Cycling in Levis: Picture Perfect Parcours des Anses
A hidden gem in Quebec: the Levis “Parcours des Anses’ multi use pathway allows for a lovely casual ride along the St Lawrence river.
Infrastructure
The mystery of Chelsea’s Voie Verte’s missing meters
Chelsea, QC has been developing the former Hull to Wakefield train tracks into a shared community pathway since 2017. But you won’t cycle the entire track from Gatineau anytime soon due to a 1300 meter missing link that is too expensive to rebuild.
‘Cycling for Sustainable Cities’ exciting new book: review
Cycling 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
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.
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
3 examples of poor bike infrastructure design
It is surprising with so much #ottbike infra expertise in Ottawa, that we still see mediocre proposals coming out. Fortunately, the public corrects a lot of the mistakes. But it shouldn’t be that way. Three examples.
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.
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.
A bad design for a bad intersection
New Hans Post: Bad design for a bad intersection. Carleton U is getting an extra left turning lane onto Bronson NB. The plan is to add green paint to bike wash the intersection. It is not a good idea.