How to Measure Drivers’ Speed Without Tools
Reading Time: 2 minutesDo you find yourself wondering how fast traffic moves through your neighbourhood? Here is a simple method to roughly calculate just that.
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City keeps ignoring important desire line at future Algonquin station
Reading Time: 8 minutesIt is very disappointing to see that the City of Ottawa ignores the most important desire line at Algonquin Station, used tens of thousands of times each year by residents avoiding Baseline Rd.
Ottawa in 95th percentile in People for Bikes 2022 rankings
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 Bill 54 make it in time?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis bill deals with the safety of vulnerable road users. It might not initially save lifes, but a tougher Act might make it harder to get off the hook easily. But will the bill become an Act before the election? #ottbike #ottwalk
Top 10 position for Ottawa – Gatineau in People for Bikes City Ratings
Reading Time: 8 minutesLast week, US based People for Bikes released its annual City Rankings Score for cycling. Ottawa ranks in the 91st percentile, Gatineau in the 98th percentile. The total number of cities ranked is 767. We’ll dive into the details here. The biggest surprise is perhaps that Vancouver ranks tenth, after Ottawa.
‘Cycling for Sustainable Cities’ exciting new book: review
Reading Time: 6 minutesCycling for Sustainable Cities is a must read book for every cycling advocate who wants to build a case for safer cycling in the community.
Ottawa-Gatineau cycling network as a surprising subway map
Reading Time: 4 minutesVirtually 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.
People for Bikes Collects Data for Promising City Rating Score
Reading Time: 6 minutesPeople 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
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe 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
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew 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