After two and a half years of staying within Canada and visiting only local destinations, I recently embarked on my … More
Category: Innovation
How to Design a Dutch-Style Protected Intersection (video)
You may understand the benefits of a protected intersection, but how do you actually design one?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Beyond the Automobile 