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 […]
We are excited to see all the folks getting out on their bikes and enjoying the spring weather.
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.
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.
