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Bicycle Streets Beyond Europe: Ottawa’s Echo Drive

Ottawa’s Echo Drive is an unlikely candidate for “bicycle street” status. But despite its absence from official cycling routes, this street has much more in common with the “fietstraat” than you would expect.

bicycle street, Cities, featured, fietsstraat, ottawa, urban design, urban planning

The Busway that Ottawa Abandoned

Ottawa’s former Greenboro Busway is a case study of ambitious plans that were never fully realized. The story offers a valuable lesson for transport and urban planners: creating plans without community support – no matter how thoughtful – is a treacherous path.

featured, greenboro, history, ottawa, suburbs, transportation, urban planning

This Intersection Design Will Save Lives

I made my first in-camera YouTube appearance this week in the latest video from Oh The Urbanity!, discussing Protected Intersections.

cycling, featured, interview, Safety, video, youtube

What is the Future for Ottawa’s Merivale Road? 

Curious to get to know a new neighbourhood in Ottawa, I met up with another local blogger to walk his community’s main street.

featured, hansonthebike, suburbs, sustainability, transportation, urban planning

Comparing BRT Designs in Three Cities

Street design is not neutral: every subtle design detail reflects a community’s values, and comparing designs across communities reveals how those values differ.

featured, Ontario, public transit, roadway design, traffic engineering, Transit, transportation planning, urban planning

Reimagining Places: South Keys Centre

Ottawa’s South Keys Centre is an unremarkable place, with a golden opportunity to become remarkable, setting an example for sustainable suburbs across the continent.

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