Embedded Files
Post date: Oct 29, 2016 4:7:3 PM
The CBC reported that the cyclist was struck by a car making a left turn across the O'Connor bike lane at Waverley Street. More ... The following day, an opinion piece penned by journalist, Kelly Egan questioned the safety of the bike lane.
The Responsible Cycling Coalition has warned previously that segregated bike lanes offer new and inexperienced cyclists a false sense of security. Such lane designs do not lower the skills required to navigate them but rather raise the skills required.
Just a couple of hours after the Mayor and councillors of Ottawa, Ontario cut the ribbon on a new two way segregated bike lane on a one way street in Canada's capital, a cyclist was seriously injured when hit by a car attempting to turn left across the bike lane. This follows the tragic death of a cyclist late August in Ottawa's first segregated bike lane on Laurier Avenue - Metro News report
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse