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Derrick
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Transportation Chair @CentretownCCA • Ottawa Urbanism Book Club • Carleton Journalism Grad • Grocery Store Hall Of Famer • Opinions are my own
Jul 21, 2024 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
In July the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club is reading Killed by a Traffic Engineer. It's a very surprising and insightful read on road safety.

🧵Here are 6 things Ottawa can learn from Killed by a Traffic Engineer. Image 1. Be weary of “Engineer Speak”

Phrases like "Safety is a shared responsibility" and "balanced approach" can be used to quiet opposition or deflect blame.

When you hear theses phrases pay attention and consider asking followup questions. Image
Jul 14, 2024 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
I spent a week in Washington, DC, where I learned a lot about how to build a more enjoyable and liveable capital.

🧵Here are 10 things Ottawa can learn from Washington, DC Image For an even more in depth post, you can read a longer version here

improvingottawa.substack.com/p/10-things-ot…
Dec 1, 2023 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
From the outside, The Well in Toronto looks like any old condo building.

Inside is a dense, mixed use, liveable community and shopping centre that all cities can learn from.

🧵Bookmark this thread for inspiration next time your city wants to build a strip mall near downtown.
A tall glass building in Toronto
An open air mall with 3 levels and a cris cross roof The new development in Toronto has shops, food, and over 1,700 units for living. Both condos and purpose built rentals.

It’s basically the coolest open air shopping mall I’ve ever seen. A big square with 2 extra levels and people walking around. Has a fancy roof holder for the fro cross roof
Nov 4, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
The buses are late, the budget is tight, and the football team is about to strike gold.

🧵A thread on Ottawa’s democracy, honesty, and Lansdowne 2.0. The Lansdowne 2.0 rendering Since being elected one year ago, Ottawa’s mayor Mark Sufcliffe has done the exact opposite of what he said he’d do.

He campaign on fixing transit.
He campaigned on balance and smart money management.

He did not campaign on Lansdowne 2.0. Mark’s campaign promises. Hold property tax increases to 2.5% for 2023 and 2024. Reduce recreation fees for kids. Invest $100million to fix roads. Freeze transit fares and downtown parking rates. Recruit more family doctors. Revitalize the Byward market.
Oct 10, 2023 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
🚨I read Ottawa’s Lansdowne 2.0 report so you don’t have to 🚨

The proposal is a taxpayer funded mess.

Bookmark this thread for anytime someone asks why you don’t support a handout for millionaires. 🧵 Image The project has a cost of $419 million paid for by the City.

It’ll cost the City $16.4 million per year to pay the debt… for 40 years.

Since payment begins around 2030, our kids’ kids will be paying this off in 2070! Image
Aug 23, 2023 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
🚨THE ULTIMATE QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE THREAD🚨

Here’s 16 policies from the City of Ottawa’s own Transportation Master Plan that shows they support active use on the parkway.

Better yet, it shows we should transform Queen Elizabeth Drive into a park. 🧵 Image Policy 2.2: Promote healthy communities through transportation planning

Prioritizing active transportation on Queen Elizabeth Drive will lead to better air quality, fewer collisions and higher physical activity rates.

An active parkway is a healthy parkway! Image