OBLP Recipient Of The MEC Staff Choice Community Grant
We cannot express enough our great surprise and immense gratitude to MEC Ottawa staff for choosing the Ottawa Bicycle Lanes Project for their Staff Choice Community Grant. We are honoured beyond words....
View ArticleWinter Bicycling In Ottawa: It Ain’t No Thang!
We often have the tendency to exaggerate both the length and harshness of our winters here in Ottawa. Yes, we all remember the -36 windchill days, but those days are definitely not the norm. According...
View ArticleFrostbike — A Tribute To Winter Bicycling by Tom Babin
Canada’s winter brings forth many things. Cold. Snow. And perhaps more predictably, arguments against building bike lanes because nobody will ever ride in winter. But will they? There has been some...
View ArticleQuick And Dirty Upright Utility Bicycle Building: A few pieces can go a long...
Post Updated December 7, 2014 with addition of new frame mounted front rack and raised handlebars. Go to Update >> With our ever-growing love for upright utility bicycles and the winter fast...
View ArticleIt’s Cold, It’s Snowy And It Is So Worth It!!! Bicycling As A Family Through...
Article submitted to the Winter Cycling Congress 2015 Leeuwarden. A few years ago we voluntarily changed our mobility habits to make the bicycle our central transportation choice. As fairly new parents...
View ArticleLess Blink, More Glow: A simple technique to make your bicycle pop!
We recently hosted a winter bicycling clinic at MEC Ottawa where we demonstrated a little MacGyver technique for increasing the glow on our winter bicycles without turning to flashing or blinking...
View ArticleWinter Cycling In Oulu Is For Everyone
By Timo Perälä (Winter Cycling Federation chairman and director for winter cycling congress 2013) from Oulu, Finland. I’m a regular guy from Oulu, a city with 195 000 inhabitants, located 200 km below...
View ArticleTraffic Calming By Snow
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View ArticleUsing A Bicycle and Generosity to Build Relationships
By Ole Kassow Founder of Cycling Without Age March 2015 Cycling was always key to my mobility. I grew up in Denmark’s suburbia in the 1970’s, and my mum went with me on my first day of school. The...
View ArticleThe Grid – How the Dutch found that the only thing which really encouraged...
By David Hembrow (www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com) Article republished with permission. The map on the right shows an area which is approximately 6.5 km wide. That on the left shows main routes only on...
View ArticleA Highway As A Bicycle Path – Howe Island
On a recent trip to Kingston, we visited Howe Island which lies between Kingston and Gananoque. We managed to borrow some upright bicycles from family members who live nearby and headed out for a day...
View ArticleRise of Protected Bicycle Lanes: Open Letter And Petition Results For Ottawa...
Above photo taken on the new Churchill Avenue cycle tracks (October 2014). Dear 2014 Municipal Candidates, As many are aware, the Ottawa Bicycle Lanes Project launched a petition this past year...
View ArticlePancake Shacks and Cycle Tracks — Just Be On A Bicycle
Ottawa Bicycle Lanes Project enjoying the new Churchill Avenue cycle tracks and pancakes at Flapjack’s Pancake Shack in Westboro Village.
View ArticleWhy Bike Lanes Are Important
They just are. Period. The post Why Bike Lanes Are Important appeared first on Bike Lanes.
View ArticleA Dense Network of High Quality Infrastructure Encourages Cycling
Back in the 1970s, after the Stop de Kindermoord protests, the Netherlands went through a period of rapidly revising roads. Research had to be done in order to find out what worked for promoting...
View ArticlePaths for Adventurous Riders
Although some bike for pleasure, others bike for sport. If you have ever taken a spin class you may have some idea of what it is like to bike up a mountain bike trail! For those who are dedicated to...
View ArticleBike Safety for Kids
We all want our children to be healthy and live active lives. Cycling is a fantastic family friendly activity that can get everyone outdoors and in better shape. Before you take your children out on...
View ArticleVideo emerges of yet another cyclist hit on Ottawa’s O’Connor bike lanes
A van driver has been charged by police after he knocked over a man on a bike last Tuesday. It was the third time a bike and vehicle have collided since the bike lanes opened only two weeks earlier....
View ArticleBiking in Winter
Ottawa is an excellent city for cyclists. There are over 600 km’s of bike paths available in the National Capital Region. Many of these paths are not maintainable during winter months, however Ottawa...
View ArticleBike Safety for Busy Roads
At a time when we are seeing more bicycles on the road than ever before, we are also seeing more bicycle related accidents. Biking is an excellent mode of transportation for many reasons; they’re...
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