Love having safe places to cycle? Want to help the influence where the City installs cycling infrastructure? Join the annual Pedal Poll! Vélo Canada Bikes runs the poll every year, collecting data on modes transportation used in cities across Canada. You don’t need to make a huge time commitment, but if you can spare a […] The post It’s Almost Time For The Pedal Poll first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more

Board members Dave and Florence went to the Winter Cycling Congress earlier this year, hosted in Edmonton. Excited as we are about riding through the summer, we’re also thinking hard about what they learned. The post Winter Cycling Congress Highlights first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more

Biking and other forms of active transport are great ways to contribute to a healthy planet and to our own health. Whether it’s air pollution or wildfire smoke, we have thoughts about how to prevent it and how to stay active despite it. We’ll be at two Earth Day events this Saturday: come by and […] The post Come Visit Us for Earth Day first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more

I drove my car for some errands on the weekend. To be clear, it is perfectly okay to drive a car. Sometimes they are the right tool for the job. In this case, I had some bulky, heavy items to pick up. I went to five different places for items as varied as a dozen […] The post Confession Time first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more

Guest post by Maged Kamel Note: Bike Ottawa focuses on safety for cyclists as part of broader efforts to create vibrant and liveable for all public and active transit users. It is in this context that we are sharing Maged’s thoughts as a former architect who now owns a business in Lowertown, close to the […] The post Creating a Memorable Ottawa first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more

As we see the City spending ever more money on roads (Earl Grey underpass, Palladium Drive, you name it), one has to wonder what it’ll take for Ottawa to become a true cycling city. Do we wait for infrastructure to be build to see more people on bikes? Or do we ride in greater numbers […] The post What came first: people on bikes or cycling infrastructure? first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more

We are excited to see all the folks getting out on their bikes and enjoying the spring weather. And getting out to do their errands in a walkable/bikeable community. In this case, it’s at Metro on Beechwood Avenue. The bike rack stayed busy all winter, but we loved the variety last week: bike with a […] The post Spring is here! first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more

Ride a bike! For every 5 km ride I take by bike instead of driving a car, I prevent little over 1 kg of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere. I’m not paying the carbon tax because I’m not buying gas. And I’ll get my Canada Carbon Rebate, so I’ll come put ahead […] The post worried about April’s carbon tax increase? first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more

Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. First implemented in Sweden in the 1990s, Vision Zero has proved successful across Europe — and now it’s gaining momentum in major American cities. According to Parachute, across Canada, three provinces, 23 cities and […] The post What does Ottawa’s Road Safety Action Plan look like for 2024? first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more

The new screening process to identify residential streets that qualify for permanent traffic calming has gotten worse, again. In 2019, the speed screening process cut the list of problem streets in half from 140 to 70. Now it has raised the guidelines above those outlined by the Transportation Association of Canada, and one expert says […] The post New “traffic calming” rules could put people outside cars at greater risk first appeared on Bike Ottawa ..read more