emmettproulx.bsky.social
I design infrastructure for pedestrians and people on bikes. Also love transit. Posts are my personal opinions and do not reflect the position of my employer
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There is an old rail corridor. It would need to be heavily straightened where it crosses the shield though.
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There's more intensification and urban growth happening than expected; and less suburban greenfield growth.
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That's a comically gigantic 26-metre bus. Need to boycott those US units. I'm also going to need you to start memorizing your own height and weight in cms and kgs.
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The bridge will connect to Montée Paiement in Gatineau, so the service you are describing would probably terminate at Station de la Cité I would think (purple star). It's a good idea for a connection though.
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3.7m would be considered extremely constrained in Ottawa. The heritage of "Transitway" station standards means the starting point for lateral median BRT platforms is 6.0m here.
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I'm also speculating that the share is determined at least partly by ridership, not by population.
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For Vancouver the money went to the regional transit authority, TransLink. So you should divide by the Metro Vancouver population. When you do that, their share is $276 per resident.
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I selfishly want one for Ottawa!
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Beautiful maps!
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14 needs the # of stops reduced; it has incredibly tight stop spacing in some areas, which makes it slow and less useful for all. Hope OC Transpo is able to get funding to revive their 'Better Bus Stops' program that looks at improving and consolidating stops.
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Forgot to mention that the short eastbound bus lane between Montgomery and the Vanier Parkway was also updated to be active between 2:30PM-6:00PM (previously 3:30PM-5:30PM). No pic, so here is November 2024 Street View showing it.
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Compare before/after in terms of signage. Which one is more likely to be noticed?
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Ya, you are 100 percent right. The pavement markings are completely absent. And Montreal Road used to have overhead large bus lane signage (like Rideau) but it was removed with the redesign. Lots of room for improvement to fix legibility.
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Unfortunately, today at 9:00AM this truck and van belonging to a glass installation company wasn't respecting the no stopping regulations. New and improved bus lanes should come with an initial blitz of awareness and enforcement to change habitual behaviour.
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There is an option to paint a white line adjacent to the curb (on the cycle track asphalt side) to improve perception of the curb if there are ongoing issues in certain areas. However, that isn't effective in the snow. It's something we'll have to keep an eye on.
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I'm sorry to hear about the crash. However, I don't want to jump to conclusions about the safety of the treatment. Many people may still be unfamiliar. As it is more widely used I expect people will anticipate a curb to be there (just like they expect a curb at the edge of a road).
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Previously we used an at-grade paver with raised "ribs" in an alternating paver. See: Main Street, newer section of Albert/Slater/Bronson, etc. However, feedback received from the accessibility community was these were not easily detectable and the treatment was not understood.
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Thanks for the clarification. The new standard (informally as of 2021, and formally as or 2023) for delineation between cycle tracks directly and sidewalks where they are directly adjacent is a short 60mm curb. This is required so people with vision loss can detect the edge of the sidewalk.
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This exact spot, or somewhere else?
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Contact Safe Wings Ottawa safewings.ca/found-a-bird...
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This is incorrect. There is no funding from upper levels of government for the phase 1 section from Algonquin Station to Heron Station. Only an interim improvement at the Baseline and Greenbank intersection will start construction this year. More info here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
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Ottawa has shown that reactivating rail corridors with minimal improvements to meet basic speed safety requirements, and running a logical schedule, can result in surprisingly positive ridership results. Time for BC to stop modelling, stop studying, and put some trains on the tracks.
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For too long the BC and federal government has ignored rail on the island in favour of focussing on projects in Vancouver. Meanwhile island communities remain entirely dependent on a single highway connecting our largest communities. It's time for the @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social to step up.
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👍 Eastbound Charlotte was moved to far side, so you're only advocating for two changes.
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So basically compared to the new stops, you also proposed to remove Nelson eastbound and Augusta westbound?
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You should really calculate the new spacing. Westbound for example is 8 stops in 1500m, or approximately 215m average spacing. Eastbound has only 6 stops over 1400m, so more like 230m average spacing.
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They did actually do some stop eliminations/consolidations this year, but not to the degree you propose. Neat idea with the atypical green wave pattern to benefit transit.
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You might be right about that. Most meat is hit or miss with my kids (well, except chicken nuggets), but pan fried plain tofu is probably the most reliable protein delivery mechanism in our household.
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I'm not going to debate the design of Elgin, I wasn't involved. But, the "flex space" on Elgin is used as a patio space by quite a few restaurants. To say it's never used for anything other than parking is just plain wrong.
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I know you probably know about this, but I feel like you can't mention the current suburban arena without also mentioning the plans for the new downtown arena for the Sens: ncc-ccn.gc.ca/news/joint-s...
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Not all smart channels are created equal, and I think we'll have to agree to disagree on Scott/Bayview as well as QED/Preston. That said, our design guide has wording stating the use of smart channels is a last resort, and I'd agree they often aren't treated that way. Bank Street in Findlay Creek:
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During development of the Ontario Traffic Council Protected Intersection Guide (otc.org/wp-content/u...), ideas to improve provincial signal legislation to better meet the needs of protected intersections were explored, but most suggestions have not yet been adopted by the HTA. That takes time.
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That is an aggressive recessed stop line! Would it work, maybe? This smart channel is honestly pretty reasonable compared to some other designs out there, but I take your point.
Re: near-side traffic lights, this is currently not permitted by the Ontario Highway Traffic Act.
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Thanks, I'm just one of many doing their best to design and deliver these 😊
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💯 Keep and eye out for the complete streets project category in the 2025 TMP Part 2:
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I should note that an update after this image added a raised crossing of the channel to reduce turning speeds.
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The intersection skew makes it difficult to remove without really increasing crossing distances / intersection size - especially because both intersecting streets are technically truck routes.
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We will allow the intersection to be much more congested than many other jurisdictions. And even if an intersection is "failing", we may still prioritize other modes instead, but in this case the second left turn lane really was needed. We may not agree on that, but now you know the reasoning.