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When and where are the NCC bike days 2023 in Ottawa?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Here is a table with an overview when and where you can bike, roll, walk on NCC roads in 2023 in Ottawa and Gatineau Park without having to share the road with cars and trucks.
Escape from Amsterdam: Zutphen

Reading Time: 4 minutes Most of the cycling images you see on social media are from the western part of the Netherlands. But let me take you to a much more laid back part of the Netherlands.
Solved – How the world’s great cities are fixing the climate crisis

Reading Time: 6 minutes I recently finished David Miller’s book ‘Solved’, a book in which David shares numerous examples of practical solutions that can be taken at a city level.
The Airport Parkway Should Not Be Widened

Reading Time: 5 minutes The city of Ottawa is planning to widen the Airport Parkway with money from Developer Charges. Not so fast. There is quite a bit of concern about widening a road next to an already money losing Light Rail. Is there an alternative?
Cat eye lights built into a road (with video)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last year, when I was visiting the Netherlands, I drove home one night and noticed these interesting little lights at a roundabout. Of course I needed to know more about it and I returned a few nights later to check out what it was all about. Upon closer inspection, I noticed these were very flat cat eye lights built into the road deck. Decades ago, I remember you would sometimes see something similar in temporary lanes on highways, when there was work being done on the road. However, those were reflectors. Solar powered cat eye lights Technology improved and now [Read more…]

A bike ride on the Ecopista do Dão in Portugal

May 28, 2023 0

Reading Time: 7 minutes The Ecopista do Dão wasn’t on the agenda for our trip in Portugal, but we found this gem of a rail to trail in the hinterland of Portugal. Closed for trains in 1988, it is now a paved trail through a lovely, peaceful part of rural Portugal.

When and where are the NCC bike days 2023 in Ottawa?

May 14, 2023 5

Reading Time: 2 minutes Here is a table with an overview when and where you can bike, roll, walk on NCC roads in 2023 in Ottawa and Gatineau Park without having to share the road with cars and trucks.

Escape from Amsterdam: Zutphen

March 30, 2023 2

Reading Time: 4 minutes Most of the cycling images you see on social media are from the western part of the Netherlands. But let me take you to a much more laid back part of the Netherlands.

three cyclists cycle in the centre of Ljubljana in Slovenia

Solved – How the world’s great cities are fixing the climate crisis

March 7, 2023 2

Reading Time: 6 minutes I recently finished David Miller’s book ‘Solved’, a book in which David shares numerous examples of practical solutions that can be taken at a city level.

The Airport Parkway Should Not Be Widened

February 23, 2023 1

Reading Time: 5 minutes The city of Ottawa is planning to widen the Airport Parkway with money from Developer Charges. Not so fast. There is quite a bit of concern about widening a road next to an already money losing Light Rail. Is there an alternative?