Letters to officials from Bike Ottawa or partner organizations
Last week, Mayor Jim Watson addressed a letter to Ontario’s Minister of Education, MPP Mitzie Hunter, requesting provincial support to improve education for safe cycling.
Read moreAdvocacy Results: Mayor urges Ontario Education Minister to help improve cycling education
Paul Clarke, leader of Citizens for Safe Cycling’s Advocacy Working Group, receives the Bruce Timmermans individual award for his leadership and insights on how to make a wide range of infrastructure projects safer for Ottawa’s cyclists.
Read moreBruce Timmermans Award to CfSC member Paul Clarke and EcoDistrict
This Wednesday, Ottawa City Council will vote on whether to request the option for our police to enforce speed limits using photo radar. We think this can be a useful tool for the police. Here’s the letter we submitted to council in support of this initiative.
Canada’s new federal government is seeking public input before the budget is set. Of course, we couldn’t miss out on this chance to ask for what we want most: a focus on cycling! Read on to see the letter we submitted to the Minister of Finance.
Read moreCfSC letter to Minister Morneau: 2016 federal budget process
This message was sent by Citizens for Safe Cycling to Keith Egli, Chair of Transportation Committee for the City of Ottawa.
Read moreFeedback to Councillor Egli re: maintenance of winter bike network
XO Velo is hosting the Vélo Vogue Bicycle Fashion Show on June 6th, 2015.
Canada Bikes is organizing Bike Day in Canada.
Read moreCanada loves bikes: Bike Day in Canada is Monday, May 25th, 2015
The Wellington West BIA announces that it is a cycling-friendly business district.
Read moreWellie West BIA receives “Cycling Friendly Business District” designation
After no less than 11 community associations (mostly) in the near east end of the city wrote to the City to express their concerns about the lack of cycling connections into and out of the down town core, today, the Mayor wrote the communities with a new proposal.
Read moreCity’s change of heart: New multi-use path to be built along St. Patrick
The Riverview Park Community Association wrote to the city in support of bike lanes along St. Patrick.
Read moreRiverview Park Community Association: “Let’s build a Complete Street”