We asked students to contribute to the conversation about walkable neighbourhoods in Ottawa. Here's what Ella Gadoury had to say.

Have you ever wondered if you should walk to the smaller grocery store around the corner or go out on a drive to a larger supermarket chain?

The downtown core of our average Canadian city is often perceived as the most walkable neighbourhood, or in many cases the only one. Is it?

Residents had the opportunity to envision how the neighbourhood would have to adapt if all of us were to live within a 15 minute walk of...

Ottawa is situated where it is, because it’s where the Rideau River empties into the Ottawa River.

On October 14th and 15th 2021, the City of Ottawa Joint Planning and Rural Affairs Committee hosted public deputations on the New...

During this past year of attending meetings related to Ottawa’s new Official Plan, I have been introduced to a new term: the “cut-through”.

The value of modeling is clear. Simulation and modeling allow us to understand what is likely to happen under certain conditions.

The City’s new Official Plan includes some terrific language that suggest a much-needed revised approach to intensification.

Why does intensification have to be so hard? ...Conflict around intensification is rooted in much more than just “resistance to change”.

Walkley Road connects two of Ottawa’s great recreation areas. On the east end, sits the Mer Bleue conservation area....

If there’s one thing everyone on the planet can agree on, it’s that we all hate traffic. We hate being in it, we hate being near it.

Nothing is as difficult to incorporate into a walkable streetscape as a Drive-Thru. The whole concept is to be served in the car.

The most difficult part of advocating for walkable communities in this age, is painting the picture of what they might look like.

Up until 1997, it was legal in Canada to advertise cigarettes. The ads that I remember from childhood consistently promised the smoker...

"A footbridge makes it practical for the non-driving population to work, live or attend school on the other side of the bridge."

"...a lot of Ottawa’s school-age population attends school out of range of what would be a reasonable walk on a January morning."

"...I’ve set myself the task in this blog to present the advantages of a 15 minute neighbourhood from the perspective of a driver."

I've become increasingly sedentary. Most of us have... Over the past few months I've come to the dawning realization that I must change...

The unrelenting segregation of housing from retail that characterized post WWII planning, left people with no destination for a useful walk.