add bus lanes anyway.
Four of the five killed had drugs in their system when they died, two of them were struck by cars, yet the recommendation is to require e-bike riders to have a licence and insurance? Really?
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Four of the five killed had drugs in their system when they died, two of them were struck by cars, yet the recommendation is to require e-bike riders to have a licence and insurance? Really?
Something that doesn't violate Bill 60: modal filters. They make the entire street much safer to bike on without actually removing any motor-vehicle lanes. Use them more!
Also, putting a contra-flow lane on Percy Street won't violate Bill 60 either. Combine that with modal filters and: fietsstraat🤩
Also, putting a contra-flow lane on Percy Street won't violate Bill 60 either. Combine that with modal filters and: fietsstraat🤩
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Something that doesn't violate Bill 60: modal filters. They make the entire street much safer to bike on without actually removing any motor-vehicle lanes. Use them more!
Also, putting a contra-flow lane on Percy Street won't violate Bill 60 either. Combine that with modal filters and: fietsstraat🤩
Also, putting a contra-flow lane on Percy Street won't violate Bill 60 either. Combine that with modal filters and: fietsstraat🤩
... but on the horizon, a beacon of hope!
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 AM
... but on the horizon, a beacon of hope!
Tremblay could work for redevelopment, Fallowfield cannot. Greenbelt plus small SFH lots. Much easier to turn a Walmart into a new neighborhood than redevelop 1000 homes.
Although I'd much prefer a downtown station, at least Tremblay is on the LRT.
Although I'd much prefer a downtown station, at least Tremblay is on the LRT.
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Tremblay could work for redevelopment, Fallowfield cannot. Greenbelt plus small SFH lots. Much easier to turn a Walmart into a new neighborhood than redevelop 1000 homes.
Although I'd much prefer a downtown station, at least Tremblay is on the LRT.
Although I'd much prefer a downtown station, at least Tremblay is on the LRT.
The video really fails to capture the scale.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The video really fails to capture the scale.
Good luck to the residents of Lakeside Ave. and Madawaska Dr.
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Good luck to the residents of Lakeside Ave. and Madawaska Dr.
Well, Preston is maybe not closed to Col. By, but it's definitely not open either!
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Well, Preston is maybe not closed to Col. By, but it's definitely not open either!
This had better not connect at Fallowfield. What a waste of a HSR station that would be. Tremblay is bad enough.
I was just in Malmö (metro population 780,035), and they had a massive 6km underground rail tunnel into their central train station.
I was just in Malmö (metro population 780,035), and they had a massive 6km underground rail tunnel into their central train station.
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This had better not connect at Fallowfield. What a waste of a HSR station that would be. Tremblay is bad enough.
I was just in Malmö (metro population 780,035), and they had a massive 6km underground rail tunnel into their central train station.
I was just in Malmö (metro population 780,035), and they had a massive 6km underground rail tunnel into their central train station.
What happened to all the old speed camera signs? Can I have one to go with my shirt?
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
What happened to all the old speed camera signs? Can I have one to go with my shirt?
I bet the people who had speed cameras next to their homes are going to really appreciate the uptick in speeding on their streets and the giant flashing signs outside their windows.
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I bet the people who had speed cameras next to their homes are going to really appreciate the uptick in speeding on their streets and the giant flashing signs outside their windows.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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.
There were cars parked in the no stopping zone and blocking the bus stops all down Gladstone. So police were diverting Gladstone traffic down Percy Street, including the 14. Buses were idling outside people's homes all day.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
There were cars parked in the no stopping zone and blocking the bus stops all down Gladstone. So police were diverting Gladstone traffic down Percy Street, including the 14. Buses were idling outside people's homes all day.
I don't understand how you can just "rent a room" at the community center, and then out in the park, set up a stage, loud speakers, tents, dumpsters, 20+ porta potties, propane heaters, crowd control fencing, giant signs, etc.
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I don't understand how you can just "rent a room" at the community center, and then out in the park, set up a stage, loud speakers, tents, dumpsters, 20+ porta potties, propane heaters, crowd control fencing, giant signs, etc.
1972 watermain.
With these 1970s pipes failing prematurely and the pipes from the first wave of suburban sprawl all coming up for replacement at the same time, we're in for a very disruptive and very expensive next few decades.
With these 1970s pipes failing prematurely and the pipes from the first wave of suburban sprawl all coming up for replacement at the same time, we're in for a very disruptive and very expensive next few decades.
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
1972 watermain.
With these 1970s pipes failing prematurely and the pipes from the first wave of suburban sprawl all coming up for replacement at the same time, we're in for a very disruptive and very expensive next few decades.
With these 1970s pipes failing prematurely and the pipes from the first wave of suburban sprawl all coming up for replacement at the same time, we're in for a very disruptive and very expensive next few decades.
Does permeable pavement work in our climate?
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Does permeable pavement work in our climate?
I challenge anyone to even find an example of this in the city. I've looked and I can't find any.
The city claims this change is about making room for trees, but I think it's really about their inability to keep up with the enforcement of these widenings. They're giving up and legalizing them.
The city claims this change is about making room for trees, but I think it's really about their inability to keep up with the enforcement of these widenings. They're giving up and legalizing them.
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I challenge anyone to even find an example of this in the city. I've looked and I can't find any.
The city claims this change is about making room for trees, but I think it's really about their inability to keep up with the enforcement of these widenings. They're giving up and legalizing them.
The city claims this change is about making room for trees, but I think it's really about their inability to keep up with the enforcement of these widenings. They're giving up and legalizing them.
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
For the driveways that are illegally widened by adding a pathway onto them, the new private approach by-law is actually proposing to legalize them!
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
For the driveways that are illegally widened by adding a pathway onto them, the new private approach by-law is actually proposing to legalize them!
Here's a section of James Street. No illegal spaces removed.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Here's a section of James Street. No illegal spaces removed.