After a year-and-a-half of reading, I have finally finished perhaps the most fascinating and involving book I have ever read.
Tag: Cities
Ottawa’s New Bridge is a Bicycle Traffic Generating Machine: Now Let’s Make it Even Better
The Chief William Commanda Bridge is off to a very strong start, but right now it’s like an amusement park with one ride. With strategic investments in safety, placemaking, and events we can activate its full potential.
VIDEO: When you Build a City for Cycling, Everyone Benefits
When you build a city for cycling, everyone benefits. This was the central idea of a talk I shared recently at CreativeMornings Ottawa, to an audience of about 120 people.
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 Three Types of Cycling Advocates
I’ve come to appreciate that there are three distinct personas that come together to make cycling advocacy work. Like a chair with two legs, an organized advocacy effort without all three is bound to be unstable.
After Seven Years, I’ve Bought a Car
After living car-free in downtown Toronto and Ottawa, I thought I could continue my car-free journey in the suburbs. For nine months, it worked fine, but eventually my wife and I caved.
Beyond the Automobile 