A child on a bike with training wheels rides with his mom on Beechwood Avenue in Ottawa, December 2024. He is learning to have an active lifestyle, helping to protect the environment, and more likely to become a lifelong cyclist because he is safe.
E-Bikes – Enabling a Car-Lite Lifestyle and More
This article in Momentum Magazine highlights how e-bikes are shifting urban transportation. It is based on a case study in the Jiading district of Shanghai, China. In addition to the usual benefits of lower car use and enabling older or less-athletic people to go longer distances, it notes that people with e-bikes actually do more […]
Bike Ottawa Presentation to the Committee Studying Bill 212
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 […]
Bikes can be for everyone!
Some people claim that bikes are only for the able-bodied fitness folks but that’s just not true.