e-scooters Archives - Hans on the Bike - Cycling in Ottawa and beyond

Ottawa electric scooter required to emit a continuous sound

July 4, 2022 Hansonthebike 0

Reading Time: 2 minutesE-scooters are returning to Ottawa, but less than last year. We’ll see some improvement to increase safety for side walk users.

First E-scooters in Ottawa including first month pilot results

July 23, 2020 Hansonthebike 6

Reading Time: 10 minutesE-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…..

Hans on the Bike writes about cycling in the Ottawa-Gatineau National Capital Region in Canada. Stay up to date with cycling developments in this bike friendly city with hundreds of kilometres of pathways.

Hans on the Bike is not a very competitive cyclist; most of the time he is cycling around town doing errands or guiding tourists while waving to friends.

As a bicycle tour guide, he hears tons of great feed back from people from all over the world. Even from the Dutch! This is encouraging.

Ms. Hans on the Bike cycles too and is often the voluntold for Hans’ pictures. She famously declared she was not going to bike below +10C but lowered the treshold to -10C over time.