Category Archives: Centretown

Segregated Cycling lanes

Posted on March 31, 2010 by mbpowell

Hello all! With winter finally seeming to have been beaten, it’s time to take this blog out of its seasonal (albeit never planned) hibernation. There’s been a lot of attention paid in the past few weeks to a pilot project … Continue reading →

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Bank Street's Fancy New Bike Racks

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Padraic

The city is beginning to install new bike racks along the northern part of Bank Street this week. In a happy change, they’ll serve as a useful form of public art – not that subtle reminders to buy Gabriel’s pizza … Continue reading →

Posted in Bank Street, Centretown | 1 Comment

Cycle Salvation

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Padraic

We were recently asked to spread the word about this interesting organization: I am contacting you in the hope that you might help us spread the word to the Ottawa cycling community about Cycle Salvation. Cycle Salvation is a social … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, Centretown, shops | 2 Comments

Citizen's for Safe Cycling AGM this thursday

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Padraic

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 … Continue reading →

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Terrifying Reality

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Padraic

I was dropping a video off this evening on Gladstone, near Percy, and I noticed that traffic seemed to have come to an unusual standstill. I quickly discovered that a cyclist had somehow been hit by a car, and looked … Continue reading →

Posted in Centretown, safety | 8 Comments

re-Cycles moves!

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Padraic

 re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op has moved to a new location on Bronson, near Gladstone. I’ve long wanted to swing by and check the place out, but its previous location was just far enough to be “too far.” Now that they are … 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

Shifting Detours, Making Sense

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Padraic

The city has started to shift some of the southbound buses that normally inhabit bank street from Lyon to O’Connor, and will keep doing so until they re-open bank near Somorset. Obviously, this makes eminent sense, as I pointed out … Continue reading →

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Bike Polo

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Padraic

The Centretown News has a neat article up on a bike polo league that has started up on Champagne Avenue. Winter is here, but it’s the sort of thing that makes me want to learn to ride a fixie.

Posted in Bike Sports, Centretown | 3 Comments

Bank Street, Okay?

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Padraic

One of the nice things about being the author on a blog is that you can bring responses to comments to a new post.  Below is a response to a comment by “phred” on Bank Street. There are three ways … Continue reading →

Posted in Bank Street, Centretown, road closures | 2 Comments