Rob Attrell

Folks who want to live in a city with a garage, front and back yard, in a neighborhood that has “character” defined by other single family homes, can do that! They are just going to have to pay to do it. We desperately need to let go of this faux American Dream bullshit of SFH ownership #ottawa

Every time I see a brick house, I’ll think of you 😂. Orleans is 80% brick houses. Now every time I see painted brick, I’ll think of you twice 😂😂

👀👀 interesting…

Spoke with this reporter for 45 minutes yesterday. Among many other things, sidewalks in Manor Park definitely came up.

Empty Suburban Playgrounds: Where Are All the Children? - The New Orleans On many beautiful Saturday mornings this summer, I’ve run a weekly family bike ride I’m calling Pedal and Play in my local neighbourhood. After we meet at a local community landmark, everybody who sho...

✨New Post✨ - Ever notice how our suburban playgrounds are often empty, even on a beautiful day? It’s not because kids don't want to play; it's because our neighbourhoods and their schedules are designed in a way that makes it a challenge for them to get there. #YOW #Orleans

A selfie of Cassie on a bike wearing a purple helmet. A child also wearing a purple helmet is in a bike seat behind her.

Today is my youngest's last day of daycare. I will miss our daily bike rides together 🥲. But I am also looking forward to one school drop off closer to home!).

My rough guess is we have travelled at least 3000km by bike for daycare trips (and my partner another 2k too).

#MobilityOfCare

Is this why to this day they still famously (and controversially, in some circles) let 747s fly through Manhattan?

The Continuous Sidewalk: What Are Our Priorities? – Urban Infrastructure Series #2 - The New Orleans Walk down any typical local sidewalk in Orleans and you’ll play a familiar game, especially if you’re walking with kids. You walk, you reach a street corner, stop, look both way, step down off the cur...

Why do our sidewalks force pedestrians 🚶‍♀️ to yield to cars? A continuous sidewalk flips the script: the path stays level & cars drive over it. A simple design shift that prioritizes safety, accessibility ♿ & people over vehicle speed. #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities

Urban Environmentalism Comes In Two Flavours: The Green-Grey Divide - The New Orleans In the conversations about how our cities should grow, “environmentalism” is a word that gets used a lot. But not all environmentalism is the same, and not everyone who wants to protect the environmen...

✨New Post✨ - When it comes to building a greener city, there are two often opposing schools of thought. One protects the local trees and yards, the other fights car-dependent sprawl. The truth is, we need to be both. Here's how we can balance these ideas for a better suburb. 🌳 vs. 🏙️ #YOW #Urbanism

Don’t you DARE look too close! 😂

Building Continuous Sidewalks: Stitching Our Neighbourhoods Back Together - The New Orleans In my previous article, we deconstructed the design of the continuous sidewalk—a simple but powerful tool that flips the street dynamic by prioritizing the pedestrian’s journey over the car’s. We esta...

✨New Post✨: Our streets shouldn't be barriers. Simple designs like the 'continuous sidewalk' can stitch our neighbourhoods back together by putting people first, creating safer, more connected communities for everyone. It's a small change with a huge impact. 🚶‍♀️ #Walkable #Orleans #UrbanDesign

I have never updated OSM. I assume someone will in the next day or two if it’s actually officially open.

It takes you from Montreal road by the highway all the way to Blair. Dumps you out at the bus turnaround. It’s been unofficially open for a while but I heard this morning all the barriers are gone so it appears officially open now.

Yeah it’s a brand new path. I haven’t taken it but I went past on the new path and you can get through on the rear side of the Costco near the access road.

Needs a safe passage along the LRT between Blair and Tremblay. You can access the Costco very quietly from the new bath between the Costco and LRT.

My HVAC guy drives one of those Japanese mini trucks for in-town jobs. Replaced his huge pickup. Told me no one notices his fleet of vans/trucks. Everyone notices the mini truck and it sends business his way, while saving gas etc. I had to admit that what why I called him to put in our heat pump. 🛻

Tout le monde en bécyk Ah, Paris.

Your regular reminder that in Ottawa we still can't figure out how to rent bicycles to people who want to pay to ride them. www.brigittepellerin.com/p/tout-le-mo...

A Playbook For Suburban Change...Without the Drama - The New Orleans It’s a familiar scene in many suburban neighbourhoods: a development notice appears, typically on an older property. Like clockwork, pushback starts, with a laundry list of resident concerns about the...

Debunking the myths of suburban development. 🏡 Are more neighbours a threat to property value, or the key to a more walkable, connected, and financially resilient community? It's time to reframe the conversation and choose a better future for our suburbs. #Housing #urbanism #Orleans

The Unspoken Truth About Paying For Our Suburbs - The New Orleans As a homeowner in Orléans, whether you’ve been here for a while or are brand new to the area, you probably have what feels like a pretty reasonable expectation of home ownership here. You pay a *signi...

The suburban deal was simple: you pay your taxes, you get good services. But that deal is breaking down. It's not mismanagement; it's math. Here's the unspoken truth about why our communities are struggling to pay the bills. 💸
#suburbs #taxes

Weird doesn’t begin to describe it. I thought this was a joke.

We see potholes lingering longer and repaving getting pushed back further and further. We hear about budget shortfalls, and yet we feel the steady rise in taxes that doesn’t seem to correlate with an improvement in services.

For decades, this has been the basic deal of suburban life. It comes with a few nice perks and privileges, but you pay your fair share and get city services in return. However, many of us are now sensing that this deal is beginning to fray at the edges.

You pay a *significant* amount in property taxes, and in return, you expect a certain level of service: roads that are smoothly paved, water and sewer pipes that don’t just up and break, and regular, rapid snow clearing in the winter.

As a homeowner in Orléans, whether you’ve been here for a while or are brand new to the area, you probably have what feels like a pretty reasonable expectation of home ownership here.

Ottawa needs way more streets like this.

Looks like based on outside the air quality is worse higher up but not low down.

We are always thrilled to be a part of these joy-filled bike rides. So many parents want to skip some drives and get around emission-free, but they need safe routes. This helps demonstrate their needs in a family friendly way 🎉

A colourful design with Kidical Mass Ottawa logo, 2025, bubbles with dates (May 3, June 28, July 26 and Sept 27 Location Orleans). A person is riding a box-style cargo bike with 3 kids and a dog inside. Another kid bikes on their own yellow bike next to them. Logos at the bottom for School Streets Ottawa, For Our Kids and Bike Ottawa.

We are excited to announce the final ride of our 2025 season - on a new date - so we have an updated poster!

kidicalmassorleans2025.eventbrite.ca

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#OttCity #Ottawa #OttBike #OttEvents #KidicalMass #StreetsForKids #StreetsForEveryone #KidicalMassOttawa

Modal Filters: The Simple Secret to Taking Back Your Street – Urban Infrastructure Series #1 - The New Orleans Does your local street ever feel less like a residential lane and more like a busy thoroughfare (maybe on soccer night or during school pickup)? Are there relatively quiet residential streets that get...

The first entry in a recurring series on urban infrastructure. Today, Modal Filters: The Simple Secret to Taking Back Your Street #ottawa #urbanism

theneworleans.ca/2025/08/04/m...

Yeah I have had the AirVisual app for the last 2 months or so, really helpful at a glance!