Building an Accessible City

We will meet just outside the Elgin St. entrance to the National Arts Centre (near the Equator Coffee).  (In case of rain,  meet just inside the doors off Elgin St.)  We will cross Elgin through the National War Memorial to Sparks St.  Turning left at Metcalfe St, we'll go south for one block,  then turn right onto Queen St.  At O’Connor St we turn left and go south to Laurier Ave West.  From there, we will go west to Bank St., south on Bank to Somerset, and east to Metcalfe.  We'll make a short detour north for a couple of blocks, coming back to Somerset and Elgin.  We'll continue east on Somerset over the Canal and on to the University of Ottawa.  The walk will conclude at the Campus LRT station.

Devin Causley came to Ottawa more than fifteen years to start a career.  His background in town planning and his experience growing up with low vision give him a unique perspective to examining how cities function.  Like most cities, Ottawa is improving when it comes to accessibility; however, many barriers remain and there aer solutions available that could be implemented here.

Devin's site on visual accessibility is here. 

Relevant sites at the City of Ottawa include the site for the Ottawa Official Plan and the site for Sparks Street Renewal.