GCA Letter to NCC re: Queen Elizabeth Driveway
GCA Letter to the National Capital Commission (NCC) re: closure of Queen Elizabeth Driveway, requesting a meeting to discuss traffic management and impacts (March 2025)
Glebe Active Transportation Study
The GCA recently commissioned a study in 2023 on ways to improve active transportation in the Glebe. The study was funded thanks to funds from Infrastructure Canada and conducted by Momentum consultancy. Click here to view the study: http://glebeca.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Glebe-Active-Transportation-Study.pdf
Survey Results – Bronson Ave Traffic Safety
In early 2024, residents of the Glebe including the Dow’s Lake neighbourhood and the Glebe Annex were surveyed in order to gather their views and ideas on potential solutions to Bronson traffic safety issues. The survey was conducted by the Bronson Team. The team consists of representatives from the Glebe Annex Community Association (GACA), [...]
Active Transportation Study
In 2023, the Glebe Community Association, with funding from Infrastructure Canada, hired Momentum consultancy to conduct and Active Transportation Study in the Glebe. The objective of the Active Transportation Study was to present potential projects and actions that could be implemented to prioritize active transportation in the Glebe. The projects are the result of [...]
Bronson & Carling proposed development
Bronson & Carling proposed development- have you say! Proposal is going to Planning and Housing Committee next week. Submit comments to kelly.crozier@ottawa.ca by Nov 14 at 4:00pm. Link to proposal
Fourth Avenue Traffic calming survey
The City of Ottawa is conducting a traffic calming study along Fourth Avenue in the vicinity of Corpus Christi and Mutchmor elementary schools (between Percy Street and Lyon Street South). This study was initiated as part of the Traffic Calming in School Areas initiative of the City’s Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP). The purpose of this [...]
Have your say: Prince of Wales Bridge multi-use pathway
The City of Ottawa is holding an online engagement until March 8 to present the Prince of Wales Bridge Environmental Assessment study and proposed options for a new interim multi-use pathway. This link would become an interprovincial active transportation crossing over the Ottawa River, where residents would be able to walk, cycle and cross-country ski. [...]
Queen Elizabeth Driveway pilot project – a note of thanks
Dear Mr. Nussbaum, On behalf of the Glebe Community Association, I am writing to express our thanks for the pilot project that closed the Queen Elizabeth Driveway to motor vehicles this past spring and summer. The Glebe Community Association advocates for a liveable, sustainable and diverse urban neighbourhood. As you know, the past months of [...]
Glebe residential speed limit of 30 km/h
The speed limit on a number of residential streets in the Glebe and Old Ottawa South could soon drop from 40 km/h to 30 km/h, if Ottawa City Council approves a recommendation from the Transportation Committee, which approved the following motion from Councillor Shawn Menard on Sept. 4: Glebe and Old Ottawa South — Residential Area Speed Reduction: [...]
Speed limits in the Glebe
There have recently been some communications from the city bout traffic speeds in the Glebe which may have led residents to believe that the GCA was arbitrarily determining speed limits for various streets. This is not the case. In fact, Ottawa City Council approved an overall speed reduction to 40 km for the entire Glebe-Dow’s [...]