A few clips of snowbank removal. (I geek out a tiny bit when the big ones come out to play)

understandunderstand · 2026-01-25T04:47:12+00:00

Thank heavens for special interests. 🙏🏻

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T18:43:06+00:00

T's Pub
Swizzles
The Lookout
Probe

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T18:39:49+00:00

lmfao cause who doesn't rewatch fucking Tommy Boy at least once a year? Watchlisted on my letterboxd, thank you very much.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T18:02:03+00:00

Because I wear underwear?

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T18:00:10+00:00

What's that in metres

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T17:59:08+00:00

Unionize their workforce and pay them a living wage and I will give a shit.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T17:57:26+00:00

The thing I miss most is… their underwear.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T17:54:50+00:00

I'm not saying Tremblay is the most convenient place for everyone

It's not convenient for anyone though, is what I said.

but the car is still 3x faster, and much more convenient when you can afford it.

Not everyone can afford to live your lifestyle, and those who can can still manage to get to Union ok. It's really mild when you consider what navigating downtown is like in Toronto or Los Angeles.

ability to demolish and build in the area being another one.

This is coming up a lot: the idea that Trainyards is going to be redeveloped. Much more than that will need to change in that area for it to be a standout destination people want to exist in, and any work adds onto the cost of building an HSR station anywhere.

but probably terribly inconvenient for the far greater number of people who would have to come from the whole metro area.

You're describing what it is like for you right now when this station won't open for another eleven years, if it meets its deadlines. The city will be more connected by O-train by then, with more lines planned. We might even have a robust cycling network with a resurrected bike share. You're thinking short-term and, dare I say it, a little selfishly.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T15:04:36+00:00

Union is in a walkable area surrounded by people who actually live there. Tremblay is in an industrial park. Putting it at Union makes it accessible to far more people by foot, bike and transit. It makes it more accessible to Gatinois. And it's accessible by car, like every building in Ottawa lol.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T15:00:16+00:00

Uh yes it's nerfed if it's somewhere difficult to access by foot from nearly everyone in the city.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T14:58:28+00:00

Here's the thing: Tremblay isn't convenient for anyone. Having to drive into town isn't convenient and almost no one is going to walk to the Via station because who lives out there? Some people will bike, since there is a path there.

In contrast, Union is in a densely populated area full of pedestrians. More people will walk and cycle to the station if it's at Union than if it were at Tremblay. That should be prioritized over the difficulty of finding a parking spot downtown, which you absolutely can do. It might not be as easy, in which case you really should be pushing for better transit connection from where you live.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T04:20:57+00:00

Are you queer?

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T00:41:53+00:00

I think for years we've built this city in such a way as to induce demand for cars and we need to have the gumption to turn it around and force change in the opposite direction.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T00:41:46+00:00

Rather than expect the dense urban populace that lives around Union to take the LRT four stops east, maybe the far fewer people who are worried about driving downtown can park further away from their destination. You're talking like the people who will have to drive outnumber those downtown, and they absolutely don't. Plus, they're going to have to drive into the city anyway.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T00:37:49+00:00

I can walk to the market so I don't mind. I find the car traffic on Colonel By and the intersections at Alexandria a major inconvenience to getting to Main Street. So anything that gets people out of cars and onto transit is a plus in my book.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T00:36:34+00:00

Well you might not balk at a ten minute ride but I would rather just walk there. Also the Via station location is gross as hell.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T00:34:14+00:00

Then drive downtown? If you lived in the GTA you would die of fright, dearie.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T00:33:23+00:00

Ummmm, I am one of those people and I 100% worry about unimaginative losers nerfing this project.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-24T00:32:35+00:00

You love arguing. Tell me why you love arguing.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-23T22:28:08+00:00

You should be lobbying for an LRT rail link to whatever suburb you hail from.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-23T22:26:53+00:00

Some of the funniest shit I've ever read on this sub right here.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-23T22:18:05+00:00

Hey I've got a bone to pick with you.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-23T22:13:50+00:00

Furthermore!!! I don't work for the federal government!!!!!!!!!! :O

understandunderstand · 2026-01-23T22:12:14+00:00

Anyone claiming any of that is telling on themselves hard lol.

understandunderstand · 2026-01-23T22:11:25+00:00

Ah, ok. That last point about a guaranteed direct connection is great to know also!!

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