By Anthony Leaning, Ottawa Citizen Letter to the Editor, March 14, 2015
As I bicycle to work I sometimes wonder — what if I were killed or seriously
injured while cycling? Certainly there have been enough tragic accidents between
cars and bicycles over recent years, and the incidence of these seems to be
increasing. As more and more cycle commuters use the City of Ottawa’s expanding
bike network, both cyclists and drivers clearly need to behave more carefully. I
am lucky to have a bike route to work that takes me along the Rideau Canal and
the new O-Train pathway. The only dangerous part of my route is over the Bank
Street Bridge from one side of the canal to the other, which involves crossing
four lanes of rush-hour traffic at each end of the day. via
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