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 […]
Some people claim that bikes are only for the able-bodied fitness folks but that’s just not true.
So our kids and our parents can be safe. So we can have reliable transportation. So we can easily pick up a few groceries on the way home. So we can go to hockey practice (yes, even in winter).
Bike Ottawa has done quite a lot of work on the need to make bike parking accessible for all kinds of bikes. Bike theft is one of the main reasons people don’t bike, so good racks that can accommodate cargo bikes, bikes with front baskets, bikes with wide tires, trikes, etc. are essential.
