March 2022 - Hans on the Bike - 15 years of blogging

Densification in Dutch villages: how does that look like?

March 23, 2022 Hansonthebike 4

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Netherlands needs to be really smart with its space. Many villages have grown and added many homes around the old core. Here are some examples of urban densification.

The Permanent Closure of Wellington Street should be a no brainer

March 15, 2022 Hansonthebike 3

Reading Time: 5 minutes The closure of Wellington Street is welcome news, but road modifications in Ottawa in favour of Active Transportation is not new for the Nation’s Capital. See more examples here.

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: March 2022

Densification in Dutch villages: how does that look like?

The Permanent Closure of Wellington Street should be a no brainer