A handful of city councillors are raising concerns about the O'Connor Street bike lanes, after two crashes on the bikeway since it opened last week.
The city has put up electronic billboards warning drivers to watch for cyclists before turning left across the bike lanes but some councillors are questioning the safety of a two-way bike lane on a one-way street.
"Some automatically assume that a bike lane is safer than no bike lane. Clearly at this point it isn't," says Coun. Rick Chiarelli.
Chiarelli says it's possible putting a bi-directional bike lane on O'Connor was a mistake.
"I think we have to do some review and see if there's another way to solve this," says Chiarelli. "If there isn't ... we would have to revisit it. It would be negligent not to."
Coun. Tim Tierney says he supports the lanes but adds they need to be monitored, as it's evident more changes may be necessary.
"We don't want to have this popping up like Groundhog Day every second week, to the point where somebody could get seriously hurt or killed," says Tierney. "I’m feeling confident they're taking this very seriously."
In recent days, bike lane ambassadors have been patrolling the O’Connor bikeway handing out information pamphlets to cyclists and drivers.
Ottawa Police say they have also been monitoring the lanes.
But Coun. Allan Hubley says he wonders if the latest actions will be enough to improve the situation on O’Connor Street.
"We have to ... make sure that what we are doing is safe," says Hubley. "Putting two way traffic on a one-way street, to me, was asking for trouble and I think we're seeing it."