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Month: July 2022

Ottawa in 95th percentile in People for Bikes 2022 rankings

July 26, 2022 Hansonthebike 2

Reading Time: 5 minutesOttawa scores high in the 2022 People for Bikes annual bike network ratings. Where can we further improve? The ratings show that, compared with Montreal, we have to invest more in access to neighbourhoods and transit hubs.

Will Woodroffe’s new MUP near Algonquin actually stay?

July 19, 2022 Hansonthebike 6

Reading Time: 6 minutesLast fall, Woodroffe Ave in Ottawa got a 700 meter MUP on the west side, between Norice and (roughly) Baseline Station. But will it remain open? I am not so sure…

bicycle parked in front of historic home

A boat and bike trip in the Netherlands

July 11, 2022 Hansonthebike 5

Reading Time: 10 minutesBoat and Bike tours are popular in Europe. We tried it for a few days and were positively impressed: while you travel, your hotel travels with you.

E-scooter [arked at Shoppers Drug Mart

Ottawa electric scooter required to emit a continuous sound

July 4, 2022 Hansonthebike 0

Reading Time: 2 minutesE-scooters are returning to Ottawa, but less than last year. We’ll see some improvement to increase safety for side walk users.

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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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