traffic & transit

See also: Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 . 1. [ Kielbasa ](http://twitter.com/#!/iHateOCTranspo/status/43116383294324736) 2. [ Kitten Breath ](http://twitter.com/#!/iHateOCTranspo/status/60850714175475712) 3. [ Liquor ](http://twitter.com/#!/iHateOCTranspo/status/58728505638268928) 4. [ McDonald's ](http://twitter.com/#!/iHateOCTranspo/status/64122444079833088) 5. [ Mouldy Old Fishing Waders ](http://twitter.com/#!/iHateOCTranspo/status/32610156621594624) 6. [ Nail polish ](http://twitter. ...

People who flunk out of fine art school end up painting stuff like this. Either that or there’s an entrance to a sewer grate nearby concealing ninjas and talking rats. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/g3ycl.jpg) (Photo and shoe by Rob Jacobs , taken at Kanata Centrum. ...

Ottawa - Petro-Canada gas stations across the Ottawa region have recently unveiled new signage on their pumpstoday inreaction to the rising fuel costs. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pumppcan.jpg) The new signs inform customers that the company will now beacceptingcertified healthy human organs and dental gold as payment for fuel charges at over 67 locations across the city. ...

Really liked this photo from David Scrimshaw of an old parking meter in Chinatown that’s been re-born as a decorative planter. See also: Where Parking Meters Go To Die . [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Meter-Planter-589-crop.jpg)

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/a0c3285c284e4626b671ce46d7ed3abc_7.jpg) Great photo from John Tajima of a mass grave of old City of Ottawa parking meters. He snapped this photo in the basement of the parking garage at 70 Clarence Street. _ (Used by permission.) _ _ ...

** UPDATE - MAY 30, 2012: ** They’re repaving the road starting in July 2012. Details here… [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_0766.jpg) Yes, I think I can make a good case for it. This is Huntmar Road, a small 900-metre stretch between Maple Grove Road and Palladium Drive. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/scottpot.jpg) Ottawa - After a minivan was destroyed by falling into a large pothole on Scott Street, city officials have decided to turn the 8 foot deep hole into a beautiful koi pond stocked with exotic koi adopted from the tsunami ravaged city of Hirokika, Japan. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/4CIS.jpg) This sign is so quintessential of Ottawa, isn’t it? Evan Thornton took the photo at an Ottawa parking garage on Friday night, and tweeted : “thoughtful Ottawa; even the over-urinated garage stairs get a bilingual out of order sign. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wellystrollerlane.jpg) Ottawa - City council Wednesday approved a pilot project to install a segregated stroller lane along one side of Wellington Street from Parkdale Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue in Westboro. The two-year pilot project is expected to cost $1. ...

Here is an excellent and reasoned rant about bad Queensway behaviour from Gordon Dewis. ** See also: ** Ottawa Driving Guide