Updates on our ongoing bike advocacy in Ottawa
25 November 2024 Dear Mayor, Dear councillors, We are writing to you regarding bill 212, the planned legislation that the provincial government is rushing through and that will negatively affect all of your constituents. The City so far hasn’t voiced any opinion on the matter, and we think it past time for the Ottawa City […]
Yesterday we learned that the Ford Government is doubling down on its anti-bike lane legislation, just days after it was universally panned by witnesses at the committee studying the Bill. It has introduced amendments to ensure it doesn’t have to reimburse cities for removing lanes, let alone for the costs incurred to install them in […]
My name is Florence Lehmann and I’m the president of Bike Ottawa, an association that advocates for safe cycling and an equitable approach to transportation. Le me start with videos of traffic in Ottawa. Queensway (10 lanes of car traffic) Wednesday July 19, 2023, 6:32pm Vanier Parkway at Beechwood (5 lanes of car traffic) Thursday […]
From the government’s draft legislation and framework, Bill 212 would enable provincial approval for new bike lanes on municipal roads requiring removal of a traffic lane and for existing ones, where a traffic lane was removed; it also provides for the removal of the bike lanes on Bloor St., Yonge St., and University Ave. in […]
