Remember drinking fountains? They seemed to be everywhere when I was young. Parks, the beach, even the school playground...

My dad was obsessed with the no-motor-vehicle vacation. The perfect trip of hiking, biking, kayaking, cross-country skiing, snow-shoeing...

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”.

A much-favoured term in property marketing is “village”... it evokes a cute, low-rise, dense conglomeration of similar buildings...

Tree. Human. Car. The discussion around Ottawa’ Official Plan suggests that we have room for two, but not all three.

"...with the snowy season not far off, I’d like to make the case for year-round accommodation of pedestrians in our not-always-fair city."

I encourage Ottawa’s considerable cycling community to get behind the Bike-Sharing movement.

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”.

Imagine an elderly lady named Betty, living in a senior’s residence in Heron Park. She just witnessed the first snowfall of the season...

No business can survive without customers. Most businesses will tell you there’s no such thing as too many customers.

Through five thousand years of urban living, people have lived over the shop. Mostly because it was the only possible arrangement.

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.

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

"I say we ask for something outrageous on this corner: a truly public bathroom. Right on the corner, with signage, open all year round..."