Matt Gagnon

My Delegation and Comments on the Report on Ontario Bill 60 Impacts on Ottawa Cycling Projects - The New Orleans From Public Works and Infrastructure Committee – November 27, 2025 Today, I had the opportunity to speak to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (PWIC; formerly the Transportation Committee) ...

I delegated to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee today with a simple message: Stand up for Ottawa. 🏛️

Bill 60 is a threat to our autonomy & budget. #ottawa #ottbike #bill60

Jeff, Christina Bouchard and Theresa Kavanagh at the rally / Jeff, résident, Christina Bouchard et Theresa Kavanagh lors du rassemblement

Bill 60 kneecaps municipal Councils and councillors seeking to make our streets safer as we intensify, and will worsen congestion for everyone. Thanks to residents who came to City Hall this morning to protest.

Des cyclistes ottaviens contre Doug Ford | Le téléjournal Ottawa-Gatineau Des résidents d'Ottawa demandent à Doug Ford de faire marche arrière avec son projet de loi 60, qui vise à accélérer des projets d'infrastructures. S'il est adopté, les municipalités ne pourront plus ...

Thank you @jleiper.bsky.social , Florence @bikeottawa.bsky.social , et Christina Bouchard pour vos commentaires. Pour nous à @cgow.bsky.social , le Boulevard d'Orléans est une grande perte qui va affecter nos jeunes ainsi que l'adoption du train léger. #bill60
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Enthusiastic cyclists gearing up for another Ottawa winter ottawacitizen.com/news/cyclist...

🧵 There’s been some attention on the City’s new “donation button”. It’s an idea we talked about last year and that we were supposed to get a report on before proceeding. Maybe I missed it...

But here we are. And I have thoughts.

One scenario where a public option for groceries could make sense is in food deserts. Encouraging the creation of a coop could help address the problem in the short to medium run, until there is enough growth to sustain competition.

Photo of Ontario Premier Doug Ford with text : "Miser's Law: The people fighting bike lanes are always the worst people in your city."

@misernyc.bsky.social has another example to support his law.

We heard from many groups today about the Tewin development. This is unfortunately going to be a development that further entrenches us into unsustainable sprawl.

Property taxes have not and will not be able to provide long-term support for these types of developments. We have decades of evidence.

Residential streets not designed for a vehicle of that size. They should be driving much slower than the speed limit and have spotters when blind spots could be an issue. The scenarios where there's no negligence or fault in the driver or company are limited.

Ottawa Streets Are Not Safe For Kids – A Call to Action to Keep ASE, Have Sidewalks and School Streets Ottawa Streets are not safe for kids – losing ASE will make it worse

Is Ottawa school zone safety negotiable?

🚷Delays to sidewalk builds
🚦School Street policy red lighted
📸 Automated Speed Enforcement to be cut down by Doug Ford

📣 No! Tell the Mayor to stand up to the province and anyone who makes communities less safe.

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‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It. A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.

Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?

My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)

I’m inclined to agree: spending taxpayer money on Lansdowne 2.0 hardly seems like the most pragmatic option, considering so many higher-priority needs like transit, infrastructure upgrades, road and sidewalk maintenance, pedestrian safety upgrades, the list goes on…

City wide graphs of the effects of ASE camera installation on the percent of high-end speeders, and general speed limit compliance. These cameras work

They also generously sponsor our CA so I am happy to advertise for them whenever I can.

On SGEC, the trail is much nicer than the parkway, but it is packed with people walking. I used the parkway to get my bread and beer at Almanac and Dominion City.

More Than a Bike Ride: Kidical Mass Capping Off a Year of Pedal and Play Success in Orléans - The New Orleans On the morning of Saturday, September 27, 2025, the streets of Convent Glen North filled with the cheerful sound of laughter, bike bells, and even a handful of cow bells. This Orléans edition of the K...

✨New Post✨ From our weekly "Pedal and Play" rides to a season-ending Kidical Mass event, we're showing what a more connected, family-friendly Orléans can look like—one bike ride at a time. 🚲 #Orléans #KidicalMass #Community

YouTube video by Shifter Why kids don't bike to school anymore (and 5 things that can fix it)

New video: The story of one boy has given me hope for getting more kids riding bikes to school again
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This would initially hurt those of us in the suburbs. However, it would further shift the tax burden to the core (higher relative property values) and create incentives for neighbourhoods to evolve and grow up. In the long run, it will make us all wealthier while solving big issues like housing.

No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.

“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”

Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...

We are still waiting for the permanent safety upgrades.

YouTube video by OrléansFietser Orléans, Ontario Kidical Mass Ride 2025

Video of the Kidical Mass in Orléans this morning along Jeanne D'Arc Boulevard. Thank you @robattrell.bsky.social for leading the event. Thank you @lauradudas.bsky.social and @jleiper.bsky.social for attending. #bikeottawa
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Bike is ready for Kidical Mass Orléans!!! #bikeottawa #kidicalmass #strongtowns

Taking the whole ROAD ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️

Textbook radical anti-car cyclists.

I could see some side streets with bike lanes overtaking car centric main streets. Assuming that zoning is not a hindrance.

The biggest impediment to improving downtown is insisting on bringing people from the suburbs to offices. It could be a great place for people instead of a place for workers.

Literally one parked car, likely with no one in it, holding up a 60' articulated bus, with maybe as many as 60 times the amount of people on it.

Which should our city prioritize?

strongtownsottawa.ca/bank/ Tell the city to at least try some proper dedicated bus lanes in the Glebe.

Yes. I think it does a good job of showing how much low densities need infrastructure.

I wish the city collected data to do a similar map with expenses. The table with line km of roads per house shown by Étienne was great. @strongtownsottawa.ca had awesome delegations this week. #strongtowns

Interested in diving into Ottawa's property tax data?

@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath

It may not be open but it is used.