A cyclist sustained minor injuries after a collision with a vehicle at Somerset and Lyon streets around 12 p.m.
Ottawa Paramedics transported the cyclist to the hospital. The cyclist's arm was injured in the collision, paramedics said.
Lyon Street has a designated bike lane, marked off by road symbols, but Somerset Street does not. The heavily trafficked Centretown thoroughfare was put forth as prime real estate for a segregated bike lane during City of Ottawa consultations in 2010, before the city settled on Laurier Avenue.
In the June 2010 consultations, cyclists actually preferred a Somerset Street bike lane over Laurier or Gladstone Avenues, according to a City of Ottawa report.
On average, more than 7,000 cyclists use the Laurier bike lanes a week. The city says that while traffic has tripled on Laurier Avenue, collisions have decreased by 30 per cent, according to Metro Ottawa.