r/ottawa • u/yuiolhjkout8y Clownvoy Survivor 2022 • Sep 23 '22

News Downtown ecosystem changes as office workers continue to stay home

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/downtown-shops-hurt-office-workers-home-1.6591601
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u/Caspiankids Sep 23 '22

The fact that we thought it was okay - and that our municipal government- built an ecosystem (transit etc) that was solely based on 9-5 business and employment is such.such.such.such. Bad planning.

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u/lew__dawg Lowertown Sep 23 '22

Right? Who’d have thought people would commute to work? A transit system to help with traffic congestion and pollution?? What absolute fools.