Here’s a suggested bike route from the Glebe to Centretown, in response to a request from a cyclist in search of a commute route that avoids having to ride along busy Bronson Avenue or Bank Street. This ride begins at the intersection of Holmwood Avenue and Craig Street and ends at the intersection of Bank Street and Somerset Street West.

Head north along Craig St. There’s a short jog left where Craig meets Fifth Ave before the route continues north along Percy Street.

There is often a fair amount of traffic along Percy Street heading through the Glebe, and there are no bike lanes, however stop signs at almost every intersection seem to help keep drivers calm.

A bike lane appears just before Percy continues under the Queensway. It requires easing your way over to the centre of the street. There are traffic lights to help get across the busy three lane speed strip that is Chamberlain Ave.

The bike path continues bi-directionally along Percy under the Queensway, however the northbound bike lane disappears a few blocks later at Flora St.

Turn east on Flora, then continue north along Bay St, which has a bike lane.

This stretch of Bay goes past the Powers House designed by architect Francis Sullivan. Sullivan worked with Frank Lloyd Wright before settling in Ottawa. If the works of Sullivan strike your fancy there’s a tour with visits to this and other buildings he designed within Ottawa that can be found by clicking here.

The trickiest part of this route is encountered at the intersection of Bay & Gladstone where there aren’t any traffic lights to help get across busy Gladstone. You have to wait for a break in traffic.
The next busy street to get across is Somerset a few blocks further north along Bay. UPDATE – June 22, 2016: A cross walk with pedestrian activated lights has just been installed at this intersection that greatly facilitate traversing busy Somerset.

Once across Somerset, continue for a block along Percy, then turn right on to Cooper St. Cooper is a quiet one way street. The next two streets that require crossing are Lyon St and Kent St, both of which are one ways that drivers fly along on their way in or out of Centretown. No cross lights at these intersections but the gaps in traffic tend to be quite generous due to lights being one block away. Being one-ways there is also less traffic to contend with.
Once arrived at Bank Street I recommend walking your bike the final block to Somerset because Bank & Somerset is a pretty crazy intersection with cars and buses squeezing around each other or jumping the lights. You can also lock up to one of these sidewalk bike racks.

OR you can lock up to this fine bike rack in front of the Independent Grocery, also popularly known as Hartman’s.

Heading home, walk another short block along Bank to MacLaren, another quiet one way heading west, and follow it all the way to Percy. Another fine building encountered on this route along MacLaren is the old St Elijah’s Antiochia Orthodox church that was successfully converted into apartments, while maintaining it’s original outer form and aesthetic. It’s at the corner of Lyon and MacLaren right across from Dundonald Park, a.k.a. The Beer Store Park.

Once arrived at Percy St, head southwardly along the bike lane back to the Glebe. Fortunately there are lights at the intersections of Somerset and Gladstone along Percy.
et voila!
Biking from Hollywood and Bank St. To Carleton University. The entrance to campus is very busy. Once on campus is there a bike path to Math/ Eng classes? Thank you
Did you mean Holmwood? If so, Here is a suggested map with description below:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1Hc1xMHDSXBR2_5pXpmIXf8oqux5dSK0&usp=sharing
Bike west on Holmwood to Bronson and cross Bronson at the lights. Bronson is a busy street, however there are bike lanes along Bronson that start just beyond the lights. Once you have biked over the canal you will come to another set of traffic lights. Just beyond the traffic lights there is a paved path that cuts through a field onto campus. Follow this path. This allows you to avoid entering the campus at Bronson and Sunnyside, which I agree is a very busy intersection. You will see on the map that I reccomend riding between the Residence buildings, which allows you to further avoid traffic along Campus Avenue. I don’t know which buildings your math & english classes are held, but once on campus traffic is much calmer due to all the pedestrians. NOTE: when returning along this route, turn right off Bronson one block before Holmwood onto Findlay Ave. That’s because the bike lane heading north along Bronson ends at Findlay. Hope this works for you.