I posted a thread the other day of before/after photos of roadway changes in Ottawa that involved big improvements for cycling.

Here's the opposite thread: roads where nothing has changed in the last decade to make it safer and more convenient to ride a bike.

These are places where the City has acknowledged cycling infrastructure should be prioritized and where small or big changes could easily be imagined, but no plans are currently being developed. My hope is for people to see this and recognize potential for improvement everywhere.

Gladstone Ave 2009 vs. Gladstone Ave 2019
(a cycling "spine route" in the Ottawa Cycling Plan)

Richmond Road 2009 vs. Richmond Road 2019
(a spine route and park of Crosstown Bikeway #2)

Sherwood Drive 2009 vs. Sherwood Drive 2019
(a "suggested cycling route". And no, those aren't bike lanes in 2019—that's just a vacant painted parking lane that looks like a bike lane. Easy fix.)

St. Laurent Blvd 2009 vs. St. Laurent Blvd 2019
(spine route)

St. Joseph Blvd 2009 vs. St. Joseph Blvd 2019
(spine route, Crosstown Bikeway #9)

Billings Bridge 2009 vs. Billings Bridge 2019
(spine route, Crosstown Bikeway #5)

Coronation Ave/Balena Park Multi-use Path 2012 vs. Coronation Ave/Balena Park Multi-use Path 2019
(doesn't exist; identified as a "major pathway")

Argyle Ave & Pretoria Ave 2009 vs. Argyle Ave & Pretoria Ave 2019
(spine routes between between Elgin/Pretoria and O'Connor; contra-flow lanes would allow two-way cyclist traffic, allowing for a better connection between Canal paths and O'Connor bikeway)

Montreal Road and Aviation multi-use path (MUP) intersection 2009 vs. 2019
(Intersection of spine route and "major pathway". No safe or legal way for cyclist to cross Montreal while travelling on the MUP)

Cummings Bridge (Montreal Road/Rideau Street) 2009 vs. Cummings Bridge 2019
(Spine route. Bike lane only for westbound cyclists)

Fairmont Ave 2009 vs. Fairmont Ave 2019
(suggested route)

Edgeworth/McEwen & Richmond Road 2009 vs. 2019
(suggested route—but crossing on a bike is prohibited southbound, and no option is provided northbound)

Broadhead multi-use path 2009 vs. Broadhead multi-use path
(doesn't exist; identified as "pathway link")

Eagleson and Trans-Canada Trail 2009 vs. 2019
(Crosstown Bikeway #5. Only change in ten years? The addition of a "no bikes/pedestrians allowed" sign! Can you guess why they'd think they should cross here?)

Prince of Wales Bridge 2009 vs. Prince of Wales Bridge2019

Cumberland Street 2009 vs. Cumberland Street 2019
(spine route; most convenient northbound entry into Byward Market)

Walkley & Conroy and multi-use path (MUP) intersection 2011 vs. 2017
(spine routes, Crosstown Bikeways #4 and #7, no way to cross Walkley on a bike to get to the other side of the MUP)

Carling 2009 vs. Carling 2019
(spine route)

Bay Street and Percy Streets 2009 vs. 2019
(spine routes; existing bike lane on these one-way, single lane of travel streets could be "flipped" into contra-flow lanes, allowing two-way travel for cyclists and increasing convenience)

Gilmour Street 2009 vs. Gilmour Street 2019
(signalized intersections at Kent, Bank, O'Connor, Metcalfe and Elgin—only local E/W road in Centretown with all 5. Room to add a contra-flow lane for two-way cyclist traffic on this one-way street, increasing convenience and use)

Meadowlands Drive 2009 vs. Meadowlands Drive 2019
(spine route)

Pleasant Park Drive 2012 vs. Pleasant Park Drive 2019
(suggested route)

Bank Street in Glebe and Old Ottawa South 2009 vs. 2019
(suggested route)

Metcalfe Street 2009 vs. Metcalfe Street 2019
(Spine route. Also, In Ottawa's 2013 "Downtown Moves" plan, "Vital Move H—Embellish Metcalfe" included the design objective to include separated cycling facilities)