Guest post by former Bike Ottawa president Hans “Hans on the Bike” Moor, who attended the conference on behalf of Bike Ottawa.
Maitland overpass active transportation infrastructure
Ottawa has many great bike paths along the canal, the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. One of the more underrated bike paths in the city is the Experimental Farm Pathway. It isn’t just great for recreation; it connects important parts of our community by an active transportation route.
New Rideau River bridge an important link for Ottawa’s active transit network
Last Saturday, June 15, 2024, another important missing link in our Active Transportation network was opened to the public. We now have a wonderful new and very wide bike, walk and roll bridge across the Rideau River, connecting Carleton University with Vincent Massey Park and beyond.
Education is no substitute for bike infrastructure
On July 11, the Ottawa Citizen published an op-ed by Monna-leigh McElveny, a CANBIKE 4 instructor with the Kanata Nepean Bike Club, Safety and Education, following a collision between a cyclist and truck in Centretown West. In the op-ed, McElveny argued for an education-based approach to keeping people biking safe (McElveny wrote a strikingly similar […]