Walking
-
Does your neighbourhood pass the “trick or treat” test?
Halloween is my favourite holiday for many reasons. On top of loving to dress up each year, a big reason is it’s the holiday most dependent on how...
By Brent Toderian -
Across the Ottawa Spaces: 24 October 2012
Starting off: CBC Ottawa reports on the unveiling of the city’s draft budget for 2013. Many details announced, leading off with the 2.09 % property...
By Dwight Williams -
Across the Ottawa Spaces – 13 October 2012
Eric Darwin notes the progress in setting up the bike path paralleling the current O-Train route, and recounts the story of another aspect of the Greber...
By Dwight Williams -
VIDEO: The Social Life of Small Places
William Whyte got it right: the legendary urbanist created the film “The Social Life of Small Places” that has become one of the best learning...
By Matthew Blackett -
In transportation planning, drivers never lose
Here’s the golden rule that is applied whenever a municipal project is being planned: No change can come at a cost to drivers. Here’s how this...
By Alex deVries -
FAVOURITE FRIDAY: What is your favourite pedestrian bridge?
Across the Spacing urban blog network each week we’re asking our readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Otttawa, and the Atlantic cities to let us...
By Spacing -
OPINION: It’s time we made sidewalk blockers pay
Have we lost our collective ability to live in the city – to be true cityzens? Now that suburban generations have existed for almost 70 years, have our...
By Alain Miguelez -
Queen Street: making the mediocre even worse
The loss of amenity is noticeable when an attractive bit of the pedestrian realm or sidewalk is adversely affected by adjacent developments. The contrast...
By Eric Darwin -
Chinatown’s Lucky Eight, with Eric Darwin and Gowalla
The second Spacing Ottawa Gowalla trip went online this week. Drawing heavily on the excellent West Side Action blog by community activist Eric Darwin of...
By Spacing -
Peddling our ounce on Rideau
Apartment 613 has new columnist — he’s the new city councilor for Rideau-Vanier ward, Mathieu Fleury. He introduced himself to readers this...
By Spacing -
Railways to Pathways: new rural/urban connections
Railways to Pathways View more presentations from SpacingOttawa. The City of Ottawa will complete two rural pathways this spring, improving urban...
By Heather Yundt -
Orléans roundabout: ready to assist your street-crossing needs
[flickr dwight_ew 72157625461810084] Flickr photoset used by permission of Dwight Williams Despite every appearance of still being a work in progress, the...
By Spacing