Author: Marko
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Is Keeping Taxes Low Affordable?
Our current budget doesn’t make it seem likely We constantly hear about affordability these days, if you’ve been listening to the 2026 Budget talks you’ve probably heard a lot of it. Typically the only topic regarding affordability that is touched on is with regards to property taxes, but is that really the only way our…
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Are Buses Only Delayed at Peak Hours?
OC Transpo Data Shows No Since the recent open house for the Bank Street Active Transportation Study, which you can read my summary of here, I have heard the idea that the peak hour bus lanes are all that’s needed. Typically the opinion is that surely the delays for the buses must be at the…
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The City Needs to be Bold with Bank
What is “balance”? Last Night’s Open House Last night the City of Ottawa held an open house for the Bank Street Study that looked at improving transit, active transportation, and accessibility to Bank Street, in the section between Lansdowne and the 417. To anyone who’s familiar with our work on this, you’ll know we want…