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Worried about April’s carbon tax increase?

Posted on 2024-03-222024-08-21 by Bike Ottawa in Microblog, Personal Stories

Ride a bike! For every 5 km ride I take by bike instead of driving a car, I prevent little over 1 kg of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere. I’m not paying the carbon tax because I’m not buying gas.

Cargo bike parked alongside coat hanger style of bike rack (which doesn’t fit cargo bikes). There’s a child sitting in the bin at the front.

E-cargo bikes: The secret tool to building 15-minute neighbourhoods? 

Posted on 2024-03-072024-06-19 by Bike Ottawa in Advocacy, Guest Post

In its new Official Plan, the City of Ottawa states its desire to work toward building “15-minute neighbourhoods” as part of its efforts to build a better and more sustainable city.

Google map image showing an intersection that is supposed to get a slip lane

Bank Street widening and reconstruction

Posted on 2024-02-292024-06-19 by Bike Ottawa in Advocacy, Community

Did somebody say “improvements”?

In praise of slow biking

Posted on 2024-02-262024-06-19 by Diane Harper in Microblog

“There’s a quiet revolution happening on the streets of cities worldwide: the rise of slow biking“.

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