Bike Ottawa recently updated its external policies to reflect the shifting knowledge and expectations around how we create safe streets for people to bike, walk, and roll, and to reflect the need to create equitable and inclusive streets for everyone.
Chief William Commanda Bridge: All seasons?
On July 26th the federal government announced its commitment to fund the transformation of the Chief William Commanda Bridge to provide a new link between Gatineau and Ottawa for active transportation. In March 2021 Bike Ottawa submitted detailed comments (see below) about the bridge* supporting the re-opening of this connection for active transportation, while stressing […]
Bank Street renewal
In late November, the City of Ottawa held a working group consultation for the preliminary design of the reconstruction of Bank Street from Riverside Drive at the Rideau River in the north, to Ledbury Avenue in the south.
2020: Bike advocacy during a pandemic
2020 has been a year filled with many ups and downs, and Covid-19 changed our lives in ways many of us had never imagined. But 2020 was also a year filled with bikes!