You’re cycling through an intersection or crossing a street on a green light, and yet you don’t feel safe. You can never guarantee you won’t get hit by a driver turning right on a red light. You know they’ll look for an opening in motorized traffic, completely overlooking you. Yet City staff advises against a […]
A while back I was part of an email discussion on transportation that revolved only around cars and driving. My blood started boiling. What about talking about people outside of cars, I said. That got me thinking. I regularly go back to my hometown of Besançon, France. When I’m there, I walk and take transit. […]
Dear residents, This Thursday, Bike Ottawa is organising a rally to protest Bill 60 that, among other things, will ban any new bike lanes involving road reconfiguration. Whether you bike, walk, roll or even drive, you should care about this. The Ontario government is essentially handcuffing municipalities and subjecting them to the whim of a […]
After steamrolling through Bill 56 that bans speed cameras, the Ontario government is planning on bypassing the democratic process again (ie no public committee hearings) for Bill 60, the so-called Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act. This government does not want to hear any opinion that doesn’t fit its narrative (nor is it interested in data). […]
