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A safety audit of the Laurier Avenue segregated bike lanes, launched after the death of a cyclist last year, recommends adding more colouring, warning infrastructure and barriers along the increasingly popular downtown cycling route.

The Dutch firm Mobycon, which has an Ottawa office, completed the audit in early September and the city shared the results with council on Tuesday.

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The greatest safety concern for cyclists and pedestrians in the bike-lane stretch of Laurier Avenue is right-turning vehicles, the audit says.

The audit makes about 14 recommendations to improve the safety, and while the city is onboard with most of the ideas, it’s not supporting a handful of suggestions.

The use of the bike lanes increased from 2,331 trips per day in 2012 to 4,128 trips per day in 2016.

Between 2007 and 2010, before the bike lanes were installed, there were 242 reported collisions, with 26 involving pedestrians and 20 involving cyclists. Between 2012 and 2015, after the bike lanes were installed, there were 221 reported collisions, with 13 involving pedestrians and 35 involving cyclists.