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Spacing Ottawa
1 Comment | Posted by Padraic in Ottawa, Toronto, design, online, organizations
We’ve been quite fond in the past of linking to articles from Spacing, the fantastic Toronto-based urbanism magazine. Now, CiO readers should be sure to subscribe to their new Ottawa blog, where they cover such issues as Lansdowne, pedestrian bridges and Big Joe Mufferaw. As well, in Spacing Radio #012, you can hear Spacing Ottawa [...]
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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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Rideau & Sussex
1 Comment | Posted by Padraic in NCC, Rideau-Vanier ward, Sandy Hill, design, federal government
Maria Cook writes in the Citizen about the National Capital Commission’s plan for redesigning the busy downtown intersection of Rideau and Sussex. Their ideas sound great to me – ripping up the underpass and turning the area southwest of the intersection into a public square, adding better pedestrian and cyclist space. Everyone quoted in the [...]
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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 [...]
I’ll be on Rogers television this evening from 9-10 PM as part of a panel discussing cycling and cycling infrastructure. Apparently there will be opportunity to call in and ask questions. So, check it out, if only for the opportunity to see and hear my beautiful face/voice.
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 [...]
