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Getting Creative to Support Bus Lanes on Bank Street
Strong Towns Ottawa is running ads before movies at the Mayfair Theatre until June 15 to encourage support for Bus Lanes on Bank Street.
 • Derrick Simpson
The NCC Summer Zone in Centretown had Overwhelming Support Last Year… and isn't Returning
Featuring official results from the NCC's unreleased 2024 Summer Zone survey.
 • Derrick Simpson
Ottawa’s transit budget is neither fiscally conservative or socially helpful
Ottawa released their draft budget this week, and it’s neither fiscally conservative or helpful to those in our city who need it most. It’s truly the…
 • Derrick Simpson
What Ottawa can learn from Better Buses Better Cities
If there’s one book from the Book Club you read, I’d recommend Better Buses Better Cities.
 • Derrick Simpson
Takeaways from the Rural Summit
I attended yesterday’s Rural Summit at Sir Robert Borden High School in Ottawa.
 • Derrick Simpson
Ideas for Ottawa's Nightlife Council
Ottawa is currently choosing its Nightlife Council, a group that will work with the Night Mayor to improve Ottawa’s nightlife.
 • Derrick Simpson
6 ways to improve Kent Street in Downtown Ottawa
As discussed in part 1 and part 2 of my Kent Street series, Kent Street is an urban arterial badly in need of improvement.
 • Derrick Simpson
Improving Ottawa
Improving Ottawa
Ideas and thoughts on how to improve Ottawa. Urbanism, climate change, and transportation focused.
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