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Education is no substitute for bike infrastructure

Posted on 2023-09-052023-09-13 by Bike Ottawa in Advocacy, Guest Post

On July 11, the Ottawa Citizen published an op-ed by Monna-leigh McElveny, a CANBIKE 4 instructor with the Kanata Nepean Bike Club, Safety and Education, following a collision between a cyclist and truck in Centretown West. In the op-ed, McElveny argued for an education-based approach to keeping people biking safe (McElveny wrote a strikingly similar […]

Three bikes parked by the patio of a local cafe

Supporting active transportation just makes economic sense

Posted on 2023-08-21 by Bike Ottawa in Advocacy, Guest Post

In the midst of the hottest summer on record, with unprecedented forest fires clouding summer skies over Ottawa and dire climate news piling up on our already overwhelmed consciousness, not to mention the crises of the LRT shutdown and the affordable housing shortage, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe took time to publicly oppose closing Queen Elizabeth Driveway […]

Picture of a yellow walking bicycle outside on the grass covered with scattered yellow leaves

Building the Most Empowered Version of Myself

Posted on 2023-08-142023-08-14 by Bike Ottawa in Community, Guest Post, Inclusion, Personal Stories

In this guest post, friend of Bike Ottawa AnaLori Smith recounts the many ways which her adaptive bike and the NCC’s Active Use program have benefited her.

View along a street of a group of people with a dog standing in the roadway talking with cyclists passing in both directions. On the opposite side of the street, people are sitting at a picnic table next to a pond with trees. The photo is taken near sunset and there are thin clouds in the sky.

QED and the NCC’s Active Use Program by the Numbers

Posted on 2023-08-062023-08-15 by Bike Ottawa in Advocacy

Recently, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe expressed his opposition to the National Capital Commission’s Active Use program and the Queen Elizabeth Driveway in particular, citing low usage and added traffic in adjoining streets. Since the mayor didn’t cite any data, we thought we would.