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 […]
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 […]
