Hans on the Bike

Hans on the Bike

11 years of blogging: Bike, ski, hike

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Month: March 2016

Photo Radar in Hi-Tech Ottawa? Yes please!

March 14, 2016 Hansonthebike 0

In a province that advertises itself as hi-tech, photo radar is not on the radar. The province needs to see the light. Automate the process please.

Down the Merivale Road ~ W.W. Campbell

March 7, 2016 Hansonthebike 0

Kilmorie house is close to Merivale Rd. Once the home of a Canadian Poet, it is now surrounded by low rise homes. The lot will be subdivided but the home remains.

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

  • Ottawa Free Little Library map – here is the map with all known little libraries in Ottawa
  • OttWatch
  • Strava global heat map

Ottawa Bloggers

  • 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

Ottawa organisations

  • Bike Ottawa
  • Bike to Work Month
  • Healthy Transportation Coalition
  • Kanata Nepean Bicycle Club
  • Ontario by bike
  • Ottawa Bicycle Club
  • Tourisme Outaouais The English version of the French Outaouais Tourism website
Advocacy
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Winter
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  • Using a bike during the #Transitchallenge2020

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Food
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