May 2020 - Hans on the Bike - 15 years of blogging

First Ottawa’s Pathway Pocket Map Version is on line

May 27, 2020 Hansonthebike 14

Reading Time: 6 minutes I created a map that shows a a network of connected pathways in Ottawa with nodes at important intersections and points of interest.

Closed parks major blow for suburban kids

May 6, 2020 Hansonthebike 1

Reading Time: 4 minutes The longer it takes, the harder it becomes for people to stick to the rules, says social psychologist Tom Postmes, connected to the university in Groningen (big bike city btw), Netherlands in an on line article on Dutch news site NOS.nl. He continues by explaining that “on one hand the usually bold and libertarian Dutch have been following the rules surprisingly obediently, but on the other hand it isn’t surprising because it is a natural human reaction to a disaster“. He explains that every crisis has three phases: Phase 1: Fear rules and many people are willing to obey and [Read more…]

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.

Hans on the Bike - 15 years of blogging

News, maps and ideas for cycling in Ottawa

Month: May 2020

First Ottawa’s Pathway Pocket Map Version is on line

Closed parks major blow for suburban kids