traffic & transit

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/319596811.jpg) If you’ve ever cursed at someone who can’t seem to park inside the yellow gridlines, here’s a twitter feed for you: @failpark_yow . _ “Who knows, if you’re an arrogant, selfish a-hole in public parking lots, you may just find yourself on this page! ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ottawa-car-spotting-2.png) After seeing so many cool photos of Ferraris this weekend, and with some prodding from Mr. King , I sett up a Tumblr blog called Ottawa Carspotting . The blog is going to be built on user submissions of photos and videos of expensive, exotic, unusual, old, and interesting cars spotted in Ottawa. ...

For whoever is praying for lower gas prices … check this out from a press release on OttawaStart : A local church is planning a novel way to help its neighbourhood deal with soaring gas prices. Members of Dominion Outreach Centre in Gloucester are giving away ten thousand dollars ($10,000. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DontStopBelievin.jpg) ** ** Photo by Ross Brownfoot . More Ottawa signs here . ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Driving Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/17248968@N00/1343882864/) Photo by Paul Sherwood, via [ Flickr ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/17248968@N00/1343882864/) . An interesting photo collection from an OC Transpo group on Flickr : _ "Count up in order using OC Transpo buses, from 1 to infinity. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ottawastart-avenue.gif) Saw a tweet today from Daniel Langer , who visited the city’s traffic operations centre as part of Doors Open Ottawa . He mentioned that the City of Ottawa’s official street sign font is Frutiger , condensed at 65%. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/booth-and-somerset.jpg) Here's what Booth & Somerset looked like shortly after 9am on Sunday. You can keep track of today's [ Ottawa Race Weekend ](http://ottawastart.com/marathon.php) events (including the marathon) on the City of Ottawa's [ live traffic web cams ](http://traffic. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/plug.png) ** ** Martha McLean took this shot of a car being recharged in front of the Chateau Laurier. She writes: “The Chateau had to break put the extension chord but nice to see this!!” (Photo used by permission. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/chinatown.jpg) From @theodotblog : ** “Parking Meters In Chinatown Now Dispensing Fortunes http://t.co/0urvxR6 " ** . Runners up for Ottawa Tweet of the Day, also both from The O-Dot Blog on Twitter : * "Big Brother, Big Sister Day at City Hall backfires as Lansdowne accidentally gets approved for a waterslide theme park made of chocolate. ...

The latest episode in our continuing series about Ottawa signs : [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/filnu.jpg) ** ** This is a sign on the window at Compact Music in the Glebe. They’re getting ready for a big construction project on Bank Street. Alistair Steele snapped this and graciously gave us permission to post it here. ...