Bikes
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Across the Ottawa Spaces – 1 April 2013
Some highlights from across the Ottawa blogosphere: At West Side Action, Eric Darwin offers some suggestions about the art of the argument at city...
By Dwight Williams -
Junkyard cars recycled into working bicycles
Watch this video about a bicycle that is manufactured from a variety of junkyard car parts. The frame is welded together from various car metals, the...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Urban Planet: Can bike-share programs overcome the helmet hurdle?
Bike-share programs have really been taking off in North America over the past few years, but not in municipalities with strict helmet laws. This article...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Urban Planet: ‘Brussels Express’ documents difficulties for bike couriers in a world built for cars
Watch this documentary about what it is like for a group of bike couriers – who literally started from scratch – in one of Europe’s most...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Across the Ottawa Spaces: 24 October 2012
Starting off: CBC Ottawa reports on the unveiling of the city’s draft budget for 2013. Many details announced, leading off with the 2.09 % property...
By Dwight Williams -
Across the Ottawa Spaces – 13 October 2012
Eric Darwin notes the progress in setting up the bike path paralleling the current O-Train route, and recounts the story of another aspect of the Greber...
By Dwight Williams -
In transportation planning, drivers never lose
Here’s the golden rule that is applied whenever a municipal project is being planned: No change can come at a cost to drivers. Here’s how this...
By Alex deVries -
The cycling Lansdowne situation, in short.
Over the last week, on my own blog I’ve been writing about details of the cycling aspect of the Lansdowne transportation plans. Those five articles...
By Alex deVries -
Video: Queen Street Tribute Ride
It was a slow and dignified procession this morning as hundreds of Ottawans walked, cycled, or pushed their bikes along Queen Street to the site of the...
By Spacing -
Tomorrow: Tribute ride for Danielle Naçu
Tomorrow morning (Tuesday, October 18), hundreds of cyclists and allies (non-cyclists are welcome to walk with the group) will be meeting at Bronson and...
By Kathryn Hunt -
A Little Miracle
Several years ago it was Spacing Ottawa’s pleasure to spend time with the BBC broadcaster and blogger Malachi O’Doherty when he was in town...
By Spacing -
Notes taken: Everyday Cyclists and the Next City Café
“Everyday Cycling” is an inclusive term that can be used to describe anyone who rides a bike for any reason: for sport, for dropping kids at...
By Allegra Newman