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We are proud to partner with 30 organizations across Ottawa to co-sponsor the visit of Janette Sadik-Khan, former Transportation Commissioner of New York City and co-author of Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution. She will talk about how she re-imagined public spaces and helped transform the streets New York – one of the world's greatest, toughest cities – into dynamic spaces for pedestrians and cyclists. To help Ottawa accelerate the urban revolution for people-centred street design, Sadik-Khan will share tips on how to rethink, reinvigorate and redesign our city for safer, more livable streets. Her book Streetfight will be available for purchase and signing. Free, but RSVP required: ecoott.ca/urbanrevolution

Janette Sadik-Khan, co-auteure de Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution et ancienne Commissaire au Transport de la ville de New York  sera à Ottawa le 27 avril pour parler de comment elle a réinventé les espaces publics et aidé à transformer les rues de New York (une des villes les plus grandes et compliquées du monde) en des espaces dynamiques pour les piétons et les cyclistes. RSVP: ecoott.ca/urbanrevolution

Written by Liz Bernstein

This week Lowertown community members invited Councillor Mathieu Fleury to join us on a winter walkability audit. Led by John Woodhouse, we gathered on William Street and noted issues with the construction barricades up for the LRT station and delivery trucks when parked in front of the Highlander which prohibited pedestrian access. It would be easy to move the patio to accommodate all. 

We then went through the Market. Some of the great ice sculptures placed on the sidewalk could be better placed in a parking spot. On Clarence/Parent we noted one blocking the sidewalk coupled with a truck for work on the building that made it impassable. Some of the snow that was cleared was actually piled in the crosswalk on Clarence. We also noted some large A-frame signs on William and Clarence, blocking passage. 

We then went on Guigues Street to King Edward Avenue and up York Street. Besides these issues, we noted sidewalk snow clearing seemed better than last year during our walk in January 2014. 

What do you think about snow clearing for pedestrians this year?