● Careless use of ultra bright bicycle lights becoming a problem.
Autumn is here, the days are getting shorter, and more people will be using lights on their bicycles. The problem is that many cyclists are […]
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● Less shipping damage when bicycles are disguised at flat-screen TVs.
Here’s an interesting story about a Dutch manufacturer that found an unacceptable number of their bicycles were damaged while being shipped to their customers. Apparently, […]
● City improves safety on Laurier Avenue bike lane by moving stop lines back.
In an effort to improve bicycle safety, the City of Ottawa has moved some of the stop lines for cars on Laurier Avenue back one […]
● How to write an anti-bike rant – the easy way.
It seems the world is full of anti-bike rants. When he was alive, it was Rob Ford with his now infamous statement at a Toronto […]
● Ottawa traffic devices lure cyclists into death traps.
Here’s an interesting ‘thought experiment’. Try thinking of a way to lure cyclists into a dangerous and potentially deadly situation, and keep it all legal. […]
● Death by ‘right hook’ – time to improve cycling safety, but will there be real change?
By now, many of us have heard about Nusrat Jahan, a 23 year old women (and diplomat’s daughter) who was killed while cycling in a […]
● The last weekend of the season for NCC’s Sunday Bikedays.
We can always tell we’re getting close to the end of summer when it’s the last of the Sunday Bikedays. The final NOKIA Sunday Bikedays […]
● 72 kilometre Prescott-Russell Trail may soon shut down.
According to a story in the Ottawa Citizen, it looks like the Prescott-Russell Trail may soon shut down. The local county is thinking of closing […]
● Ottawa using a golf cart to track bike path conditions.
The City of Ottawa is using a specially modified golf cart to track the conditions of its local bike paths. According to a CBC report, […]
● An interesting report about cycling routes in Kanata North.
Last spring groups of cyclists rode five routes into the business park in Kanata North, and recorded their observations, both good and bad. They recently […]
● When are you too old to go cycling? 70 or 80 years old? Think again.
I often suggest to people who are getting into their retirement years that they may want to take up cycling as a means of getting […]
● Two million trips on the Laurier Avenue bike lane in downtown Ottawa.
Two million bicycle trips have been made on the Laurier Avenue segregated bike lane since it opened five years ago, according to a recent News […]
● More problems with bike paths and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system.
David Reevely of the Ottawa Citizen has found another problem with bike routes and the construction of Ottawa’s new Light Rail Transit (LRT) system. A […]
● ‘Cycling Without Age’ program opens for seniors at the Saint-Louis Residence.
Seniors at the Saint-Louis Residence will now have a chance to go out for a bicycle ride with the opening of a ‘Cycling Without Age’ […]
● Dangerous wild parsnip infestation along some bicycle paths.
The sap from wild parsnip plants can cause serious and painful skin blisters, the consequence of which can sometimes last for years. Ottawa is currently […]
● Good news stories about the growing popularity of cycling in the US.
In recent days I have noticed good news stories about the growing popularity of cycling in the US from two different sources. One is from […]
● Ottawa Citizen editorial pooh-poohs the idea of bicycle licensing.
Bicycle licensing is back in the news these days when a Toronto councillor recently put forward a motion asking his city to consider implementing this […]
● Interesting sign telling motorists to stop honking at cyclists.
The City of Ottawa has found it necessary to put up new signs on McIlraith Bridge which state “Cyclists can take the lane; stop honking”. […]
● Tour de France rider hits 130.7 km/h.
For those of you who are worried about speed wobbles at 50 km/h, or who think they are going fast down the Fortune hill in […]
● Unfriendly cycling environment being planned for the Booth Street bridge.
Ottawa Citizen columnist David Reevely has come down hard on Ottawa for preceding with a plan for the Booth Street Bridge which he says, in […]