Media Clippings

• Wellington Street ‘dooring zone’ study shows signs of success | Metro Ottawa
  By Kieran Delamont, Ottawa Metro News, July 20, 2017 A year-long “dooring zone” pilot project along Wellington Street appears to have succeed, showing how much of a difference a small infrastructure change can make. Coun. Jeff Leiper and Shawn McGuire, coordinator of cyclist and pedestrian safety at the city, took to Facebook Live on Thursday […]
• Rooting out latest invasive plant to strike Ottawa a race against time – Ottawa – CBC News
  By Laurie Fagan, CBC News Ottawa, July 21, 2017 Conservation experts in Ottawa are waging war on Japanese knotweed, an aggressive, invasive plant species which has taken root in more than a dozen places on the city’s shorelines. If it’s not controlled, biologists warn the foreign plant — strong enough to break through walls and […]
• Fast-charging stations for electric vehicles coming to Trans-Canada Highway
  By the Ottawa Citizen, July 20, 2017 Three companies are teaming up with the federal government to install 34 electric vehicle fast-charging stations along the Trans-Canada Highway in an attempt to encourage the adoption of zero-emission vehicles. The $17.3-million charging network, which will be installed in Ontario and Manitoba, will allow drivers to charg […]