While I agree in principle with all of the aforementioned concepts,
as an out of towner, I find that the proliferation of suburbia is making
trips to Ottawa less and less desirable, except as a business imperative.
Driving part way and riding the rest could help alleviate downtown
smog but right now, all day parking facilities in the suburbs are very
limited.
Ottawa's attitude to parking doesn't help - there is no parking
close to the bikeway where, the parking police won't ticket you if you leave
a car for more than three hours. The park and ride at Kanata is now so full
that I'm sure OC Transpo will start charging for it soon, so even that will
not be an option for out of town cycle commuters.
Although bike paths are not the safest place to be on weekends when
everyone is out there, they are a great way for commuters to avoid traffic
fumes and for the past 18 years they have afforded me a fume free corridor,
which is greatly appreciated.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 9:44 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [obc] Smog daze
>
> Dear Mayor Chiarelli & Councillor Arnold,
>
> We are having another smog alert. Smog not only makes people sick, it
> can kill them. In large part, the smog is due to all the internal
> combustion engines spewing their pollutants into the atmosphere.
>
> Please promote cycling and public transit to reduce the smog.
> How about bike racks on more long OCtranspo routes?
> How about more bike racks, near the attendants, as part of every
> parking lot?
> How about lockers & showering facilities mandatory at every big
> workplace?
> How about more bike racks at OC transpo stations when the current
> ones are already full?
> How about more bike racks in the Market, and less parking spaces?
> How about spending money promoting cycling rather than studying ring
>
> roads?
>
> Then we can avoid:
> DURING THE EPISODE INDIVIDUALS MAY EXPERIENCE EYE IRRITATION.
> HEAVY OUTDOOR EXERCISE MAY CAUSE RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS SUCH AS
> COUGHING OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASE
> INCLUDING ASTHMA MAY EXPERIENCE A WORSENING OF THEIR CONDITION.
>
> Unless we address this, we may all be wearing gas masks - or pushing
> daisies up.
>
> Thanks, Tom Trottier
>
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