We are excited to see all the folks getting out on their bikes and enjoying the spring weather. And getting out to do their errands in a walkable/bikeable community. In this case, it’s at Metro on Beechwood Avenue. The bike rack stayed busy all winter, but we loved the variety last week: bike with a […]
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worried about April’s carbon tax increase?
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. And I’ll get my Canada Carbon Rebate, so I’ll come out ahead […]
What does Ottawa’s Road Safety Action Plan look like for 2024?
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. According to Parachute, across Canada, three provinces, 23 cities and […]
New “traffic calming” rules could put people outside cars at greater risk
The new screening process to identify residential streets that qualify for permanent traffic calming has gotten worse, again. In 2019, the speed screening process cut the list of problem streets in half from 140 to 70. Now it has raised the guidelines above those outlined by the Transportation Association of Canada, and one expert says […]