In many neighbourhoods, there are sidewalks, small parks every few blocks, and bike paths behind the houses. All of this should...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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."