Comments for From My Bottom Step

Comment on Reports from Alt-London by Butch McLarty

Butch McLarty — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:05:53 +0000

Time to change that “reality” and vote on the merits of any Bill. After all, Saint Glen Pearson is always talking about transcending politics to do the right thing.

Empty rhetoric?

Comment on Reports from Alt-London by BBS

BBS — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:14:51 +0000

Bill C-517 was a Private Members Bill from a BQ member. Private Member’s Bills almost never go anywhere, and certainly not one from the BQ. Right or wrong, that’s the reality in our current system.

Comment on Undermining the Cause by Phronk

Phronk — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:35:13 +0000

That’s pretty dumb at most times of the day, but if NO cars (or cops) are around, I admit that I’m not gonna wait a few minutes for the light to change when going against it can’t possibly do any harm.

Comment on Where Is Canada’s Best Walking City? by John Leschinski

John Leschinski — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:56:41 +0000

A friend of mine from Vancouver recently moved to NYC and was talking about how much nicer walking about was then in NYC on Keith and the Girl show the other day. Ep 708 I think..

Comment on Public Art Inspiration #3 by ann cunningham

ann cunningham — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:56:24 +0000

who did this sculpture and when?

Comment on Where Is Canada’s Best Walking City? by kevbo

kevbo — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:35:45 +0000

Greg, thank you for this post its actually very informative. One of the continual projects that Ive been working on in conjunction with my colleagues is the idea of walkability (specifically in children) and how this is affected by different types of development, including the amount of parks and green space. Everyone around the office will find this of interest. Thanks

Comment on Typically London - Shut Out Again by Kevbo

Kevbo — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:48:31 +0000

Oh the comment about Nuclear Weapons and such….. I wish I had of had some popcorn as that question/comment was as entertaining as a hollywood blockbuster. (oh and I was very impressed how Kunstler sidestepped almost all of the questions and didnt answer them).

Comment on Typically London - Shut Out Again by John Leschinski

John Leschinski — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:07:52 +0000

I enjoyed the lecture. He made a lot of good point about how there is little care in the way our world is being visually designed in the last 20 years. I also enjoyed the feminists who got all in a twist when he suggested the next president would be a man, and the guy who spun a yarn about our impending doom.

Comment on National Commuter Challenge - 2008 by Kevbo

Kevbo — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:56:21 +0000

I find it funny (well not funny, but you know what I mean) that the people who make all of the important decisions involving public transit have probably never taken the bus a day in their life. But I shouldnt really be surprised by this, I mean thats the way things operate around the world, people making decision for others based on the perceived best interest of the general public, when in fact they have little to no idea of what they are talking about.

Comment on Undermining the Cause by Kevbo

Kevbo — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:52:35 +0000

“They can’t all be going on calls, can they?”

sure they can, I mean why else do you see them running reds all of the time then turning off their lights and sirens. Certainly they had to get through that light that much quicker to get to Tim Hortons.

Comment on Typically London - Shut Out Again by fowgre

fowgre — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:55:18 +0000

Thanks for trying to cheer me up. But this is less about my being shut out of a single presentation as much as it is about accessibility. And that needs to be examined in a broad context. It’s like a puzzle, with lots of pieces that fit together to make a whole that makes sense. And dependable, timely public transit is one key component of the whole. And city officials who understand the barriers that certain populations of people have to face is another. The longer that these things are only paid lip service, the more public and outspoken we have to become. Because that’s the only way they’ll listen.

Comment on Typically London - Shut Out Again by Kevbo

Kevbo — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:42:52 +0000

You know, this would NEVER had happened if London hadnt been behind the times and had their GPS installed in their buses by now. Oh wait, thats coming, but not for another um….. year and a half.

Sorry you missed it, if it makes you feel any better the lecturer was a crack pot and although some of the things he said were relevant and had potential that was all dismissed by his lack or respect, him being all over the map in his presentation and the over all poor nature of this presentation. Anything substantial he said was just discredited two minutes later by some other remark, its just too bad that the majority of the people there were laughing to much at his “jokes” to see through the crap.

Comment on In The News - 2008/05/09 by fowgre

fowgre — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:47:45 +0000

I’ll put in a request to my photo department and see if they can send somebody

Comment on In The News - 2008/05/09 by John Leschinski

John Leschinski — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:23:18 +0000

I have to be in Detroit tomorow unfortunatly. So I hope to read the interesting things that happend here, photos too maybe?

Comment on Organizing Meeting: Calling all London Cyclists by fowgre

fowgre — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:05:50 +0000

I’ll be happy to.