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From earlier this week, I could see the guys inside the truck joking that they should turn the wheel and cut me off. HAHAHA HURTING CYCLISTS IS SO FUNNY!

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And here is what that same road looks like these days. The city has added a second line of paint.

That oughta do it! "Unambiguously safe." I would feel confident allowing my kid to bike on this road now. /s

Just a reminder that this is what the mayor considers safe cycling infrastructure. 4/4

Here's the scene of the collision on that "unambiguously safe" road in 2009. An 80km/h multi lane road with nothing but a painted line to protect people on bicycles. 3/4

This is a news clip from the time with details about the incident. 2/4

In 2009, 5 cyclists were run down by a driver on March Road in Kanata. This incident sparked a debate in the city about cycling safety.

Current Mayor and then columnist Mark Sutcliffe weighed in, saying that this was not an issue of cycling safety as that road was "unambiguously safe". 🧵1/4

Those are some nice ones you've got there. Still have all their wood bits even!

In this photo you've got violations of:

BY-LAW NO. 2017-301 7.(k)
BY-LAW NO. 2017-301 11.(2)(a)
BY-LAW NO. 2017-301 11.(2)(g)

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That's pretty awful. This second option is much better.

Seems to work just fine. Lots of room for snow storage.

This will take some digging.

Already there in January 22, 2000... I must go back further.

Aerial images have it going in sometime between 1991 and 1999.

Yes sir.

Ottawa needs way more streets like this.

This remaining little severed stub of Florence Street got de-paved and absorbed into Mcnabb Park 10 years ago.

Cool!

What would be the strategy there? "We don't have enough money to repave all your roads, so either accept gravel local roads, or narrow your arterials and collectors."?

I guess you would just need to decide what the criteria for that would be. Basically any local road could be de-paved. So would we look at local roads with the highest repaving costs and lowest property tax revenue? The ones with the lowest traffic volumes? We have all that data.

There were some issues with my data here, these are the updated charts: bsky.app/profile/sjam...

Here's the data, plus some fun extras. Note how much it will cost just to fix rural roads.

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I recalculated everything that I did to create the last chart, but this time properly weighting road segment lengths.

Beacon Hill-Cyrville now beats out Alta Vista in the worst road rankings, but Bay Ward is still #1 - Congrats on your crappy roads!

This move only saves the average residential taxpayer 84¢/month on their property taxes. $10/year.

Meanwhile, the families affected by this will be paying an additional $372/year, per kid, on top of the $1248/year they're already paying.

I bet many will just not buy passes and drive istead.

It's a lovely hole. The city should be proud.

Traffic Barrels mark a large hole in the sidewalk on Bank Street. These have been here since at least January.

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First Ave.

And it's quite effective for the most part.

These are just the ones I happen to catch when I'm walking by. There have been far more than just these.

If my estimate of his speed is correct at 70km/h, that's a $480 ticket.

Even if it was 60km/h, that's still a $360 ticket.

If you don't pay your ticket, you can't renew your plate.