Ottawa-Gatineau cycling network as a surprising subway map
Virtually everyone is familiar with subway maps. I thought it would be a fun project to design a subway (or metro) style map of the National Capital Region’s bicycle network.
Advocacy
People for Bikes Collects Data for Promising City Rating Score
People for Bikes is an American cycling organization that looks to Canada too for input for their annual city rating score. Read more on his data driven initiative.
Cycling in Attractive Alma, Quebec: Unexpectedly Nice
We cycled two days in and around Alma, Quebec. A pleasant surprise awaited us in some beautiful #bike infrastructure #ottbike #biketwitter
New 13.5 million dollar Harmer Bridge in pictures
New Hans blog post: Ottawa replaced the Harmer bridge and en passant changed its name to Jackie Holzman bridge. Here are the photos including a cool before/after slider
First E-scooters in Ottawa including first month pilot results
E-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…..
First Ottawa’s Pathway Pocket Map Version is on line
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
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 [Read more…]
Transit in the “2-meter economy”
New Hans blog: how does the future of transit look like in the “2-meter economy”
Bike Infrastructure at LRT East End Stage 2 looks promising but more needs to be done
Cycling Infrastructure at LRT East End Stage 2 in Ottawa looks promising but more needs to be done. Lets take a look.
How Rules Affect Our Road to Vision Zero
Carling Ave at Burke St is a very dangerous crossing in the @NCC_CCN #ottbike and #ottwalk pathway system. Despite several advocacy attempts, someone likely has to die on this #ottcity road before things will change….