Ottawa

I followed Catherine McKenny after the election happen and saw what they were doing with their organization, its all about cities and building good cities, and city finances. It's so sad seeing how passionate they were and ARE about making good cities for everyone, and then seeing dipshit here complaining about a single road being open to everyone instead of only people who have cars.

I love when these anti bike people go out at the quietest hour possible to film. There was another old boomer ass radio guy who was on a recreational path during a Wednesday afternoon or something and used that to show how few people bike. Imagine if we used the night time numbers for the Queensway and used that to justify shitting it down.

Not to mention, it takes time for people to change their habits, you can't open and close and road randomly and inconsistently (not the QED is currently like that) and expect people to use it. Again, imagine if the highway was only open during weekend for recreational drivers.

And anecdotally, I live near the canal, on a street that actually touches QED, and I have noticed more traffic... for about 1 hour during rush hour, it's not a big deal at all. I also have use it many many times for both fun on weekends, and for work, I can take it fairly quickly to get to ByWard and I'm ALWAYS in a better mood at work on those days.

I hate how hostile Sutcliffe is to anyone outside a car. It's madness to be a mayor in this day and age and not seeming to get it at this point. Like where does it come from? The data is just so clear on how good it is for EVERYONE, including drivers, to make sure everyone except drivers has a space in our cities (people walking, biking, riding transit).