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

First E-scooters in Ottawa including first month pilot results

July 23, 2020 Hansonthebike 6

Reading Time: 10 minutesE-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

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt 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.

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: July 2020

First E-scooters in Ottawa including first month pilot results

3 examples of poor bike infrastructure design