Could Ottawa’s Percy Street Become a Bicycle Street?
Percy Street In the previous post, we read about the Dutch bicycle streets and the Dutch quest to design guide lines based on best practices. […]
Infrastructure
Bicycle Streets: A Next Step for Ottawa?
As Ottawa sees the number of residents who bike increase, it is time to improve our existing infrastructure. The NCC pathways, built in the seventies, […]
7 Gorgeous Bike and Pedestrian Bridges in the Netherlands
This blog about bridges appeared earlier but after Brent Toderian retweeted it last week, I thought it was time to update it. I added two […]
Death Trap on Portage Bridge: Systematic Safety
For a number of years now, cyclists pass a bicycle counter totem on the Portage Bridge across the Ottawa River on the border of Quebec […]
Colonel By – A Missed Opportunity
Last week, I cycled along the renovated canal walls on Colonel By. The path there has been repaved after extensive work on the walls, but […]
Main Street Ottawa opens as (almost) Complete Street
Last Saturday, the renovated Main Street in Ottawa was officially opened. The opening of this brand new complete street was folded into the annual Main […]
Bike Lane at US Embassy Open 2/2: Photos
As you read in the previous post earlier today, the Mackenzie bike lane was opened today. The stretch in front of the embassy was an […]
Bike Lane at US Embassy Open 1/2: Concrete Barriers Removed
Today, the bi-directional bike lane on Mackenzie Ave in front of the US Embassy will officially open. It is probably the safest one in the […]
Provincial Cycling Network: a Bucket of Paint for the Ottawa Region?
Last week at the Ontario Bike Summit, the Ontario Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport and the Minister of Transportation announced the next step in developing an […]
Dutch Style Intersections at Dynes Road
Dynes Road will get a make over as there is sewer work to be done. Much of the cycling infrastructure is usually put in place when […]