City of Ottawa
Roads and Cycling Advisory Committee
March 2005
The City of Ottawa’s Roads and Cycling Advisory Committee is pleased to invite you to a Special Meeting to discuss the new Ottawa Cycling Plan.
The Special Meeting will be held:
Thursday, April 7, 2005
6:00 to 9:30 pm
Andrew S. Haydon Hall (Council Chambers)
Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier Avenue
The purpose of this Special Meeting is to convey to the City your vision of cycling in Ottawa over the next 20 years. The Roads and Cycling Advisory Committee will be compiling comments from cyclists in the community for submission to the Transportation Committee by the end of June 2005.
The agenda for the Special Meeting will be as follows:
6:00-6:15 Overview from Staff
6:15-7:00 Questions from Roads and Cycling Advisory Committee Members
7:00-9:00 Public Delegations
9:00-9:30 Committee Debate and Deliberation
For background information on the Cycling Plan Draft Report, please visit the City of Ottawa website at: http://ottawa.ca/public_consult/cycling/index_en.shtml, or Citizens for Safe Cycling web site at http://www.cfsc.ottawa.on.ca/ or the Ontario Cycling Alliance web site at http://www.cycleontario.ca/OttawaCyclingPlan/ or the Kanata Nepean Bicycle Club web site at http://www.knbc.ca/.
If you plan to make a presentation, please RSVP no later than Tuesday, April 5, 2005 to Stephanie Brown-Bellefeuille by telephone: 580 2424 Ext. 16760 or by email: Stephanie.Brown@ottawa.ca
We look forward to your participation.
Sincerely,
Diane Dupuis
Chair, RCAC
Full Version: Ottawa Cycling Plan Public Consultation Invite
Please do attend - especially if you plan to train on these roads over the next couple of years.
I'm pretty tired of discussing : bike lockup, sidewalks etc... at our monthly meetings. Nothing really significant.
It would be nice to add some juice to it all.
Would be nice to see:
~a triathalon training route
~marked intersections that are hot spots (dangerous zones - vancouver has bike maps that markout the hot spots)
~all major routes with some sort of white cycling line (white lines are your friend - if you have to take someone to court... they could be your saviour)
~ increasing the fines for those hitting cyclists or pedestrains (a ticket is your saviour - proves guilt). The pool of funds going into the Ontario Insurance fund (if you ever get hit and you don't have insurance, you'll have to get your costs covered through the Ontario government - a painful process for both - going through your insurance company).
In my view, the cycling initiative should focus on the following:
1/ safety - respect for cyclists on the roads (not much of that now a days)
2/ environment - cyclists don't pollute cars do. Yet, we have all sorts of rules placed on us.
3/ promotion of health - how much are our health care bills each year (billions)
4/ tax savings and accountability - how much do we pay in tax for putting cars on the road (billions in infrastructure costs, yet they are first to cut cycling budgets when it comes to the crunch.)
Anyhow, voice your concerns or live with it.
I'm pretty tired of discussing : bike lockup, sidewalks etc... at our monthly meetings. Nothing really significant.
It would be nice to add some juice to it all.
Would be nice to see:
~a triathalon training route
~marked intersections that are hot spots (dangerous zones - vancouver has bike maps that markout the hot spots)
~all major routes with some sort of white cycling line (white lines are your friend - if you have to take someone to court... they could be your saviour)
~ increasing the fines for those hitting cyclists or pedestrains (a ticket is your saviour - proves guilt). The pool of funds going into the Ontario Insurance fund (if you ever get hit and you don't have insurance, you'll have to get your costs covered through the Ontario government - a painful process for both - going through your insurance company).
In my view, the cycling initiative should focus on the following:
1/ safety - respect for cyclists on the roads (not much of that now a days)
2/ environment - cyclists don't pollute cars do. Yet, we have all sorts of rules placed on us.
3/ promotion of health - how much are our health care bills each year (billions)
4/ tax savings and accountability - how much do we pay in tax for putting cars on the road (billions in infrastructure costs, yet they are first to cut cycling budgets when it comes to the crunch.)
Anyhow, voice your concerns or live with it.
Hey mtbasip, we should talk.. get a little presentation together.. looks like I have some mic time.
let me know...
Note change:
Now in Colonel By room.
They have some event scheduled for the morning in the Council Chambers.
Same time, just a different place.
Don't like the roads for cycling? Now is your chance to put the nail to the floor.
20 year plan.
Now in Colonel By room.
They have some event scheduled for the morning in the Council Chambers.
Same time, just a different place.
Don't like the roads for cycling? Now is your chance to put the nail to the floor.
20 year plan.
You beat me to it! I just received a VM... room is changed... 
Maybe a posted bike lane on PoW... so many people cut me off to get to Tim Hortons! argh.
Maybe a posted bike lane on PoW... so many people cut me off to get to Tim Hortons! argh.
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