By Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen, April 25, 2017
There will be no bike lanes on Spencer Street now that the area’s councillor has decided there isn’t enough support to swap street parking for the marked cycling zones.
Kitchissippi Ward Coun. Jeff Leiper wrote on his website Tuesday that there isn’t enough backing in the community to replace street parking with painted bike lanes between Western and Holland avenues. He says 55 per cent of the 160 emails he received oppose the plan.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/councillor-bows-to-opposition-over-spencer-street-bike-lanes