by Glen Gower | Sep 20, 2024 | Notebook
La version française suit (This post was originally published in my Substack newsletter.) On Wednesday, Ottawa City Council spent almost three hours debating a 5-minute service change to LRT off-peak service. A majority of councillors (included me) voted to keep the...
by Glen Gower | Sep 19, 2024 | Notebook
La version française suit Yesterday, Council passed a “Wetland Omnibus Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment” due to new evaluation of wetlands west of Stittsville. It was mostly a procedural amendment and it flew right under the radar – but...
by Glen Gower | Sep 13, 2024 | Notebook
La version française suit Thursday was our first Transit Commission meeting since the summer break, and it was a busy one, with OC Transpo sharing a lot of new information and updates, and around 30 delegations making presentations to committee. Fall service OC...
by Glen Gower | Sep 11, 2024 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit UPDATE: City Council approved this application on September 18, 2024. I dissented, as did Councillors Clarke Kelly, George Darouze, Catherine Kitts and David Brown. Planning & Housing Committee has approved the zoning by-law amendment for...
by Glen Gower | Aug 10, 2024 | Information, Notebook
La version française suit (Originally published on my Substack newsletter) In a 30-minute speech in front of local reporters at City Hall, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe laid out a compelling case for financial fairness for the City of Ottawa from the provincial and federal...
by Glen Gower | Jul 11, 2024 | Notebook
La version française suit (The heat map above illustrates where people are going by mapping destination areas.) In June, Ottawa transportation planners released the long-awaited results of the 2022 Origin-Destination (OD) study, and it’s full of fascinating info about...
