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Screenshot of the route of the winding detour on a strava mapping system.

The continued fight for safe and accessible detours that make sense

Posted on 2022-09-102023-02-24 by Bike Ottawa in Advocacy, Detour, LRT

Bike Ottawa and communities around Ottawa have been fighting battles regarding LRT detours off and on for what feels like years. Earlier this summer we posted this blog about three separate LRT detours where the guidelines had been ignored, and detours had been put in place that were not intuitive, safe, or mindful of users […]

LRT construction detours: Issues of accessibility and safety in Ottawa

Posted on 2022-06-132023-02-24 by Bike Ottawa in Advocacy, Construction, Infrastructure, Letters, LRT

At the best of times in Ottawa, detours can receive some great thoughtful treatment – The Trillium path detour, for example, gave us a bi-directional bike lane for a large part of it, and held up well over the years it was in place.