- Ottawa cycling updates – October 2025
Reading Time: 8 minutesA pannier full of a bike related stuff, a protest on October 20th, new infrastructure pictures in town and a nerdy but sweet documentary that has nothing to do with cycling. - A Week Without Driving
Reading Time: 7 minutesI wanted to participate in the week without driving (#WeekwithoutDriving) because I was impressed with a talk I attended last year by Anna Zivarts, author of ‘When driving is not an option’. - Cycling along the Canal de Soulanges
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Canal de Soulanges, just west of Montreal, was once an important waterway. Now the path along it attracts many cyclists. - NCC Bike Night in Ottawa
Reading Time: 4 minutesResidents turned out in droves to participate in the NCC BikeNight in Ottawa on September 13, 2025. Read how many took to their bikes and where they went. - Cycling updates September 2025
Reading Time: 7 minutesHere are a several updates I encountered over the last month, including a trailer for BIXI bikes in Montreal, the new underpass at Churchill and a suggestion in Quebec to use crosswalks as cross rides. - Don’t get impaled at Prince of Wales
Reading Time: 3 minutesCyclists alert: be careful at the bottom of Prince of Wales near Dow's Lake. It is very messy and you could have a nasty fall which you may not even survive. - Cycling updates for Ottawa – August 8
Reading Time: 6 minutesSeveral cycling updates this time, some new infrastructure images, rye along the pathway, a visit from New York, traffic camera data, a closer look at the bottom end of Saw Mill Creek and a fundraiser for Ghost, a resident who was hit end of July. - Cycling updates for Ottawa – July 17
Reading Time: 5 minutesHere are several cycling updates in Ottawa. Renewal of the Patterson Creek bridge with a wider mup, a bit of new paving near the McDonald-Cartier bridge, drawings for the Elgin-Laurier intersection (before and after slider) and a strange story about McCarthy Road in Hunt Club. - Cycling updates for Ottawa – July 7
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis week, I am writing about bike rack initiatives that I had not heard of as well as how to watch the Tour de France for free and improve your Dutch on the fly. Plus two more updates. - Cycling on Canada Day 2025 and an Award
Reading Time: 7 minutesToday is Canada Day. Here is an overview with several maps where you can bike around LeBreton flats. There are no less than three different maps circulating. And I received the Bruce Timmermans award for cycling advocacy last week. Again. - Ottawa increases score once again in ratings by People for Bikes
Reading Time: 4 minutesYesterday afternoon People for Bikes, an American organisation for cycling advocacy, released the city ratings for 2025. Did Ottawa - Gatineau improve once again? - Cycling to the new Westboro Beach
Reading Time: 7 minutesA few weeks ago, the Westboro Beach project was (almost) finished and the public got to enjoy the new public spaces. And wow, what a change. Beach volleyball courts, a new patio, A real Beach club, an new restaurant (not finished yet), all ankered by the three Strutt structures overlooking the Kichi Zībī river. More here with lots of photos. - Cycling to Kìwekì Point in Ottawa
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe cycled to the recently opened Kìwekì Point, formerly known as Nepean Point. It is very well done and I encourage you to go and check it out. Here is a short description with a dozen photos. - When are the NCC Parkways open for cycling in 2025?
Reading Time: 3 minutesOnce again, the 2025 NCC bike days and closing of the Gatineau Parkways for car traffic in one handy overview. Stick it on your fridge or store it on your cell phone. - Is this funky bike cage being used?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile cycling through Guimarães in Portugal, we stumbled on this extravagant bike cage that was not being used. I had to check it out. - Rethinking the Rideau Canal
Reading Time: 7 minutes Over the last two decades, boating on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa has dropped considerably. More bike rides are on average counted on a single day than the total number of vessel movements on the canal during the entire season. Is it time to refocus for Parks Canada? - A stone frigate in downtown Ottawa?
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou may have noticed an historic house boarded up across from city hall on the south side on Lisgar. It has an interesting story: it was a a so called 'stone frigate'. - Gravel roads may return to suburban Ottawa
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn its quest to find savings, our city is looking into more gravel roads, even in suburbs. Here is the article I saw today. - Should Ottawa – Gatineau try a bike share again?
Reading Time: 6 minutes We have had a bike share before in Ottawa. With LRT expanding, it might be time to look at it again. If we Quebec City can do it, we should be able too. - How Strong Towns Ottawa got their Bank Street data
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt is not always easy to get data from the City of Ottawa. Strong Towns Ottawa had to go through a city councillor's office to receive the data they wanted to see. And then they got a 2500+ pages PDF with raw data of a Bank Street on line survey. - A Bicycle Shed in Your Front Yard
Reading Time: 4 minutesCycling through Dutch towns, I started to notice more and more bike sheds in front yards. Back home, I took a look at the Dutch rules for building them and they are pretty relaxed about them. Let's see how they look like and what is allowed.
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