Resources

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General information:

Introduction

The documentation useful when doing bicycle advocacy research in Ottawa is scattered and often hard to find. This page tries to bring it all at one place. The documents are all copies, so if the original link disappears, there’s a copy here.

None of the documents here is a private publication or a license that forbids redistribution. For each document, there’s a preview (so have an idea what it might look like first), format and size.

If you have more documentation you’d like to contribute or you think is missing, mail your bicycle librarian at alexthepuffin@gmail.com.

Local maps

Functional online maps are actually hard to come by. Here are some suggestions.

City of Ottawa 2006/2007 map This is the only PDF version of this map to be found (strangely not linked anywhere on ottawa.ca, but hosted here). It appears to be a draft, and misses the legend and other parts.	PDF, 1.7M
City of Ottawa online map This is an interactive map that is usable in the basic mode if you are patient. Perhaps the “full featured eMap” version works for you, it has never for me.	Online map here.
City of Ottawa paper map This is probably worth your $2.00, although it is now out of date. Includes NCC and City of Ottawa paths.
National Capital Commission bicycle map. Available online here. I’m not sure why you’d want to use the interactive map which is there too. The NCC gives away free paper versions.	PDF, 895K

Ottawa Cycling Plan

This is the complete Ottawa Cycling Plan, January 2008. This comes from the City of Ottawa here. This shows where we are and what the plan is for construction of a network of bicycle routes.

	Ottawa Cycling Plan, January 2008 This is the complete document. This is pretty large, you might want the broken out plates below, which are probably most interesting.	PDF, 34M
	Figure 3-2a Existing Facilities - Whole city	PDF, 1.2M
	Figure 3-2b Existing Facilities- Centre	PDF, 1.1M
	Figure 3-2c Existing Facilities – West	PDF, 645K
	Figure 3-4a Network Concept – Whole City	PDF, 1.2M
	Figure 3-4b Network Concept- Centre	PDF, 1.0M
	Figure 3-4c Network Concept – West	PDF, 620K
	Figure 6-1a Network Facility Types – Whole City	PDF, 1.2M
	Figure 6-1b Network Facility Types – Centre	PDF, 1.0M
	Figure 6-1c Network Facility Types – West	PDF, 626K

Collision records

City of Ottawa OnTRAC collision records for 2009-2010. These are specific locations and accident details for these two years.

PDF, 1.0M

It is remarkable how difficult it has been to get these documents. The city doesn’t post these online, and my access to information request went nowhere. At some point I was found a contact at the city who sent me to the library to get copies of these public documents, but fellow cyclist Peter Brebner scanned and emailed these versions. OBP does have the technology.

City of Ottawa 2006 Collision Statistics Report, prepared by Safety and Traffic Services Division, Department of Public Works and Services