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Bicycle Season? Part One

Volker Bach, a cycling friend in Hamburg, Germany, had this to say about cycling season today: “In two or three months, police and local authorities will be plastering social media and billboards with reminders to drive carefully “bicycle season is starting”. Today, about 7:20 am in freezing cold and darkness, I went past two rows […]

Canadian Urban Institute 2025 conference wrap-up: Stop planning, start building

Guest post by Hans on the Bike, who attended the conference on behalf of Bike Ottawa. Late last year, Bike Ottawa attended a conference organised by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), with the theme: “the State of Canada’s Cities”. The CUI is a non-profit applied research organization headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, dedicated to building vibrant, […]