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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During my spring break from school I headed down to California and bicycled with three friends along the coast. They’re all McGill alums who are cycling around the US. They left Salt Spring Island in January and are going to wind up on Rhode Island this summer. The details of their story, and the raison [...]

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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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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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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 [...]

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