On March 30, 2026, we delegated at the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on the Bank Street Active Transportation and Transit Priority Feasibility Study. Below are our remarks (at 6:50:45 in the video).We want to acknowledge and thank the many people who delegated in support of better, more reliable transit. To which we added… cycling, […]
On February 26, 2026, Florence Lehmann delegated at the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on the topic of right turns on red on behalf of Bike Ottawa. Below is the text as originally written. The delegation starts at 1:53:00. Good morning, Thank you for the opportunity to speak. I represent Bike Ottawa and I live […]
You’re cycling through an intersection or crossing a street on a green light, and yet you don’t feel safe. You can never guarantee you won’t get hit by a driver turning right on a red light. You know they’ll look for an opening in motorized traffic, completely overlooking you. Yet City staff advises against a […]
A few years back, Bike Ottawa convened a bike parking working group. They established recommended standards for bike parking and shared widely with the city, with community members, and on the micro-blogging site formerly known as Twitter. But it never made its way on to our website – until now! There is very little good […]
