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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 5h

Mmm, a drone show at the EY centre next to the airport?

Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 14h

Ottawa has currently 32 counters counting, but sadly the majority is not on line ( you can ask the city for the data though): #ottbike @jleiper.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social

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#ottbike Counters - Google My Maps

Location of all known permanent #ottbike counters in Ottawa.

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City of Ottawa @en.ottawa.ca · 1d

In case you missed it, here are a few items #OttCity Council approved on Wednesday, October 8:
- Bold plan to address housing crisis
- More repairs for affordable housing, no extra cost
- St. Laurent Boulevard getting major upgrade
- Working towards the LRT upload!
Visit: https://bit.ly/4nAbKYC

A partially constructed, six-storey residential building that is missing exterior cladding.

Closeup of a building’s new vinyl window with wood-like paneling showing beside it.

Close up of a partially completed installation of red paving bricks beside an asphalt roadway.

The front of a white and red train, set to depart an above-ground station on a sunny day, with tracks ahead shown in the frame.

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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 5d

Once again, speed cameras work.
(This is data from Ottawa, published in 2024.)

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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 4d

(Almost) a week without driving - a recap!
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#weekwithoutdriving

Thanks to @bikeottawa.bsky.social & all of the local organizations who encouraged residents to participate!

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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 4d

@christaggart.bsky.social in Dutch, but usually good translations in your browsers. #solar

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Steeds meer reuzebatterijen aan het stroomnet: 'Parkeerplek voor groene stroom'

In Nederland hangen steeds meer en grotere batterijen aan het stroomnet. Niet alleen zijn de batterijen veel goedkoper geworden, door de grillige stroomprijzen kun je verdienen met de handel in stroom...

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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 4d

If #cycling is not a good enough reason to move to the #Netherlands, than the collapsed price for potatoes might be.

A steep line is a graph sees the price for potatoes falling from 62.50 euro to 5.50 euro for 100 kg.

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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 5d

The number of fines went op bc we installed a lot more cameras. That the average speed actually went down, as is the purpose of the cameras, is shown in this image by @strongtownsottawa.ca

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Jun Nogami @jnyyz.bsky.social · 8d

Parents Against Speeding TO

Today, a group of parents met on Bloor St just east of Dundas St W. to protest the government's forthcoming legislation to ban the use of Automatic Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras. Thomas is our MC. Danielle talks about the importance of speed cameras in keeping kids…

Parents Against Speeding TO

Today, a group of parents met on Bloor St just east of Dundas St W. to protest the government's forthcoming legislation to ban the use of Automatic Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras. Thomas is our MC. Danielle talks about the importance of speed cameras in keeping kids safe in school zones. Jessica points out that the none of the alternatives to ASE proposed by Ford will work.

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Pat Bickerton @pbickerton.bsky.social · 6d

Old post but the oldest water main at that intersection is only 35 years old! yikes

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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 7d

Some more photos from our Robert Grant Ave pre-opening yesterday. Thanks again to everyone who joined us!
#weekwithoutdriving

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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 7d

We have that too on several of our windows and don’t even notice them anymore

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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 7d

We’ve had a few hundred people out so far to check out the pre-opening of Robert Grant Avenue in Stittsville. #weekwithoutdriving

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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 8d

How would life be without the option of driving yourself somewhere? A #weekwithoutdriving challenges people to not use the car and use other means of transportation instead. Logically, I biked for a week. Here's how it went. With cameos of @jleiper.bsky.social and @seandevine9.bsky.social #cycling

A Week Without Driving - Hans on the Bike - Cycling in Ottawa and beyond

A week without driving is an awareness initiative about what it is to not being able to drive a car. Any other transport is allowed.

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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 8d

We have drained battery issues in winter after a few cold nights already. I could write a blog about all the contradictory advice we receive.

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 8d

My challenge every week is to find somewhere to drive to. I try to drive my car at least once every two weeks to keep the 12V battery topped up.

Nearly all of my trips are more convenient by bicycle

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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for sharing Hans!

Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 8d

How would life be without the option of driving yourself somewhere? A week without driving challenges people to not use the car and use other means of transportation instead. Logically, I biked for a week. Here's how it went. @nondriver.bsky.social #Ottbike #Ottawa #BikeTooter

A Week Without Driving

I wanted to participate in the week without driving (#WeekwithoutDriving) because I was impressed with a talk I attended last year by Anna Zivarts, author of ‘When driving is not an option’.

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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 8d

How would life be without the option of driving yourself somewhere? A week without driving challenges people to not use the car and use other means of transportation instead. Logically, I biked for a week. Here's how it went. @nondriver.bsky.social #Ottbike #Ottawa #BikeTooter

A Week Without Driving

I wanted to participate in the week without driving (#WeekwithoutDriving) because I was impressed with a talk I attended last year by Anna Zivarts, author of ‘When driving is not an option’.

hansonthebike.com

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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 9d

Rack & roll to a meeting in Kanata. This stop needs a sidewalk and accessible bus pad.
#weekwithoutdriving

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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 9d

I really like having daylight until 9 pm in the summer in #Ottawa, and don’t mind it being darker longer in the very early morning, so I would love to keep the Daylight Saving Time.

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#DST

Time is up for the biannual clock change, Liberal MP says | CBC News

An MP says it’s time to end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year — and is planning on introducing legislation she hopes will make the “fall backward” and “spring forward” a thing of the pa...

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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 10d

New traffic cam installed in #Ottawa along Fisher near McCooley #Ottdrive

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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.bsky.social · 11d

Here’s the craziest thing about the speed camera rollout in Ontario:

They made munis install giant signs telling you there’s a speed camera in use up ahead. And you *still* blast past it and whine about it and claim it’s a cash grab? You’re lucky we don’t crush your car on the spot. Take the L.

Photo of “municipal speed camera in use” sign in front of a sidewalk.

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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 11d

#weekwithoutdriving Day 2:
Doug on his trike on the Trans Canada Trail

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 12d

If we’d been ten minutes earlier out of kid dance class, we would have been standing at the bus stop where this totaled car ended up on the sidewalk. #RainierAve at Cloverdale #seattle

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 13d

First day of #WeekWithoutDriving 2025, are you ready? disabilityrightswa.org/how-would-yo...

How Would You Get Around If You Couldn't Drive Yourself? - Disability Rights Washington

Washington State, September 29 to October 5, 2025 -- Imagine your life without driving. Could you navigate your daily routines, reach your workplace, doctor's office, or connect with loved ones? This ...

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