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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.
E-Bikes Are Here – Are Our Trails Ready?
E-bikes are exploding in popularity and promise access to a range of new users. It’s time we upgraded our trails to embrace these users, rather than shutting them out with regulations.
What is the Future for Ottawa’s South Keys Centre?
Matt and Hans are visiting the South Gate area, known for the South Keys shopping mall. They are going on a walkabout, checking out the empty parking lots, plans for development, active transportation connections and hot chocolate.
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.
Beyond the Automobile 