Comments on: three days to go! https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/07/31/three-days-to-go/ Rich Lafferty's OLD blog Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:51:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.2 By: gcrumb https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/07/31/three-days-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-7416 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:51:10 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/07/31/three-days-to-go/#comment-7416 I rode my bike to school far more than I ever rode my bike to work. The only prerequisite was a really good book bag. A side-slung bag with 10kg or more of books in it can be a significant hazard….

The good news is, there’s a gym and shower in a reasonable location, and it’s easy to get in and out quickly.

I found a bike especially useful for those little errands that one likes to run between classes. It’s often possible to find oneself stranded downtown with just enough time to accomplish nothing useful. A bike makes it possible to do nothing useful over a much wider area. 8^)

]]> By: Rich https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/07/31/three-days-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-7405 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:12:15 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/07/31/three-days-to-go/#comment-7405 45 or 50 minutes there, bit over an hour back, but I sort of went out of my way on the ride back to stay away from rush-hour traffic and in the shade.

Here’s a map thingy of Ottawa’s bike paths and routes. From where I am, going down Island Park through the Experimental Farm to Carleton is probably around 6 km or 20 minutes, and probably similarly from downtown along the canal.

Don’t forget that Carleton has an O-Train stop too, which means that it’s pretty accessible from anywhere along the Transitway in the north end of the city. I’m planning on being basically car-free next year since parking downtown or on campus is expensive. Taking the 96 from Westboro station to Campus station is going to take me 18 minutes according to the OCTranspo website, while from Westboro station to Carleton via the 96 and O-Train is 19 minutes.

]]> By: J. https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/07/31/three-days-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-7402 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:22:19 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/07/31/three-days-to-go/#comment-7402 How long did that ride take (there or back) ?

I ask because I’m very cursorily assessing the plausibility of riding a bike to/from Carleton from some more habitable place in the city. The idea of buying a car has kept me from even considering attending there.

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