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Are Ottawa's Red Light Cameras Working?

Since 2001, Ottawa's red light camera's have provided automated enforcement of red light running at intersections through fines. Between 2015 and 2019, there was a 137% increase in tickets issued, which begs the question: are the cameras working?

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A Tale of Two Cities: Summer Ottawa and Winter Ottawa

There’s an old joke in Canada, that goes like this. There are two seasons. Winter, and Construction. Laughter ensues. Ottawa is a city very much impacted by this duality.

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Room for Improvement: How COVID-19 Exposes Ottawa's Design Flaws

Social distancing, shuttered businesses, and working from home. All effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures in place here in Ottawa have brought to a light a different kind of issue - Ottawa has some serious design defects, and it's going to take a little elbow grease to fix them.

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PRESTO! Better Connections

With my PRESTO card working in Ottawa and Toronto, I am picturing the next step. Via Rail’s busiest corridor, the “Quebec-City – Windsor Corridor”, is the perfect place for such a system to be put in place.

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Analysis: Collisions

Car accidents are, technically, preventable. Unfortunately, that does not mean they never occur.

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Our Digital Future?

Perhaps we should pass the name "Silicon Valley North" over to Estonia.

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Analysis: Suspected Emergency Overdoses

An analysis of the suspected emergency overdoses dataset.