CAT | bike lanes
News out of transportation committee today: a motion from Clive Doucet calls for a city-wide study of cycling safety hazards and whether or not segregated lanes might be a solution. The Citizen and CBC have it covered.
Doucet, quoted in the CBC:
“I hope to see Ottawa becoming much safer,” Doucet said Wednesday. “We’ll hopefully have an [...]
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Video: Burrard Bridge bike lane
2 Comments | Posted by Padraic in bike lanes, other cities, video
For everyone who is curious about the 3 month trial of separated bike lane on Vancouver’s Burrard Bridge, here is the first-person view:
(link)
It looks like a safe and enjoyable way to get downtown. Let’s hope the trial is successful.
[Via I Bike TO]
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Getting Rid of Highways to Reduce Congestion
1 Comment | Posted by Adam in bike lanes, commuting, design, other cities, urban space
Often times debates surrounding urban space use pits cyclists who want road space removed from cars and designated for cyclists (as in Toronto) against motorists who want more road space for cars with the idea that it will ease traffic congestion. Often times it seems like a trade between a cyclists friendly, greener city and [...]
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Toronto becomes a little more cycle friendly
1 Comment | Posted by Adam in Toronto, bike lanes, other cities
I really can’t imagine a plan of equivillant scale being implimented here in Ottawa. Jarvis Street in the heart of Toronto is going to be narrowed to 4 lanes between Queen and Bloor with bike lanes being added to help make the route safer. The plan passed Toronto’s City council on Monday morning after Mayor [...]
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Why Bikes and Buses are bad at sharing
3 Comments | Posted by Adam in bike lanes, other cities
I was in Dublin in early January and was generally impressed by the seeming dedication of Dublin to provide bike lanes around most of the city centre. This stood in stark contrast to Cork which had no bike lanes. However, while good intentions are one thing, practical results are another.
Take a closer look at the [...]
Robert Sullivan’s piece in the New York Times is getting a lot of attention from bike blogs for its four suggestions to improve the image of cyclists (it’s also a great description of what it’s like to bike in New York City). They are:
Stop at major intersections.
Don’t go the wrong way on one-way streets.
Stay off [...]
A Spacing Toronto contributor makes a cautious case for allowing scooters in bike lanes after living in Amsterdam, where 1/4 of scooters take advantage of this legal practice.
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Time lapse
0 Comments | Posted by Padraic in Toronto, bike lanes, other cities, pedestrians, video
Check out Spacing Toronto’s time lapse video of the pedestrian scramble crossing at Yonge & Dundas (which I wrote about previously):
[Scramble from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo.]
Elsewhere in Toronto, John Barber writes in the Globe about a bike lane battle where a city councillor says a lane would be bad for ward, but his constituents’ submissions [...]
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Mike isn’t the only one with thoughts of the City of Ottawa’s cycling plan
2 Comments | Posted by Adam in Bank Street, bike lanes, city council, cycling plan
The Ottawa Citizen’s David Reevely on his Greater Ottawa Blog writes about the new cycling plan for Ottawa. The one recently approved by City Council’s Transportation Committee. His comments are, as usual, insightful and worth reading. Of particular interest though is he invites cyclists to weight in on dangerous problem spots you encounter cycling around Ottawa. [...]
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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 [...]
