Ottawa guy working as a transit planner in Metro Vancouver. Opinions are my own.
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25 May 2023
Such a treat to work on this project with great colleagues. Our bold vision for Sussex includes active transport improvements, new public spaces, water access, renaturalization, and space for Indigenous placemaking.
24 May 2023
đ First place: Rideau Connection | Stephen Hickson, Arzen Chan and Christina Hoang, from @McGillU
This design concept is guided by five themes: connection, animation, Indigeneity, nature, and water. Active transportation is at the heart of the plan.
ALT Rideau Connection: Street Redesign
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13 Nov 2024
Lots of evidence to suggest that investing in young riders pays off in the long run
13 Nov 2024
The city should be moving in the opposite direction, creating a u-pass for all students 18 and under working with the student transportation authorities and create life long transit users.
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31 Oct 2024
may have made a brief appearance in @uytaeleeâs great new video on public hearings: youtu.be/XnFVvyu2zGY?si=KMlrâŠ
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10 Oct 2024
ridiculous metric. All this shows is that Ottawa has a land use and transportation system that does not incentivize transit or walking for late night trips
10 Oct 2024
Ottawa ranks as one of the top 5 party cities in Canada, Uber survey shows ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-ranâŠ
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SkyTrain Millennium Line east of Commercial-Broadway Station on a very bizarre weather evening in Vancouver
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8 Oct 2024
The O-Train Line 2 and 4 opening in the near future is exciting but I am left wondering about the first impression visitors to the city will have with 2 transfers, including one with up to 10 minutes of waiting time, to get downtown
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5 Oct 2024
all good ideas but will never be implemented until a new Ottawa River crossing is built. Kent is one of the main ways for vehicles to get from 417 across Portage Bridge. Ottawa-Gatineau needs a solution to get truck traffic out of its urban core.
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13 Sep 2024
when you really think about it, itâs truly insane that Ottawa has shut down an urban rail line for 4 years and the end result wonât be any increase in train frequency
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13 Sep 2024
thereâs a lot to like about whatâs coming: new stations, bigger trains, and extensions to growing communities. But I do wonder if the scope of this project was poorly conceived. Probably better to just rip the band aid off for double tracked service with overhead wires.
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29 Jul 2024
one of the most under appreciated aspects of bike share is that it introduces non-cyclists and casual cyclists to the bike network. Wish Ottawa-Gatineau saw the potential here.
28 Jul 2024
I recently became a bixi girl, and I could honestly kiss Valerie Plante on the mouth for the amount of bike lanes/paths she's put around the city.
I was so scared of cycling on the streets for years. I would have never gotten into it without this amazing infrastructure.
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26 Jul 2024
if OC Transpo is in fact reducing Line 1 midday headways to 10 minutes then Iâm really curious what the plan is for when Stage 2 opens. 20 minute headways on the Moodie and Algonquin branches?
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4 Jul 2024
Just swam at the NCC River House for the first time. Already one of my favourite public spaces in Ottawa. So impressive.
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27 Jun 2024
Running the Gatineau Tramway at street level is by far the best solution. It is cheaper, more accessible, and future proofs the system to allow for extending further into Ottawa, which the City should be pushing for.
27 Jun 2024
Which alignment/option do you prefer for Gatineauâs Tramway to service downtown Ottawa?
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Stephen Hickson retweeted
26 Jun 2024
Every time I get down on North America I go look at the crazy amount of new transit, housing, infrastructure, and . . . stuff Metro Vancouver is building and I get really optimistic
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14 Apr 2024
Just wrapped up reading @ProfDavidGordonâs Town and Crown. Learned so much about Ottawa-Gatineauâs planning history. Cannot recommend enough.
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Stephen Hickson retweeted
7 Apr 2024
Jâai eu lâoccasion dâessayer le
O-train dâOttawa la semaine derniĂšre.
Plus confo que les bus du Transitway quâil remplace, mais lent! 35km/h, et de trĂšs longs arrĂȘts en station.
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Stephen Hickson retweeted
4 Apr 2024
It's brutal seeing our country go down this ugly path. We can only make our politics and our nation worse with this kind of nastiness. I hope that the electeds and senior staff of good conscience push back on this abhorrent behaviour.
4 Apr 2024
Charlie Angus jumps ship rather than face voters after he voted to hike the carbon tax and ban the hunting rifles of Northern Ontarians.
Common sense Conservatives will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget, stop the crimeâand let you keep your hunting rifle.
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4 Apr 2024
maybe this is because Ontario Catholic education failed me but I donât recall seeing a zoning map in the bible
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Itâs truly wild how many people interpret new housing that doesnât fit their particular need as new housing that doesnât fit anyoneâs need. Diversity of housing types is good!
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