Ex-Councillor Holmes Honoured With Park Name
There’s a new park opening at the corner of Lyon and Albert this summer, and when city staff asked me who we should name it after, I didn’t hesitate when I said:...
Author: Ken Gray
Much Like Transit, Sutcliffe Plan Sloppy: GRAY
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s non-campaign campaign (balloon-less edition) released its 10-point transit plan which, interestingly enough, has 13 points. That might explain a lot. Sutcliffe points out in his newsletter train-plan preamble that the...
Train Shuttered. Where’s Leiper? POTTER
Just a few days after Mayor Mark Sutcliffe announced his transit plan, LRT Lines 1 and 4 went down on the weekend. Never a better opportunity for opponent Jeff Leiper to hold a...
Lawson’s Transit Plan Not So Simple: BENN
Mayoral candidate Alex Lawson’s description of what needs to be done to improve the quality of public transit is seven pages long, plus another page with links to his sources. In contrast...
Alex Lawson Unveils His Transit Plan
Mayoral candidate Alex Lawson certainly has his marketing down. Simple, clean and direct are his right-wing missives to potential votes. You need to be logged in to view the rest of the...
Ottawa Needs Transit It Can Trust: Desroches
Recently I was joined by Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and new OC Transpo general manager Rick Leary for my commute to Ottawa City Hall. We had the opportunity to speak with residents from Riverside...
Staff Shortages Shutter LRT Lines 1 And 4 Saturday
This email is to provide an update on O-Train Line 1 and Line 4 operations for today, May 16. Due to a temporary shortage of controller staff that are required for safe...
Sutcliffe, Lawson, Leiper And Balloons: GRAY
In most everything, if people are mad at you, at least they’re taking you seriously. But if they are laughing at you, you are in trouble. They think you’re a trifle, insignificant....
Why Riders Don’t Trust OC Transpo: PATTON
Back from running The Bulldog Bangkok bureau, Bulldog commentator Mike Patton takes on the repair problems with the O-Train: You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content....
Questions For Our Mayoral Wanna-Bees: JONES
Well it’s (sigh) that time again. That time when we “refresh” our city council. New faces (possibly), new ideas (less likely) and new plans (much of which will involve money we don’t...
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