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Please add a layer in geoOttawa that displays roads colour coded by posted speed limit

Data is over on https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/planning-and-development/heritage-conservation/heritage-watch-list but not available as a dataset as far as I know.

https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/street-lights should be 0-30m accuracy, not 0-2m

Developers must currently rely on a proprietary API with a limited polling rate to develop apps that deliver real-time arrival information to OC Transpo clients. OC Transpo should seriously consider adopting the GTFS-rt specification, as the STO have recently done.

The city should be regularly collecting and reporting on OC transpo ridership numbers disaggregated by sex. The city should provide all of its datasets disaggregated by sex. Men and women use public transit differently and policy should be informed by accurate data on the end-users.

OC Transpo has a target of 90% schedule adherence. While OC-Transpo provides schedule adherence data for its bus routes, it does not for the Trillium or Confederation O-Train lines. This data should also be made publicly available so that the public can monitor OC Transpo's progress on reaching its 90% schedule adherence target.

The aerial photos on display in geoOttawa should be downloadable

The idea here is for radical transparency around property taxes. Publish a data set for residential addresses and the property taxes paid for the address. Ideally the data set would also include ward information and then a breakdown of the property taxes, but to start the total property tax paid would be great. This data would allow researchers to identify the amounts that wards pay in property taxes and provide a comparative analysis against wards that generate tax dollars and wards that don’t.

I'd like to see a feed with weekly public swim data, including location, time, type, and other relevant qualifiers. All the data is currently spread across the Ottawa website and difficult to navigate. Having access to this data would enable useful apps for browsing the data and be quite useful to residents. The data set could be further improved by including other drop-in rec activity data as well.

Public mass transit is the lifeblood of any major city. Its full adoption solves so many headache woes for the growing city. In a effort to arm users of open data to visualize, develop for, analyze, measure the quality and growth of our services. It is important that this data is produced and maintained from an accurate and reliable common source. While there issues surrounding exporting that data, I feel that having this data set exposed in near real time will allow for the start of development of a host of improvements to ridership. As well as more informed and accurate discussions about reliability and service quality. Having this data in both solid form, as well as a event broadcasting API (which can be build by us/others) would allow for users of this data to provide real time responses to bus cancellations/rerouts/name changes/ect. The trickle down of this can play into a host of other applications, including: - Realtime routing - Alerts - Service notifications - Urban desirability indexes - People/Traffic flow analyzation - Road use/lifespan indexs or any data analyzation that benefits from accurate bus location and travel. I recommend the following fields: { ReportTimeStamp, TypeOfReport, // info notice, cancellation, maintenance request, etc. BusID, IsRemote, // Flag for reports that are reported on behalf of a bus, / or have no location data GPS: { // Location of the bus when the report was made Lat, Long }, // Important fields for why and perhaps how (as a later follow up field). Powered by a enumerated list of standard choices. why: { ReasonType: Text: // The important idea here is to mark nearly exactly why, rather then a generic "cancellation" or "information". This is important so that we can split the data along lines. For example not all "cancellations" are cancellations. Every time a bus changes its name or route, in some datasets its considered cancelled, because the bus "stopped" and its "gone". But in reality, that bus and its driver is flying a

Total number of Accessibility Complaints

Would be useful if the http://maps.ottawa.ca/geoottawa was made public in a kml file

Gentrification typically means the loss of low income rentals and the growth of luxury rentals. Do we have data we can use to map this?

We have: https://maps.ottawa.ca/GeoOttawaLite/?appid=2bf5e018b5b34d668305f15a7ad581c8, but it is not available as a usable filterable list having column to describe the location of the planned construction in text format. (you can see the information only visually on a map)

The city maintains two datasets of collision data. One (allcollisions) indicates detail such as weather conditions, lighting, etc. The other (collisionsbyfrequency) provides a talley of how many cyclists and pedestrians are involved in a collision. These sets should be joined, or a new data set created, so that we can query all collisions involving bike or cyclists and see useful details associated with the accident.

Data that would show which roads have the most speeders (both in quantity and speed)

OC Transpo has emergency telephones on their property (park and rides, transit stations, etc). Provide the location of each of these on a map.

We invest in the revitalization on a cycle basis, but we do not have concrete and strong data to drive decisions

If there are privacy concerns, the average selling prices of houses in a given area could work too.

For citizens to be able to map and visualize routes/the OC Transpo network, shapefiles are the easiest way to import to any GIS reader. The CSV files provide a lot of extra data (stops, arrival times, etc), but don't give a super clear look at the shape of the routes or the network.

It would be interesting to see the change in the businesses in a ward by seeing the type of business licenses issue by address. I suspect you can chart the health of a community by tracking affluent boutiques vs high business turnover.

For any topic in engage ottawa I should be able to get an RSS feed for any new topics posted. Also there should be an RSS feed to know about all the new topics that area available for engagement.

The GTFS file for the current transit routes is posted on the Open Data portal. However, OC Transpo plans route changes well in advance... They have already announced what is coming on October 6. It would be great if the open data portal has both the "Current" and "Future" transit files. This way consumers can prepare ahead of when the changes are actually launched.

The web site https://ottawa.ca/en/residents/recreation-and-parks/drop-in-programs keeps getting broken. Please make all the information available as open data that is updated every few minutes as the schedules changes (to get last minute cancellations). I want to build a calendar of my preferred options.

OC Transpo needs to make much more of its RAW data (including archival data) on ridership and performance available for research purposes.

I got robbed twice and I want to know how safe my area is - not just the ones advertised on tv! https://geodash.vpd.ca/opendata/ (example) integration with my app or anything else( https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/whats-in-your-hood/id1496695806)

Previously, someone had an idea to add more data to the collision dataset, the idea wasn't accepted because you want to keep one collision = one entry. I want to reiterate the idea, but within this requirement you have set. I'd like to take age / gender and using categorical variables assign a count or a flag to each collision. So, you'd still have 2 cars, 5 persons but a further breakdown of 2 men, 1 woman, and 2 children. For example. Or, if that is too hard, just simply a flag for whether or not the collision involved injured children. There, still have one collision = one entry but that extra information can be incorporated.

This would be a part of an application that tells you when busy times are at grocery/retailers stores. The idea would be to have stores share their store layout (map) and where their products are in the diagram. (make sure all items remain in the same place) The user then would add random items on their shopping cart and once done, it would organize all the items in sequence where the shopper can enter the store and pick up the items in order. This will avoid shoppers wondering around looking for items and cutting down on the amount of time the shopper spends inside. I only have the idea someone would have to integrate this idea into an application.

Just like anyone that has the privilege to own a vehicle it must be licensed, registered and insured which helps the economy for maintaining, repairing and creating roadways. Many cyclists ride without proper safety precautions, lights at night, no reflectors, darting in and out of traffic, not using proper HTA rules at stop signs, red lights, etc. Some cyclists will ride in the middle of the traffic lanes impeding vehicles stuck behind them. I understand that cycling is great exercise, causes no pollution and is a great way to get around but it's been my experience as a professional driver that I see more cyclists abusing their right of way even though the City has spent and is spending a lot of money which as a tax payer we all have to pay for. In order to lessen the tax increases for those of us that do not use or rarely use cycling to get around then why not input a yearly license and registration fee specifically for cyclists so they can enjoy and adhere to all the same HTA rules motorists are required to do. The fees collected would be used to help produce, maintain and repair bicycle lanes for all cyclists and possibly help ensure they follow and practice the same motor vehicle rules which I believe could help everyone on the roads.

As part of city policy where there is a major infrastructure project, the city requires an public art component to be created. (https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/your-city-government/policies-and-administrative-structure/administrative-policies#public-art-policy). Please list the location of all the public art, the artist, and the details behind the installation (idea, meaning, etc). Photo would be nice too. Example, selected public arts projects are published here: https://ottawa.ca/en/arts-heritage-and-events/public-art

An interesting data point / column to add to the .csv's available from OPH would be "Cumulative Cases in Hospital by 10-Year Age Groupings" and/or "Cumulative Cases in ICU by 10-Year Age Groupings". This would indicate which demographics are particularly vulnerable to COVID, which could help families in their risk management strategies.

Basic JSON dataset for total Ottawa population. Surprising hard to find on the internet anything current, and "population" yields no results in search. I'm sure you got the data :P

Literally just the city boundary. While it can be gotten through manipulation of other data sets, it would be easy for it to be added and would be appreciated!

Super nice to see the 2022 election results and geography up so quickly, thanks folks. It would be nice to have a precinct polygons to go with the data (I realize the dissolve of the voting subdivision layer is not too tricky, but still a barrier) It would also be nice to have the precinct number on the results table in its own field (separate from the voting place) to make the join between geography and result easier.

It would be helpful to add the zoning code as an attribute to all properties within the Municipal Address Points data table.

Providing free access to Property boundary will inform community about size, type and location of properties to avoid land tenure issues and provide more accurate process for development studies.

The tax roll books are already available for public viewing at City Hall Laurier however they are not accessible in any modern sense of the word. The public cannot access these electronically, take picture, or photocopies and are limited to taking hand notes. The level of protection for public information is inconsistent with the principles of the Ontario Open Data Directive "When government data can be made available to the public, it will be released over the internet in an open format, at no charge to the user, and will be released under the Open Government Licence – Ontario (see Appendix A) and/or a similar open licence where appropriate." Where 'open format' means "a set of specifications used to store and transmit digital data that is platform independent, machine-readable, vendor-neutral, standardized where possible, and made available to the public without restrictions that would impede the re-use of that data." Emphasis on 'machine readable'. Thank you for your consideration

Add link/info for this app: https://app01.ottawa.ca/wardlookup/wardSearch.jsf

Can be used to provide better information when selecting bus trips based on multiple possible routes: riders will be able to choose between the fastest, or the most reliable. Riders will often choose the most reliable if they have that information, instead of taking the risk to be late.

1- Update the Cycling network data (last updated 2021). 2- Create second data stream with the 2023 Approved Active Transportation Projects, and differentiate those scheduled to start in next 2 years. 3- Create third data stream with cycling projects that will be done through road repairs and integrated road and sewer programs.

Adding more detail collision information: Driver (Sex, Age, Condition), Sequence of Events and Offsets, Vehicle (Type, Maneuver, Condition, Damage), Initial Direction of Travel, Traffic Control Condition and Road (Pavement Marking, Alignment), this will allow to use the dataset to create more interesting analysis that could help to create a safer City of Ottawa. An interesting question to answer could be: "There is a type of manuever that is more prone to collisions in a specific road location?". Also, providing historical datasets (older than 2014) will help on the same target.

Open Ottawa currently has data on upcoming construction but not on existing infrastructure. Would love to see that kind of data included.

Make all the trip cancellation data available as an open data set. Currently you need to scrape it from http://www.octranspo.com/en/alerts as it occurs to keep history. Open Data should be updated in realtime and have historical information going back years.

Since 2008 Toronto has made city council voting data publicly available in a spreadsheet format. Several other cities have followed suit including Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg, Brampton, Calgary and Edmonton. Some, like Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria share the data with interactive web dashboards. Toronto: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/#/openData Calgary: https://data.calgary.ca/Government/Council-Meetings-Voting-Record-Current-Council-Oct/m6sn-2uhw Vancouver: https://vancouver.ca/your-government/council-voting-dashboard.aspx Victoria: https://opendata.victoria.ca/pages/mayor-and-council Currently Ottawa, like many other cities in Canada, has video recordings of past city council meetings. This is an important resource, but at the same time it is also an inaccessible one. It is a major time investment for residents to sort through hours of footage to see how their city councilors vote on any given issue. For the average person the time investment is prohibitive. It is critical that residents of the city have easy access to city council voting data to both stay informed and uphold transparency.

Maintenance and replacement costs of road infrastructure are reported as a cost per lane-kilometer. The number of lanes should be included in the "Road Centerline" dataset

Hi I would like to reiterate the other data requests related to City Council and extend that council meeting minutes and committee be published in a machine readable format. I understand that all the minutes are available on escribe platform as html but it is highly verbose and not digestible for anyone who doesn't frequent the city and is familiar with the process of council. I would like to create a tool that makes is easier for people of Ottawa to get an understanding of what is happening in Ottawa City Council.

City staff place orange paint around sidewalk potholes when they notice them. Those ones are then noted for asphalt repair somewhere. It would be nice to get that data out into the public. The data doesn't need to be exact GPS. Block level data would be fine. As a community association, we are trying to to encourage more walking in our neighbourhood. It would help us know the state of sidewalks by knowing where city staff have noted potholes and where they have been repaired in the past year. Right now, I can only tell the status of sidewalk I have personally walked. The city staff rating of condition would be useful - excellent, good or poor. with all poor rates marked as recently repaired or repair pending. Typically poor rates means there is an accessibility concern and that the side walk will be difficult to plow.

Add link/info to: https://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/home.jsf?lang=en City's plans to replace this tool could be noted as part of info provided.

Revitalize https://ibikeibuy.ca/ dataset to encourage more user input and cross-reference with https://maps.bikeottawa.ca to understand impact of bicycle infrastructure on local businesses.

As of now, the Annual Financial Statements page (https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/budget-finance-and-corporate-planning/financial-reports-and-statements/annual-financial-statements) goes as far back as the year 2020. However, it has also shown links to the 2018 and 2019 statements. If there's no interest in putting up the links to the older statements there, there should be another way to access these documents. The online archives tool has been retired due to a lack of accessibility compliance, so access to these documents remains inaccessible online until a newer solution is introduced.

The city has nearly 9000 km of roads to maintain. It would be very beneficial for planning purposes if the age of road segment could be included in the "Road Centerline" dataset

The presto system makes it possible to know considerable amounts of info about how busy various bus routes are by time of day/day of week and how that is changing from year to year. Taxpayers paid a lot of money towards creation of the presto system. OC Transpo is sitting on/hoarding that data. It's time to put some of it on this open data portal.

Trending wheelchair accessibility issues

A boolean result that gives the status shown on this page: https://ottawa.ca/en/health-and-public-safety/ottawa-fire-services/open-air-fire-permit

Given that these scooter companies (Lime, Bird, etc.) are operating on public infrastructure, I would like to see their GBFS (up-to-date available vehicle locations) made available in the same way that they are in both Calgary and Edmonton (e.g., https://data.calgary.ca/Transportation-Transit/Calgary-Bike-and-Scooter-Share/bwkw-h2bc). Thanks.