Cat eye lights built into a road (with video)
Reading Time: 2 minutesREcenlty I was driving and cycling in the Netherlands and I noticed a very cool and cheap safety solution: cat eyes in the road
Infrastructure
Colonel By makeover in downtown Ottawa
Reading Time: 4 minutesA bidirectional bike lane on Colonel By at Wellington St would be a welcome solution to an annoying missing cycling link. It is only 200 meters and it should be easy to implement.
Nifty T-intersection Redesign Slows Down Traffic
Reading Time: 4 minutesI saw an interesting road modification on T-intersections in the Netherlands to slow traffic down. It looks simple to implement, there is no need for signs and it doesn’t appear to cost much.
The improved intersection on Colonel By at Main Street
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe City of Ottawa and the NCC recently installed a new intersection at Colonel By and Main Street. Let’s have a closer look.
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.
Will Woodroffe’s new MUP near Algonquin actually stay?
Reading Time: 6 minutesLast 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…
The Permanent Closure of Wellington Street should be a no brainer
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 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 minutesWith 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 minutesThe 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 minutesChaudière 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.