Instead of a Vision Zero plan, 'this is a 'Vision 20 per cent reduction,'" said Robb Barnes, executive director of Ecology Ottawa.

The National Capital Commission says it will plow the bike paths on the Portage Bridge and on St. Patrick Street this winter, which represent about an extra kilometre of cycling tracks.

Catherine McKenney, the city councillor for the area, says the interim improvements are "better than what's there now" but argues a full redesign of the Laurier corridor is needed.