Five Questions: DRIVES mobile traffic toolI’m planning to make Five Questions a more regular feature on our blog to highlight local people and businesses who are using the internet in innovative ways. Today’s edition features an interview with Barrie Kirk, President of Globis Data Inc. ...
#queensway #rantsRant of the Day: Slow drivers on the QueenswayOttawa blogger Gordon Dewis has a good rant about people who drive slowly on the Queensway . He must have had a bad commute home today or something. ** ** “Are they not comfortable driving at speed?” asks Dewis. “If so, then they have no business being on the highway and they should seriously consider taking some remedial driver’s ed to address these insecurities. ...
#oc transpo #rantsRant of the Day: XUP on OC TranspoHere’s yet another rant about OC Transpo, this time from XUP, from this post titled " OC Transpo: There are Other Ways to travel " "They tick me off so much each and every day —- with their high percentage of downright arseholerish drivers and filthy, falling-apart buses; with their outrageous expenses for new garages; and with their overall distain for transit riders (let’s ban people with pets, let’s ban people who want to eat or drink on the bus, let’s ban people with strollers, let’s ban people who don’t know where they’re going and ask us stuff or expect us to call out stops, let’s ban old people who can’t get to their seat fast enough, let’s ban people who can’t squeeze through a jam-packed bus to get to the doors before we slam them shut, let’s ban people who aren’t at their bus stops 10 minutes early in case we decide to show up then, let’s just ban all those nasty, smelly people who can’t drive themselves around). ...
#pedestrians #rantsRant of the Day: Pedestrian safety failEnjoyed reading David Reevely’s take on pedestrian signage gone wrong: “Here’s a tip for the traffic engineers. If you need signs like this, and especially if the signs need to inform pedestrians where their “refuge” is while they try to navigate a simple two-street crossing, you’ve blown it. ...
#oc transpoOC Transpo has a new web site[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Welcome-to-OC-Transpo_1258339904022.png) OC Transpo launched a re-designed web site last week. (And it is indeed the same design that we blogged about way back in June.) ** ** One important update is a new section called " Live Transit Updates " that shows daily route changes including detours and cancellations. ...
#oc transpo #rantsRant of the Day: "My Dear OC Transpo"Here’s a rant that is destined to become a classic. Written by XUP , after spending over an hour to bus home when it would have taken ten minutes to drive the same distance. Sample just one paragraph of ten: “You do everything in your power to discourage transit users and yet some of us just won’t give up. ...
#behind the scenes #gas pricesBig changes coming to OttawaGasPrices.comSome big changes are coming to OttawaGasPrices.com next week, when it becomes part of the GasBuddy.com network. Here’s a link with some more info… ** **
#pedestrians #rantsRant of the Day: Ottawa's pedestrian safety campaignBlogger Eric Darwin has a great rant today on his West Side Action blog. He’s highly critical of the City of Ottawa’s pedestrian safety campaign, pointing out that currently on the City’s web site, there’s currently lots of suggestions for pedestrians to avoid getting hit by cars - but none for motorists. ...
#oc transpoName Ottawa's downtown transit tunnelA few weeks back, we asked for your name suggestions for Ottawa’s downtown transit tunnel. Officially it’s called “DOTT” (Downtown Ottawa Transit Tunnel) but we think we can do better. Here’s what you came up with: * Larry's Basement * Ottawa Underground * Capitunnel * Be-Lo-Train * [fill in name] + "bunker", e. ...
Ottawa's worst intersections and more interesting stats about driving in OttawaEarlier this week the City of Ottawa released its Integrated Road Safety Program report. It’s full if interesting info and stats about driving in Ottawa, such a ** s: ** * Ottawa had 3% more registered vehicles in 2008 as compared to 2007, but only a 1% increase in registered drivers. ...