July 15, 2022
Update on the new Cross-ride on Eagleson Road
You may have noticed that the bike signals that cross Eagleson Road from Pony Park (near the Superstore) are still covered and not in use. Staff have advised this is because the final connection of the bike loops and thermoplastic signage for the roadway at the cross-ride aren’t complete yet. I have followed up with Traffic to find out when the new cross-ride will be operational and will update this post as soon as I have any new information.
Update on the new Cross-ride on Eagleson Road
You may have noticed that the bike signals that cross Eagleson Road from Pony Park (near the Superstore) are still covered and not in use. Staff have advised this is because the final connection of the bike loops and thermoplastic signage for the roadway at the cross-ride aren’t complete yet. I have followed up with Traffic to find out when the new cross-ride will be operational and will update this post as soon as I have any new information.
July 14, 2022
Cycling safety
The purpose of this memorandum is to update Members of Council on the cycling safety and education campaign at signalized intersections occurring in 2022. This work aligns with direction received from Councillor Hubley at Transportation Committee in December 2021 in deliberations related to Councillor Leiper’s Red Reverts Report (ACS2021-OCC-TRC-0031). The direction reads as follows:
That Staff be directed to include, as part of the 2022 Road Safety Action Plan, the development and implementation of an awareness campaign (including signage at key intersections) geared to educate and inform all road users:
•on the red revert feature and how it works, including sensors and timing; and
•how to safely and legally enter an intersection.
The development of the cycling safety and education campaign is a collaboration between Traffic Services within the Public Works Department and Transportation Planning within the Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development Department. The campaign is one of many initiatives being delivered by various partners under the Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP) – 2022 Implementation Plan.
Working in collaboration with Safer Roads Ottawa (SRO), the Cycling Safety Awareness Program (CSAP) team is leading a part of the outreach and education campaign. The campaign serves to inform all road users, mainly focusing on cyclists, about why it is important to remain at the intersection stop line at a location highlighted by three yellow dots until the green signal is activated. Information on sensors and signal timing, and on how to safely and legally enter an intersection on a bicycle, are also part of the campaign.
Partnering with Enviro Centre, CSAP will provide in-person outreach at intersections with yellow dots, indicating where cyclists should remain until the green signal is activated, throughout the summer and into early fall. Cycling education booths at community events, and workshops provided through the City’s 2022 Let’s Bike Campaign are also being coordinated to highlight how to safely use yellow dot infrastructure.
The cycling safety and awareness campaign specific to signalized intersections will include the following measures:
•Yellow Dot Permanent Signage: Signs reminding cyclists to remain on the yellow dots at the detection loop until the green signal is activated are currently in production. Sign installation will begin mid-July continuing until the first week of August and will prioritize locations with high cyclist volumes and where multi-use-pathways (MUP) intersect with signalized intersections. Details on the locations for the first phase of sign installation are in Document 1 – Phase 1 Installation of Yellow Dot Permanent Signage. These are locations where signs can be easily and quickly installed using existing infrastructure.
•Yellow Dot Temporary Lawn Signage: Temporary lawn signs are currently being designed. These will be similar to the permanent yellow dot signage and will be installed at key locations with high cyclist traffic and yellow dot infrastructure for the 2022 cycling season. These will enforce yellow dot messaging and may be rotated throughout the city as needed. These signs will be installed where they can be accommodated (i.e. presence of a grass boulevard area) and may include locations that are not scheduled for the first round of permanent signage.
•Yellow Dot Buck slips: Buck slips informing road users how sensors work and highlighting the importance of remaining on the yellow dots until the signal turns green are being created. They will be distributed during in-person outreach events at key locations during the summer and fall, as well as at various community safety related events. This messaging will also be posted on Ottawa.ca.
Further to CSAP’s initiatives, SRO works with various stakeholders including Bike Ottawa, the Ottawa Police Service, Ottawa Fire Services and Ottawa Public Health to deliver and promote vulnerable road user education campaigns each year. In 2022, these include Lights on Bikes, Be Safe Be Seen, Cycling Safety Courses and the Pathway Patrol Program, each geared towards cyclists. These events will provide additional opportunities to provide cyclists with messaging related to yellow dots.
The application and refresh of yellow dots on the pavement at actuated traffic signals is ongoing. Traffic Services resources are actively dedicated to ensure that this work is prioritized during this year’s pavement marking maintenance season. Given that the yellow dots are adhesive reflective stickers, they must be applied manually which is a time intensive process.
Together with our road safety partners, we continue to explore innovative solutions to help improve safety for all road users while they are within the right-of-way or on city pathways. Road safety is a shared responsibility. No matter how you travel throughout the city, stay alert, wait for the green signal, and always look both ways before entering the intersection.
Cycling safety
The purpose of this memorandum is to update Members of Council on the cycling safety and education campaign at signalized intersections occurring in 2022. This work aligns with direction received from Councillor Hubley at Transportation Committee in December 2021 in deliberations related to Councillor Leiper’s Red Reverts Report (ACS2021-OCC-TRC-0031). The direction reads as follows:
That Staff be directed to include, as part of the 2022 Road Safety Action Plan, the development and implementation of an awareness campaign (including signage at key intersections) geared to educate and inform all road users:
•on the red revert feature and how it works, including sensors and timing; and
•how to safely and legally enter an intersection.
The development of the cycling safety and education campaign is a collaboration between Traffic Services within the Public Works Department and Transportation Planning within the Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development Department. The campaign is one of many initiatives being delivered by various partners under the Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP) – 2022 Implementation Plan.
Working in collaboration with Safer Roads Ottawa (SRO), the Cycling Safety Awareness Program (CSAP) team is leading a part of the outreach and education campaign. The campaign serves to inform all road users, mainly focusing on cyclists, about why it is important to remain at the intersection stop line at a location highlighted by three yellow dots until the green signal is activated. Information on sensors and signal timing, and on how to safely and legally enter an intersection on a bicycle, are also part of the campaign.
Partnering with Enviro Centre, CSAP will provide in-person outreach at intersections with yellow dots, indicating where cyclists should remain until the green signal is activated, throughout the summer and into early fall. Cycling education booths at community events, and workshops provided through the City’s 2022 Let’s Bike Campaign are also being coordinated to highlight how to safely use yellow dot infrastructure.
The cycling safety and awareness campaign specific to signalized intersections will include the following measures:
•Yellow Dot Permanent Signage: Signs reminding cyclists to remain on the yellow dots at the detection loop until the green signal is activated are currently in production. Sign installation will begin mid-July continuing until the first week of August and will prioritize locations with high cyclist volumes and where multi-use-pathways (MUP) intersect with signalized intersections. Details on the locations for the first phase of sign installation are in Document 1 – Phase 1 Installation of Yellow Dot Permanent Signage. These are locations where signs can be easily and quickly installed using existing infrastructure.
•Yellow Dot Temporary Lawn Signage: Temporary lawn signs are currently being designed. These will be similar to the permanent yellow dot signage and will be installed at key locations with high cyclist traffic and yellow dot infrastructure for the 2022 cycling season. These will enforce yellow dot messaging and may be rotated throughout the city as needed. These signs will be installed where they can be accommodated (i.e. presence of a grass boulevard area) and may include locations that are not scheduled for the first round of permanent signage.
•Yellow Dot Buck slips: Buck slips informing road users how sensors work and highlighting the importance of remaining on the yellow dots until the signal turns green are being created. They will be distributed during in-person outreach events at key locations during the summer and fall, as well as at various community safety related events. This messaging will also be posted on Ottawa.ca.
Further to CSAP’s initiatives, SRO works with various stakeholders including Bike Ottawa, the Ottawa Police Service, Ottawa Fire Services and Ottawa Public Health to deliver and promote vulnerable road user education campaigns each year. In 2022, these include Lights on Bikes, Be Safe Be Seen, Cycling Safety Courses and the Pathway Patrol Program, each geared towards cyclists. These events will provide additional opportunities to provide cyclists with messaging related to yellow dots.
The application and refresh of yellow dots on the pavement at actuated traffic signals is ongoing. Traffic Services resources are actively dedicated to ensure that this work is prioritized during this year’s pavement marking maintenance season. Given that the yellow dots are adhesive reflective stickers, they must be applied manually which is a time intensive process.
Together with our road safety partners, we continue to explore innovative solutions to help improve safety for all road users while they are within the right-of-way or on city pathways. Road safety is a shared responsibility. No matter how you travel throughout the city, stay alert, wait for the green signal, and always look both ways before entering the intersection.
March 1, 2022
Join CN Cycle for CHEO as a Rider or Volunteer!
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2022
Location: Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa ON, K0A 0M8
Organizer Name: CHEO Foundation
Email: volunteers@cncycle.ca
Phone Number: 613-737-2784
Website: https://www.cncycle.ca/
Event:
CN Cycle for CHEO is a fun, non-competitive event that offers a wide range of cycling and walking routes for people of all ages and abilities. The 2022 CN Cycle for CHEO will be an in-person event, and with your help will raise much needed funds to support oncology care and research for CHEO's oncology patients.
Become a Rider:
Register and fundraise until May 1 to help CHEO remain an innovative leader in finding better treatment options so that more kids survive cancer with fewer long-term effects!
Become a Volunteer:
Choose the role that suits you best! This event can't be a success without our volunteers. Find more information about the available roles and complete the volunteer registration form here: https://www.cncycle.ca/volunteer/
Meet the 2022 Dream Team:
Every year CHEO’s oncology patients bravely answer the call to become the faces of the CN Cycle for CHEO event as the McDonald’s Dream Team. They represent all children and teens in our region who are facing cancer. Meet them here: https://www.cncycle.ca/2022-mcdonalds-dream-team/
We hope to see you there! Find all the details about CN Cycle for CHEO on our website: https://www.cncycle.ca/
Join CN Cycle for CHEO as a Rider or Volunteer!
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2022
Location: Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa ON, K0A 0M8
Organizer Name: CHEO Foundation
Email: volunteers@cncycle.ca
Phone Number: 613-737-2784
Website: https://www.cncycle.ca/
Event:
CN Cycle for CHEO is a fun, non-competitive event that offers a wide range of cycling and walking routes for people of all ages and abilities. The 2022 CN Cycle for CHEO will be an in-person event, and with your help will raise much needed funds to support oncology care and research for CHEO's oncology patients.
Become a Rider:
Register and fundraise until May 1 to help CHEO remain an innovative leader in finding better treatment options so that more kids survive cancer with fewer long-term effects!
Become a Volunteer:
Choose the role that suits you best! This event can't be a success without our volunteers. Find more information about the available roles and complete the volunteer registration form here: https://www.cncycle.ca/volunteer/
Meet the 2022 Dream Team:
Every year CHEO’s oncology patients bravely answer the call to become the faces of the CN Cycle for CHEO event as the McDonald’s Dream Team. They represent all children and teens in our region who are facing cancer. Meet them here: https://www.cncycle.ca/2022-mcdonalds-dream-team/
We hope to see you there! Find all the details about CN Cycle for CHEO on our website: https://www.cncycle.ca/
Active Transportation Plan- Cycling Q&A Session
*We Want to Hear from You!*
City staff are in the process of identifying missing links in our Active Transportation Network and are planning the work to be done over the next 10 years. I have been asked to prioritize some of the missing links in our cycling network and I’d like to hear from you!
If there is an area within the ward that you feel doesn’t have a proper cycling connection, or if there is a missing link as you cycle to work, please let me know.
Comments and suggestions can be sent to Ward23Events@gmail.com and we will collect all comments until May 1st, 2021.
Along with my west end colleagues, we will be hosting a Cycling Q&A Session via Zoom on the cycling missing links described above. This session with Councillors Sudds, Gower and El-Chantiry and of course myself, Councillor Allan Hubley, will be held on Tuesday May 11th from 6:30-8pm. The session will also include city planners who will be answering some of the comments/questions that you’ve sent in, and will be discussing some of the missing links that are on the list for completion in the coming years.
Below is a map of the Cycling Network in Kanata South, with the purple lines showing existing cycling facilities and the red lines showing in-progress cycling facilities that are projects currently underway or starting soon. As this map is a little difficult to see, please visit my website Cycling - Councillor Allan Hubley to view maps of the current cycling facility in Kanata South as well as a map that illustrates where users have already dropped a ‘pin’ to identify missing links.
The Zoom link will be sent out to all residents who have emailed into the Ward23Events@gmail.com email and can also be found on my website CouncillorAllanHubley.ca once available.
Thank you in advance for your input and I look forward to seeing you all on May 11th for the Cycling Q&A Session.
*We Want to Hear from You!*
City staff are in the process of identifying missing links in our Active Transportation Network and are planning the work to be done over the next 10 years. I have been asked to prioritize some of the missing links in our cycling network and I’d like to hear from you!
If there is an area within the ward that you feel doesn’t have a proper cycling connection, or if there is a missing link as you cycle to work, please let me know.
Comments and suggestions can be sent to Ward23Events@gmail.com and we will collect all comments until May 1st, 2021.
Along with my west end colleagues, we will be hosting a Cycling Q&A Session via Zoom on the cycling missing links described above. This session with Councillors Sudds, Gower and El-Chantiry and of course myself, Councillor Allan Hubley, will be held on Tuesday May 11th from 6:30-8pm. The session will also include city planners who will be answering some of the comments/questions that you’ve sent in, and will be discussing some of the missing links that are on the list for completion in the coming years.
Below is a map of the Cycling Network in Kanata South, with the purple lines showing existing cycling facilities and the red lines showing in-progress cycling facilities that are projects currently underway or starting soon. As this map is a little difficult to see, please visit my website Cycling - Councillor Allan Hubley to view maps of the current cycling facility in Kanata South as well as a map that illustrates where users have already dropped a ‘pin’ to identify missing links.
The Zoom link will be sent out to all residents who have emailed into the Ward23Events@gmail.com email and can also be found on my website CouncillorAllanHubley.ca once available.
Thank you in advance for your input and I look forward to seeing you all on May 11th for the Cycling Q&A Session.
Missing link Mapping
Cycling facilities and multi-use pathways
Rules of the pathwaysBicycles are permitted on mixed-use pathways, but cyclists should follow these guidelines:
- Keep to the right of the yellow centre line (where one exists)
- Pass other users only when it is safe to do so
- Use your bell or voice to warn others when you are passing e.g., "Passing on your left!"
- Ride at a suitable speed for a mixed-use pathway (recommended speed of no more than 20 km/hr)
- Be cautious at night, especially along pathways that are not lit. Ride more slowly, especially around dark curves, and stay visible by dressing brightly and using bicycle lights.
Bike Parking Strategy
The Bike Parking Strategy
Our City has undergone a number of transportation changes in recent years. One of the biggest changes we have seen is an increased interest in cycling and ensuring our communities are well set-up to support an increase in riders who are travelling by bike for work, leisure and errands. Those who travel by bike are not only looking for safe spaces to cycle, but also to park their bikes while out.
The City is undertaking a Bike Parking Strategy to better understand and address the needs of cyclists who must leave their bike while working or visiting one of our City’s businesses. This will build on the work done on the 2019 Municipal Parking Management Strategy and will result in a final report to Transportation Committee and Council in early 2021. Undertaking a Bike Parking Strategy will allow us to study:
What is Happening?
Over the coming months, we will be engaging with residents and key stakeholders about Ottawa’s Bike Parking Strategy. Through consultations, public virtual meetings, stakeholder meetings and an online survey, we will be seeking input on our Bike Parking Strategy.
Our goals for the strategy are:
For more information and to fill out the survey, click here. The survey will be open until August 31.
Our City has undergone a number of transportation changes in recent years. One of the biggest changes we have seen is an increased interest in cycling and ensuring our communities are well set-up to support an increase in riders who are travelling by bike for work, leisure and errands. Those who travel by bike are not only looking for safe spaces to cycle, but also to park their bikes while out.
The City is undertaking a Bike Parking Strategy to better understand and address the needs of cyclists who must leave their bike while working or visiting one of our City’s businesses. This will build on the work done on the 2019 Municipal Parking Management Strategy and will result in a final report to Transportation Committee and Council in early 2021. Undertaking a Bike Parking Strategy will allow us to study:
- Bike parking in the public right-of-way
- Bike parking located at City facilities including parks, recreation centres, parking lots, etc.
- Options related to Bike Sharing and Park & Cycle programs
What is Happening?
Over the coming months, we will be engaging with residents and key stakeholders about Ottawa’s Bike Parking Strategy. Through consultations, public virtual meetings, stakeholder meetings and an online survey, we will be seeking input on our Bike Parking Strategy.
Our goals for the strategy are:
- Developing criteria for the location of bike parking;
- Developing criteria for the type of bike parking;
- Developing criteria / warrants for determining when bike parking should be installed;
- Creating data collection methodologies; and
- Defining operational requirements and roles related to the installation and maintenance of bike parking.
For more information and to fill out the survey, click here. The survey will be open until August 31.
Cycling Network in Kanata South
The map has been removed from our website due to NCC errors found
an update map will be provided at next printing
an update map will be provided at next printing