John, thanks for the helpful info on logistics in Ottawa. For those of you who haven't registered for the HOT Summit yet, here's the link: http://summit.hotosm.org/
There are hotel discounts available: http://summit.hotosm.org/venue/ We'll be providing more info on food/refreshments to all participants in the coming weeks. If you have any questions on the Summit, please feel free to ask on this list, or you may email operati...@hotosm.org Looking forward to seeing you in Ottawa! Tyler *Tyler Radford* Executive Director tyler.radf...@hotosm.org @TylerSRadford *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* web <http://hotosm.org/> | twitter <https://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <http://donate.hotosm.org/> *Join us at the 2017 HOT Summit! <http://summit.hotosm.org> | 14-15 September | Ottawa* On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 2:28 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > 7 Bayview Road looks like a government owned building so accessibility is > good. > > It has one small cafe, sandwich $8, that does not have free wifi but free > wifi is available within the building using a guest account but you'll need > a password. > > Limited parking is available at 7 Bayview, $2 per hour or $10 max per > day. Local street parking is three hours max, and $2 per hour. All roads > in Ottawa have a maximum parking of three hours between the hours of 7 am > and 7 pm. This applies even in the suburbs. > > I'd recommend Ottawa's excellent bus service www.octranspo.com, Bayview > Transit stop is serviced by a dozen routes during the day that go down > town. The frequency varies from five minute service to twenty minute > service. Translated there is a bus roughly every two to three minutes down > town during the day and even in the late evening its a ten minute service. > During the rush hour there are another twenty or so bus routes servicing > the stop. It is also the termination of the Trillium train line. > > It's eleven minutes walk from Bayview station to the conference. The > station is on a level with the light rail that is being built. Bayview > Road runs under the light rail so there is a bit of slope. There is no > slope from the Trillium line. > > Stats Canada has a canteen in the Jean Talon building sixteen minutes walk > away on the left as you enter, but it closes around 3 pm. There is no wifi > but the coffee and breakfasts are excellent and reasonably priced. Buy > five coffees and you get one free but you have to ask for a card and get it > stamped. > > Wellington street has a variety of pubs and cafes twelve minutes walk away > at the other end of Bayview road, to the south. > > Ottawa Hotels are used to government rates so if you have suitable id you > may find some savings. Check the OC transpo site, their route planner > gives walking distances as well as bus times. I'm not aware of any hotels > within walking distance of the conference. > > If you arrive via the airport catch a 97 bus and change at Greenboro > station to the Trillium train line which terminates at Bayview station. > The 97 does continue to down town. OC transpo tickets are available at the > airport. > > If you are flying from the other side of the Atlantic check the flights > into XDS as well as YOW. Air France and KLM fly into Montreal and have a > coach that picks up and drops off at the Ottawa train station (XDS) which > happens to be on the transitway on the east side of town. Not all travel > agents are familiar with it. > > Ottawa has excellent multi-use paths for cyclists and 7 Bayview is well > connected to the Ottawa multi-use path network and down town. Whilst > pedestrians have right of way on these paths many cyclists travel at quite > high speeds. Mountain Equipment Coop 372 Richmond road rents out bikes > besides having good waterproof jackets. It's surrounded by an old > fashioned high street. There are other bikes for rent in Ottawa. > > Whilst I won't be attending the conference itself I'll be in the > Bridgehead cafe 319 McRae at six pm on September 13th this is roughly five > minutes walk north from Westboro station which is the second stop west of > Bayview station if anyone wants to gossip. The Bridgehead cafe has > relocated recently and it is a fairly large cafe with wifi, plenty of power > sockets and good coffee. > > Cheerio John > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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