Resources

Ottawa pedestrian statistics

• Intersections with the highest pedestrian count (2010-12)
• Pedestrian collisions – Top 20 intersections (2007-11)
• 2011 Collision data summary
  

City of Ottawa – Official Plans and guidelines

• Transportation Master Plan “Vision”
• 2008 Transportation Master Plan (Chapter 4, Walking)
• 2009 “Draft” Pedestrian Plan
• Downtown Moves
• Urban design objectives
• Road corridor planning and design guidelines
• Urban design guidelines “Development along traditional mainstreets”
• Urban design guideliens “Development along arterial mainstreets”
• Pedestrian Safety Field Guide and Workbook: Crosswalks at Intersections

City of Ottawa – Pedestrian Services and infrastructure

• Snow clearing – quality standards for sidewalks
• Pedestrian and cycling safety
• Safety campaign: “Walk like your life depends on it!”
• Infraction costs
• Required lighting at intersections
• Red light cameras

City of Ottawa – Promoting benefits of walking

• Travelwise – walking
• Ottawa Counts – Commuting patterns data
• Letter to the coroner – Pedestrian review comments

Local blogs, events and research

• Ottawa Walking Problems blog
• Urbanism events in Ottawa
• Spacing.ca – Walkspace column
• Eric Darwin’s West Side Action
• Jane’s Walk – Ottawa
• Measures to Mitigate Intersections that are Conflict Zones for Pedestrians, Dr. Barry Wellar
• Images of Centretown

Books

• Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Lives
• Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder

Presentations

• Gladstone and Bronson intersection problems (January 12, 2012 Presentation to the Pedestrian and Transit Advisory Committee)