Category Archives: Sandy Hill

Rideau & Sussex

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Padraic

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 … Continue reading →

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Separate but equal

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Padraic

Giacomo Panico laments the lack of seperated bike lanes in the Ottawa Cycling Plan, and suggets Laurier Avenue as one street that could be benefit from such a division. While most Ottawa streets don’t see the kind of car chaos … Continue reading →

Posted in bike lanes , Centretown , city council , cycling plan , Sandy Hill , video | 2 Comments

Bylaw vs. DND

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Padraic

To link to David Reevely for the second time in a day, I’ll point out that he quotes a city by-law enforcement officer saying that since August 1st, 50 tickets have been laid to bike-lane parkers outside National Defence HQ … Continue reading →

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