Hans on the Bike - Cycling in Ottawa

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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 minutes Ottawa 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 minutes Last 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 4

Reading Time: 10 minutes Boat 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 minutes E-scooters are returning to Ottawa, but less than last year. We’ll see some improvement to increase safety for side walk users.

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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Recent Comments

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Local Government

  • City of Ottawa
  • Geo-Ottawa
  • Laurier bike lane counters
  • NCC
  • Ontario by bike
  • Ottawa Cycling Infra Projects Overview of recent and upcoming cycling infra
  • Ottawa Tourism Cycling page
  • Portage bridge counters (ON-QC border)

Other links

  • Captial Region bike counters (by Doug van den Ham) all permanent bicycle counters
  • Ottawa Free Little Library map
  • 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
  • City keeps ignoring important desire line at future Algonquin station

    August 10, 2022 3
  • Ottawa in 95th percentile in People for Bikes 2022 rankings

    July 26, 2022 2
  • 40 km per hour zone in the Glebe Ottawa

    Will Bill 54 make it in time?

    February 15, 2022 0
  • Top 10 position for Ottawa – Gatineau in People for Bikes City Ratings

    June 9, 2021 3
Winter
  • A Winter Holiday in Ottawa Gatineau

    February 23, 2020 0
  • Using a bike during the #Transitchallenge2020

    February 20, 2020 0
  • At Kivi Park

    Sudbury as a holiday destination?

    February 26, 2019 4
  • photo: Art Gallery of Sudbury: "RAW"

    Fun times in Sudbury, ON

    February 12, 2019 2
Food
  • A food map of Merivale Road in Ottawa’s NeMa district

    January 10, 2023 13
  • Tiramisu ingredients

    How to Make Real Tiramisu

    March 18, 2020 0
  • Delicious home made Dutch apple cake

    Dutch Apple Cake

    April 27, 2019 3
  • Gevulde speculaas

    A Dutch December Dessert: Gevulde Speculaas

    December 2, 2018 4
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