Bluesfest is trying to be more friendly to Ottawa cyclists. After complaints last year regarding the 300 bike parking spots filling up far to quickly the bike parking has moved and expanded to 600 spots. This is certainly welcome news for those planning to ride to Bluesfest.
It certainly is encouraging to see Bluesfest working with [...]

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Cycling in the cold is hard enough, never mind having your fingers go numb while you’re trying to de-ice a frozen lock. In Chicago, cyclists are feeling the warmth at the heated bike parking facility, sponsored by McDonald’s.With 300 spaces, lockers, showers, bike repair, bike rental and a snack bar, it’s pretty impressive. These are [...]

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David Reevely writes that Alta Vista ward Councillor Peter Hume is looking for feedback on a letter sent from the Environmental Political Action Group to the Building Owners and Managers Association on the topic of cycling-friendly building facilities:
[W]e are seeking your advice as to what package of incentives would be required to motivate building owners [...]

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Streetsblog gushes over the bike-friendly nature of Bogotá, including this great bike parking facility (known as a “cicloparqueadero”):

This is an interesting case of the different approaches to transportation policy between the developed and underdeveloped world; unlike in car-saturated North America, where pro-bike policies are designed to reduce pollution or congestion, here they are justified [...]

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At the recent Ottawa Urban Design Awards, the Award of Excellence (Student Project) went to a bicycle rack design, described as “unobtrusive to the flow of pedestrian traffic.”

While I’ve never thought of Ottawa’s current racks as overly obtrusive, this is a sexy design and one that would aesthetically improve any city street. The square at [...]

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