One of the best ways to enjoy Bluesfest is to ride your bicycle and take advantage of the supervised valet bike parking (3:30pm-11:30pm), a service offered since 2006. Organized in partnership with Bike Ottawa, Charles and his crew of volunteers are ready to ensure your bike is safe until you are ready to head home. […]
Pedal Poll will take place between June 2nd and 7th, 2026. Why help? Canadian communities are seeing a surge in e-bikes, e-scooters and shared mobility, creating both opportunities and challenges for planners, governments, industry and users. We want to capture a snapshot of these diverse travel modes so we can build a stronger, evidence-based case for safer infrastructure. This […]
Earlier this week, a person biking on Hemlock was hit by a driver near the Manor Park Public School. Flex posts weren’t up yet. Adding insult to injury, bike lanes were blocked by a police car on one side and a vehicle on the other side well after motorized traffic started moving again, forcing people […]
What do bike share and car parking have in common? “If they could find me a way to get to the O-Train, I would [take public transit]”, says a Blackburn Hamlet resident in a recent CBC podcast on downtown parking. Car parking downtown is a gong show, and it’s expensive ($300-400/month for downtown parking, according […]
