1.0Spacing Ottawahttps://spacing.ca/ottawaEric Darwinhttps://spacing.ca/ottawa/author/ericdarwin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4ZzzQ6wBHN"><a href="https://spacing.ca/ottawa/2009/12/29/transit-tunnel-is-no-turkey/">Opinion: Transit Tunnel is no Turkey</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/ottawa/2009/12/29/transit-tunnel-is-no-turkey/embed/#?secret=4ZzzQ6wBHN" width="600" height="338" title="“Opinion: Transit Tunnel is no Turkey” — Spacing Ottawa" data-secret="4ZzzQ6wBHN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Editor’s note: the following article originally appeared in the author’s own blog, West Side Action, on December 28. Comments and updates are viewable at that location. The usual suspects are carping about the transit tunnel, again. Did the province provide funding? Apparently no good news is good enough — they didn’t provide 15-25% more thanContinue readinghttp://ottawaproject.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dott.png