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Bluetooth is being used for more than blasting tunes or chatting hands-free. City staff are working on a travel time project — set up along the Hwy. 417/174 corridor and Innes Rd./417 for east-end travel — gauging how long it takes drivers to reach one point to the next. The goal is to “track real-time […]
MoreDrivers in Gatineau will have to ease up on the gas pedal. A new bylaw lowering the speed limit on all residential side streets from 50 km/h to 40, will come into effect in 90 days, the city announced Wednesday. The proactive measure aims to “help improve everyone’s safety on the roads, pedestrians and cyclists […]
MoreA small business owner isn’t convinced limited parking near the new Lansdowne Park will force Ottawans to embrace the bus. “Nobody’s going to go park off site and take a bus, and then go to a game, and then come back on a bus, and then get to their parking site, and take off, because […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/02/14/lansdowne-will-rely-on-buses-report Football fans better stock up on bus tickets. The only practical way to get to the revitalized Lansdowne Park will be by bus, according to traffic strategies outlined in a city report. “I’m not sure everybody who voted for Lansdowne is aware that they, in a sense, voted for something that will […]
MoreNepean residents turned out in droves Wednesday evening to voice their frustration about new development they say will mire them in gridlock. “We’re not against intensification, but this is ludicrous,” said Cynthia Sutcliffe, who’s lived in the area for more than 30 years. About 150 people showed up to Ben Franklin Place to hear about […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/04/04/17874436.html#/news/ottawa/2011/04/04/pf-17871576.html Every time he leaves work, Stephen Wardlaw obsesses over turning right or left onto Industrial Ave. near St. Laurent Blvd. “It’s terrible. The traffic is coming in the other way, you come out, you put your signal on, there’s nobody there,” said Wardlaw. “By the time you go to pull in, there’s […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/24/17740716.html A $10 million settlement to the Algonquins of Ontario is in the works for the former CFB Rockcliffe site, the Sun has learned. According to a preliminary participation agreement obtained by the Sun — which outlines the terms of the settlement but is unsigned — the federal government will pay the Algonquins […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/12/07/16464231.html King Edward Avenue is a graveyard for drivers and pedestrians, according to a group of Lowertown residents. “Every year for the last five years there’s been somebody killed on King Edward Avenue or near it,” said Marc Aubin, chair of the King Edward task force . And now, they’re launching an anti-speeding […]
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