CAT | activism
This op-ed appeared in the Ottawa Citizen a week ago but I feel requires a response. There are a couple problems with the piece but he does get one thing right so I’ll start with that. Cyclists belong on the road not the sidewalk. The sidewalk is for pedestrians. Just as a car hitting a [...]
We were recently asked to spread the word about this interesting organization:
I am contacting you in the hope that you might help us spread the word to the Ottawa cycling community about Cycle Salvation.
Cycle Salvation is a social enterprise operating under the umbrella of Causeway Work Centre. The business strives to achieve a triple bottom [...]
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The right to bike
1 Comment | Posted by Padraic in Europe, activism, law, organizations, other cities, police
While this blog has waxed ambivalent on Critical Mass before, I have to say I was heartened to see that the British House of Lords has over-ruled attempet at police restrictions on the event. Essentially, the police wanted to require “prior notice of the ride’s date, time and route and the names and addresses of [...]
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Citizen’s for Safe Cycling AGM this thursday
0 Comments | Posted by Mike in Centretown, activism, organizations
Citizens for Safe Cycling will be holding its Annual General Meeting this Thursday at the McNabb Community Centre. There’s a social event at 6PM; the meeting itself starts at 7PM, where they will elect a number of board positions. You have to be a CfSC member to vote or stand for election. Full details here [...]
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Why Belgium does it better (part 2)
2 Comments | Posted by Ben in Europe, activism, bike paths, design, other cities, photos
Part two of this two-part post on why Belgium does it better has to do with bike paths. Or, rather, what we in Canada call bike paths. In Belgium it’s more like a expansive network of exclusive bike roads linking all of the Flemish-speaking region.
Last weekend, my girlfriend and I took off from Brussels for [...]
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Why Belgium does it better (part 1)
0 Comments | Posted by Ben in Europe, activism, events, other cities, road closures
This will be part one of my two-part post on why Belgium does it better. As a quick backgrounder, I’m spending 5 months in Brussels on exchange from my studies at the University of Ottawa. This post is about Car Free Day, and really it’s not just Belgium that does this better, it’s most of [...]
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Today in Cycling Douchebaggery
1 Comment | Posted by Mike in activism, bike lanes, commuting
As is often the case, today I had to wait for a light while biking to work (I was on my usual route: north on the Bay St. bike path before heading east on Queen St.) On the other side of the intersection, parked in the bike lane, a Paratranspo bus was loading someone [...]
Earl McRae (of all places) reminds me that tomorrow is World Naked Bike Ride Day, where riders get to celebrate the cycling, the purity of the human body, and chafing.
I’d participate, but will (sadly) be out of town.
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Ottawa-based Otesha Project Recruiting for Canadian Cycling Adventures
1 Comment | Posted by Joshua in activism, events, organizations, other cities
On this most snowy of days, when cycling is far from the minds of most Ottawans, I want to spread the word about Ottawa-based organization The Otesha Project’s 2008 biking tours. Having taken two months this past summer to cycle on an exhilarating tour with them myself, I have witnessed first hand the incredible melding [...]
On my other blog, I have an interview up with the Otesha Project’s Kathleen Cote, first heard on my CKCU show.
For those unfamiliar, Otesha is an organization that promotes environmental sustainability in part through a short play, often performed by a theater troupe traveling the country via bicycle. We spoke about the organization’s origins and [...]
