Category Archives: road closures

Why Belgium does it better (part 1)

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Padraic

This will be part one of my two-part post on why Belgium does it better.  As a quick backgrounder, I’m spending 5 months in Brussels on exchange from my studies at the University of Ottawa.  This post is about Car … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 3, 2008 by Padraic

The  closure also extends one block north and south of Somorset on Bank, and is essentially the same closure as we saw with the collapse of Somorset House during the winter. Now, presumably this will open up within a couple … Continue reading →

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Shifting Detours, Making Sense

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Padraic

The city has started to shift some of the southbound buses that normally inhabit bank street from Lyon to O’Connor, and will keep doing so until they re-open bank near Somorset. Obviously, this makes eminent sense, as I pointed out … Continue reading →

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Bank Street, Okay?

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Padraic

One of the nice things about being the author on a blog is that you can bring responses to comments to a new post.  Below is a response to a comment by “phred” on Bank Street. There are three ways … Continue reading →

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Bank Street

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Padraic

Rakerman takes the picture that I have been unable to get over the past week: Photo available under CC-BY-NC-SA. Two curious things about the bank street closure: 1) It was really weird to see people stick to the sidewalks, even … Continue reading →

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