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Elgin Square Apartments. Seen from Rideau Canal Skateway

Downtown, Ottawa, Canada

17.01.2017

© Blazej Marczak

Pinder: What the Rideau Canal Skateway has taught us about active transportation

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Columnists Wide spaces, a mix of users and an uninterrupted flow of movement: We can apply these lessons to other city spaces. And notice – people are OK with cold temperatures. Author of the article: Matt Pinder Publishing date: Feb 25, 2021  •  15 minutes ago  •  4 minute read  •  Join the conversation Skaters take full advantage of the Rideau Canal Skateway…

I seen a girl on a one way corridor Stealing down a wrong way street For all the world like an urban toreador She had wheels on  on her feet Well the cars do the usual dances Same old cruise and the kerbside crawl But the roller girl she's taking chances They just love to see her take them all

No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud

Hallelujah here she comes queen roller ball Enchante what can I say don't care at all You know she used to have to wait around She used to be the lonely one But now that she can skate around town She's the only one

No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud She gets rock n roll a rock n roll station And a rock n roll dream She's making movies on location She don't know what it means But the music make her want to be the story And the story was whatever was the song what it was Roller girl don't worry D.j. play the movies all night long

She tortures taxi drivers just for fun She like to read their lips Says toro toro taxi see ya tomorrow my son I swear she let a big truck grease her hip She got her own world in the city You can't intrude on her She got her own world in the city 'cause the city's benn so rude to her

No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud She gets rock n roll a rock n roll station And a rock n roll dream She's making movies on location She don't know what it means But the music make her want to be the story And the story was whatever was the song what it was Roller girl don't worry D.j. play the movies all night long

Come slipping and sliding Life's roller ball Slipping and a sliding Skate away that's all Shala shalay hey hey skate away She's going singing shala shalay hey hey Skate away