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Proud Canadian, Ottawa, Ontario cyclist, walker, runner, LARPer, all the things. Videos, photos, or advocacy around active transportation/transit. Hands off my country Orange Menace.

Derelict train cars sit on a track in Saskatchewan.
An account blocking me two days in a row.
An editing program with an OC Transpo logo
An OC Transpo logo with a life preserver.
EMPLOYEES ONLY BEYOND THIS POINT sign just before a napkin.
Little Manitou Lake, Saskatchewan
Is this the park anywhere button?
MINI STICKS IS NOT CRIME on a t-shirt
A 2 metre bike lane where the delineating curbs are destroyed and pushed into the bike lane.
Flip your camera over on a calm lake and it’s hard to tell which way is up?
A lake with zero wind so a mirror reflection.
My asking why my post was removed, is removed
A post I made on Reddit was removed. It had a joke about OC Transpo.
James Dean, with a Route 95 shirt, and a smoke. Tagline is “Life is short, break the rules, linger”
A dick in a giant truck says, “Look how tall I got mom”
A vending machine mockup. 1. Tap Presto Card 2. Tap Presto Card Again, Harder 3. Select Beer Beverage (all $1) 4. Drink until train shows up 5. Goto 1 if train fails to show LCBO PRESTO $1 BEER
Flex posts attached to concrete pavers that are destroyed.
Mark Sutcliffe and another failed promise from the last time the suburbs voted him in.
A traffic sign is now known the sidewalk vs the bike lane.
Scooter rider navigating signs placed in the bike path.
Construction signs to warn motorists block the safe bike lane.
Signs warning drivers about construction, are in fact, blocking safe passage for cyclists over this bridge.
A charging station shows 131 kWH battery needed in a pick-up truck.
Orange glow from Smokey sun on a chair.
A turtle that looks like Mitch McConnell is getting a scritch on the chin.
A weather report for Amtgard parks and events.
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A folded Brompton tucked beside a chair at a medical appointment.
A half folded Brompton with a Burley Travoy trailer containing a full propane tank.
A half folded Brompton sites with fresh produce in the bike basket in front of a display of fresh garlic.
A driver goes through a red light 5 seconds after
Pretty much all my ride to the doctor, with the exception of the canal MUP is crap infrastructure.
A Brompton with a Burley Travoy Trailer and a canister of propane.
Bunch’a gnomes causing trouble
His and her Brompton bicycles.
A gas powered bicycle on a boat parked in the Rideau Canal.
A Bromoton bike sites in front of a new water feature on the Ottawa River
A car on its side but rotated to look like it is not.
“Did you see this article on pedestrians not wearing high viz” says a man staring at his phone while driving.
A driver superhero is flummoxed over a choice that a cyclist is either too slow or too fast.
OTTAWA CITIZEN "The reality is, no matter how many bike lanes we build, people who live in Kanata or Orléans or Manotick are not going to use their bicycles to take their kids to hockey or ringette practice”
A very banged up share the road sign.
A loser blocked me. I have very few blocks…
“Knock these Over, lots Of room” above 2 e scooters on the sidewalk. Plus an arrow showing how #autowa would drive over the sidewalk to get around a blocked road.
3 Ottawa Citizens immediately quote the mayor’s “Ottawa deserves better” post with, yes we do, and you’re not it.
Road layout with no provision for cyclists or pedestrians to cross a slip lane.
OSEG owns 💯 of the sports teams
Drivers leave their cars littering the bus only lane.
A pickup truck blocks 1/2 the sidewalk.
An App Store Connect app submission waiting for review status.
A driver uses their cell phone in traffic.
As I walked this stretch, there were at least 8 drivers who left their trash in the bus only lane.
An Ottawa LRT balances on a wire.
A driver ignores no left turns.
3 drivers in a row ignore no left turn signs.