This cartoon of Goofy playing as Mr. Walker and Mr. Wheeler does a great job of highlighting the mindset shift that occurs when we get behind the wheel.
It is interesting to note that this cartoon came out over 75 years ago, yet is just as accurate as ever.
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Your call @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social! Create a #BetterByWard as a #PlaceForPeople or parking.
Two G7 capital cities; two different visions.
The no new wars president started a new war? Colour me absolutely shocked!
28.02.2026 17:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After delegating at PWIC yesterday, we chatted with Kristy Cameron on CFRA about right turns on reds.
As always we appreciate the opportunity, Kristy does a great job of asking important questions that lead to productive dialogue.
You can listen to the convo here: drive.google.com/file/d/187FI...
We spoke today at PWIC on the topic of a ban on right turns on red.
This is a common sense solution that has been tried all over the world and proven to increase safety. We do not need to reinvent the wheel at every intersection.
Watch the delegation below drive.google.com/file/d/1owT3...
We are very frustrated that this is continually being delayed over and over again. People who want to sign up to delegate have to set aside time to be able to do so, constantly pushing things back makes things harder for the people trying to make their communities better.
18.02.2026 22:53 — 👍 31 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0Couldn't be more proud of this group! Crazy turn out every single time we have anything going on. Such passionate members that clearly care about creating the best city to live in!
13.02.2026 17:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Interested in learning about the impacts of the new zoning bylaw on the neighbourhoods in our city? How they'll be evolving over time, or how some might stay stagnant? We have BuildingIn coming to present at our next monthly meeting!
Join us Thursday to learn more!
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As someone who "lives car free here" alongside over 50% of the population in the urban core, yea it's definitely doable, and people like yourself are only making it harder to actually live car-free when you oppose the necessary densification to make it work.
07.02.2026 20:36 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Are we in a housing crisis or are we in a housing fitting in crisis?
06.02.2026 19:31 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If a 5 minute walk from the LRT can't see your support for high-rise then I'm seriously worried about the future of our transit. This is the exact kind of development we need to get out of the hole we're in.
06.02.2026 17:30 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wouldn't this be really close to higher level transit? Blocking a taller development isn't somehow going to also make mid-rise growth happen, so I don't see the logic here at all. I thought we wanted to help solve the housing crisis and work towards more TOD?
06.02.2026 17:30 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Poster for the Strong Towns Ottawa Social gathering, January 30th 2026, from 7pm at Braumeister Bierhall, 175 Carruthers Ave.
Join us for our first social of the year tonight! Everyone is welcome, we always have a great time! Come out for some socializing, drinks, food, and great conversations!
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Board members of Strong Towns Ottawa Derrick Simpson and Marko Miljusevic stand beside 3 Carleton students that took part in the BPAPM competition, as well as City of Ottawa Councillor Laura Dudas
Southam Hall at Carleton University filled with attendees ready to watch the case competition
Backpack on the bus with a pin from Strong Towns Ottawa with writing "Let's get bank street moving with bus lanes"
Slideshow from one of the team's presentations showing a bus with the writing "Bus lanes on Bank St."
Last Saturday Carleton held their BPAPM Case Competition where they looked at the Bank Street Study!
It was amazing being part of the process, seeing all of the wonderful ideas from the students, and seeing them present it in a room filled with friends, family, and even some city Councillors!
Photo of members of the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club sitting around in a circle
Photo of members of the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club sitting around in a circle
Thanks to everyone who came out to another great Ottawa Urbanism Book Club! Great turnout for a snowy day to discuss Ottawology by Tonya K. Davidson. If you're interested in joining us for next month's book The Unaccountability Machine check our events section on our site strongtownsottawa.ca#Events
27.01.2026 17:16 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Interesting to see Alex Lawson scrubbed from the PoliticalIntel consultants site amidst running for mayor web.archive.org/web/20251221... #ottnews
23.01.2026 22:19 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 2The future is bright!
19.01.2026 16:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Board Member Marko Miljusevic of Strong Towns Ottawa at the front of a class speaking to students for Carleton University's Case Competition around Bank Street.
Board Member Marko Miljusevic of Strong Towns Ottawa at the front of a class speaking to students for Carleton University's Case Competition around Bank Street.
Board Member Marko Miljusevic of Strong Towns Ottawa at the front of a class speaking to students for Carleton University's Case Competition around Bank Street.
Board Member Marko Miljusevic of Strong Towns Ottawa at the front of a class speaking to students for Carleton University's Case Competition around Bank Street.
It was a pleasure to host a workshop on the Bank Street Study for Carleton students of BPAPM's case competition! They had some wonderful questions and engagement with the topic.
Local politics has a huge impact on our everyday lives, so it's great to see youth taking an interest in it!
Dangerous policies will lead to dangerous outcomes. Completely backwards policies when looking at what the data supports.
15.01.2026 19:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Reminder we have an e-mail template on our site that you can use for inspiration to contact your councillor!
Here are some other ways you can get involved too. If you're interested in delegating, don't hesitate to reach out, we'd love to help you with it!
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Members show up to discuss Bus lanes on bank street at Strong Towns Ottawa's monthly meeting in January 2026
Thank you to everyone who came to our monthly meeting last night to work on our push for Bus Lanes on Bank Street. What a great turnout!
If you haven't been, anyone is welcome to join us for our monthly meetings! You can find info for the next one on our website, strongtownsottawa.ca
If you're not aware, we have our first monthly meeting of 2026 coming up this Thursday, 6:15-7:45 pm, at St. Peter's Church (400 Sparks), where we'll be discussing our final push for Bus Lanes on Bank Street!
Come get involved with fellow Strong Towns members!
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Image of a tweet saying "To explain zoning to my family, for holiday dinner I'm gonna ask to put salads on one table, drinks on another, sides on a third table and the main dish in the living room. Then watch the traffic chaos as everyone tries to eat. That's how suburbs create traffic out of thin air."
Pretty much sums it up. In no other part of our lives would this make sense, yet it's a regular occurrence in how we plan our cities.
30.12.2025 04:21 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
The scary thing is that this pipe is only from 1959 and failed prematurely, a growing trend. There are still pipes downtown from the 1870s to be replaced. We currently replace about 20km of pipe each year, but we laid down 1800km of pipe in the 50s and 60s. 5X our current replacement rate.
02.01.2026 02:16 — 👍 20 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
We're unfortunately in for a looooot of these unless we manage to get our city finances in order.
Building more efficiently will help ensure the infrastructure we have is kept in good condition, helping our citizens avoid disasters like these!
Cars stuck in standstill traffic on Bank Street
A bus stuck behind cars on standstill traffic and Bank Street
These traffic cameras are a great tool to see how inefficient cars are on Bank Street, and how much extra traffic parking adds.
This single intersection is clogged with a total of what is probably 15-20 people in cars. All while a bus with easily over 2x that sits stuck in traffic.
A letter from POP that discusses how the City of Ottawa budget affects affordability.
A letter from POP that discusses how the City of Ottawa budget affects affordability.
A letter from POP that discusses how the City of Ottawa budget affects affordability.
We've worked together with our partners at the Peoples Official Plan coalition to touch on a very important aspect of our yearly budget process, that of affordability.
We strongly recommend reading the letter, and providing your thoughts to your councillor!
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This was a campaign event. I have great respect for Chief Stubbs, Chief Hutt, and Chief Poirier, and I think that it was inappropriate to use them like this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
05.12.2025 03:19 — 👍 33 🔁 7 💬 5 📌 2Appreciate your work. Someone needs to be fighting for the climate these days, we can't keep ignoring the problem, hoping for "net-zero" 3 decades from now when none of the people making those commitments will be held to account.
28.11.2025 01:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0