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Category Archives: mass transit
Transit Strike Looming
Ottawa is facing a transit strike as early as wednesday, and one of the city’s suggestions for getting around mentioned is to cycle. The Sun spoke to CfSC Past-President (and CiO comments regular) Charles Akben-Marchand for tips on biking in … Continue reading
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The answer to our g-prayers
You can now plan your OC Transpo trips with the slick, user-friendly and efficient Google Transit.
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Another LRT Website
A group of concerned citizens have started up www.ottawalrtnow.ca to gage interest in Ottawa’s LRT options. It seems to be, at least for now, mostly just a collection of PHP forums, but as they plan to take results to Council, … Continue reading
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Who doen't love tokenism?
Dalton McGuinty has announced that he will be taking the PST off of the sale of bike helmets and bikes (up to $1,000… I guess he supports biking, but not competitive biking) as of December 1st. To me, this is … Continue reading
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Toronto's Dark Side…
The Toronto Star today talks about the dangers of cycling in Toronto due to a conspicuous lack of bike lanes and the failure of City Council to construct new lanes. A particularly telling quote from the article states that, “at … Continue reading
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Cicloparqueadero
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 … Continue reading
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Bank Street
Rakerman takes the picture that I have been unable to get over the past week: Photo available under CC-BY-NC-SA. Two curious things about the bank street closure: 1) It was really weird to see people stick to the sidewalks, even … Continue reading
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Bus racks off for winter
OCtranspo is taking its bike racks off of buses starting at the beginning of November.
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Paris, Oh Paris Be Mine
Or make that Paris’ bike system at least. There is an interesting letter in The Herald (UK) today regarding how cycle-friendly Paris actually. Particularly innovative is how Paris has incorporated cycling into their mass-transit strategy through their Velib Program. In … Continue reading
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