The improved intersection on Colonel By at Main Street
Reading Time: 5 minutes The City of Ottawa and the NCC recently installed a new intersection at Colonel By and Main Street. Let’s have a closer look.
Infrastructure
City keeps ignoring important desire line at future Algonquin station
Reading Time: 8 minutes It 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.
Will Woodroffe’s new MUP near Algonquin actually stay?
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…
Is the woonerf dead?
Reading Time: 4 minutes I took a bike to the woonerf where my grandmother used to live. Things have evolved but this 1985 woonerf is still going strong.
The Permanent Closure of Wellington Street should be a no brainer
Reading Time: 5 minutes The closure of Wellington Street is welcome news, but road modifications in Ottawa in favour of Active Transportation is not new for the Nation’s Capital. See more examples here.
Can a LeBreton Flats Pathway become the Shortcut to Downtown?
Reading Time: 6 minutes With the reconstruction of Albert St near the new library and the already opened NCC pathways on LeBreton Flats, a new promising cycling route to downtown may open up.
New Pathways on LeBreton Flats in Ottawa
Reading Time: 6 minutes The National Capital Commission opened two new multi use pathways on Lebreton flats. The NCC introduced a stretch of 4 meter (12 ft) wide pathways and part of the pathways has a separation between cycling and walking. You’ll be cycling, walking or skiing (indeed, skiing) along LRT, a heritage aqueduct and historic bridges. Taking LRT to the Kichi Sibi ski trails is now easier than ever.
New Urban Parkette for Ottawa
Reading Time: 5 minutes Chaudière Island in the Ottawa river is now partially being built up, but at the western tip a small new park was recently opened, as well as a new connection from the NCC pathways.
Heron Road’s New Protected Intersections
Reading Time: 7 minutes Gradually, Ottawa is adding more Dutch style protected intersections and raised bicycle tracks. Today, we take a look at new bike tracks and several protected intersections on Heron Rd. This is part of a bigger future cycling infrastructure system connecting to the Transitway system and a bit further away to the Trillium line at Mooney’s Bay station.
What is the future for Ottawa’s Merivale Road
Reading Time: 12 minutes Ottawa bloggers Matt and Hans decided to go for a walk along a Merivale Rd and shared their ideas and concerns. The street won’t win the beauty contest, but the street is changing. Will it be able to handle all the traffic demand though?