Hans on the Bike

Hans on the Bike

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subway map of Ottawa Gatineau bike infrastructure

Ottawa-Gatineau cycling network as a surprising subway map

January 7, 2021 Hansonthebike 9

Virtually everyone is familiar with subway maps. I thought it would be a fun project to design a subway (or metro) style map of the National Capital Region’s bicycle network.

Ottawa City budget for Active Transportation challenge to figure out

December 1, 2020 Hansonthebike 2

The convoluted #ottCity budget for Active Transportation hard to figure out. But here is an attempt to find the millions. I took a look at the budget for 2021 and tried to make an educated guess.

Long Sault Parkway - Photo St Lawrence Seaway

Cycling Part of the Waterfront Trail in Ontario

November 17, 2020 Hansonthebike 1

New Hans blog post:as our trip to Europe was cancelled, we searched for other things to do closer to home this summer. We ventured out to #ottbike part of the Waterfront Trail in Ontario. @SDGCounties @TourismCornwall

People for Bikes Collects Data for Promising City Rating Score

November 3, 2020 Hansonthebike 2

People for Bikes is an American cycling organization that looks to Canada too for input for their annual city rating score. Read more on his data driven initiative.

burger bar in Cornwall

Cycling in Cornwall: the Ultimate Urban Loop

October 14, 2020 Hansonthebike 6

Cornwall, ON doesn’t come to mind when one thinks about cycling. But what a nice surprise we found in the urban loop that runs around town on mostly paved pathways.

Cycling in Alma

Cycling in Attractive Alma, Quebec: Unexpectedly Nice

September 22, 2020 Hansonthebike 1

We cycled two days in and around Alma, Quebec. A pleasant surprise awaited us in some beautiful #bike infrastructure #ottbike #biketwitter

HArmer bridge

New 13.5 million dollar Harmer Bridge in pictures

September 19, 2020 Hansonthebike 3

New Hans blog post: Ottawa replaced the Harmer bridge and en passant changed its name to Jackie Holzman bridge. Here are the photos including a cool before/after slider

E-scooter in Ottawa

First E-scooters in Ottawa including first month pilot results

July 23, 2020 Hansonthebike 5

E-Scooters have made it to Ottawa. I read up on it and here is a bit of background, pros and cons and what it cost…..

3 examples of poor bike infrastructure design

July 14, 2020 Hansonthebike 3

It is surprising with so much #ottbike infra expertise in Ottawa, that we still see mediocre proposals coming out. Fortunately, the public corrects a lot of the mistakes. But it shouldn’t be that way. Three examples.

map of Ottawa inside the Greenbelt

First Ottawa’s Pathway Pocket Map Version is on line

May 27, 2020 Hansonthebike 10

I created a map that shows a a network of connected pathways in Ottawa with nodes at important intersections and points of interest.

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About this blog


Hans on the Bike writes about cycling in the Ottawa-Gatineau National Capital Region in Canada. Stay up to date with cycling developments in this bike friendly city with hundreds of kilometres of pathways.

Hans on the Bike is not a very competitive cyclist; most of the time he is cycling around town doing errands or guiding tourists while waving to friends.

As a bicycle tour guide, he hears tons of great feed back from people from all over the world. Even from the Dutch! This is encouraging.

Ms. Hans on the Bike cycles too and is often the voluntold for Hans’ pictures. She famously declared she was not going to bike below +10C but lowered the treshold to -10C over time.

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Local Government

  • City of Ottawa
  • Geo-Ottawa
  • Laurier bike lane counters
  • NCC
  • Ontario by bike
  • Ottawa Tourism Cycling page
  • Portage bridge counters (ON-QC border)

Other links

  • OttWatch
  • Strava global heat map

Ottawa Bloggers

  • Alex Bikes
  • Go Biking – Updates and recommended routes in our region by Michael McGoldrick
  • Ottawa-Velo-Outaouais – Ask Brian Smith for a safe route and he’ll figure it out for you
  • Urbsite Ottawa historic architecture
  • West Side Action – Eric’s comments on Ottawa’s built environment

Ottawa organisations

  • Bike Ottawa
  • Bike to Work Month
  • Healthy Transportation Coalition
  • Kanata Nepean Bicycle Club
  • Ontario by bike
  • Ottawa Bicycle Club
  • Right Bike Ottawa
  • Tourisme Outaouais The English version of the French Outaouais Tourism website
Advocacy
  • subway map of Ottawa Gatineau bike infrastructure

    Ottawa-Gatineau cycling network as a surprising subway map

    January 7, 2021 9
  • People for Bikes Collects Data for Promising City Rating Score

    November 3, 2020 2
Winter
  • A Winter Holiday in Ottawa Gatineau

    February 23, 2020 0
  • Using a bike during the #Transitchallenge2020

    February 20, 2020 0
Food
  • Tiramisu ingredients

    How to Make Real Tiramisu

    March 18, 2020 0
  • Delicious home made Dutch apple cake

    Dutch Apple Cake

    April 27, 2019 3
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