NOTEBOOK: Speed cameras work!

NOTEBOOK: Speed cameras work!

La version française suit (Originally published in my Substack newsletter.) If you’re someone who prefers that policy is informed by data and evidence, yesterday’s press conference from Premier Ford about banning speed cameras was a very frustrating spectacle to...
NOTEBOOK: 30 ways to make streets safer

NOTEBOOK: 30 ways to make streets safer

La version française suit Here are 30 things we all can do – big and small, short- and long-term, in your neighbourhood and in our culture at large – to make our streets safer. (This post comes as a response to a resident who asked what she could do to support efforts...
UPDATE: Traffic calming on Forest Creek Drive

UPDATE: Traffic calming on Forest Creek Drive

La version française suit  Earlier this year, we asked residents for feedback about traffic safety measures on Randall James Drive and Kathleen Crescent. Last summer, the City of Ottawa installed “flex stakes” as a temporary traffic calming measure on the street with...