🙋‍♂️ WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Want to help keep our riders safe? We need route marshals, sweepers, and park setup helpers. 📧 Email us at [email protected] or [email protected] to sign up!

Woohoo!! It's so exciting to see suburban support and is a reminder that things take time to grow. In 2024 we held a ride in Orléans and no one made it. In 2025 we tried again building on relationships struck the prior year and had a big success. Now in 2026 - FOUR rides across the suburb!

The Montreal borough of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie is boosting road safety near schools and daycares. They’re modifying the circulation plan of the streets, creating alternating one-ways to eliminate through traffic. @francoislimoges.bsky.social @rosepatrie.bsky.social

Next month we're trying something new... 1 suburb, 4 rides. Orléans June 13: Fallingbrook, Greater Avalon, Convent Glen & Chatelaine Village @theneworleans.bsky.social @bikeottawa.bsky.social @forourkidsog.bsky.social

I want my kids to roam. I’m afraid a driver will kill them. #Calgary

And if the east end is too far to go for you (or you want back to back weekends of family biking fun) - the Move & Groove team are holding their third annual glow ride with their first ever family ride early in the evening. June 6 in Vanier #OttBike

Next month we're trying something new... 1 suburb, 4 rides. Orléans June 13: Fallingbrook, Greater Avalon, Convent Glen & Chatelaine Village @theneworleans.bsky.social @bikeottawa.bsky.social @forourkidsog.bsky.social

Well, since we can't rely on Premier Ford to slow down our streets, I guess we have to leave it up to our community's kindergartners. #ASE www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms who believe that streets must and can be safe for kids. 💐

Like if you think that a downtown street with room for three lanes has space for a bike lane so that mom can take her kid to the library without competing for space with cars.

Lots of fun, bikes and #cargobike test rides at New Edinburgh Bike Day! ☺️🚲 #Ottawa #OttBike

We’re ready. On est prêts. @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social @visionzeroottawa.bsky.social @ecologyottawa.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who joined us in New Edinburgh this morning! What a great ride and huge turnout for a cool grey spring morning. 🥳🚲😍. Kids and families love getting around by bike when it is safe to do so. #OttBike #StreetsForKids

We’ll be there tomorrow. Ride starts at 10am in Stanley Park. Join the fun!

Two items in @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social latest e-blast stood out for me. 1st: they're planning a Kidical Mass Ride this summer in my community! Woo-hoo! 2nd: They included a link to an issue of my newsletter "The High Cost of Convenience in #Autowa". Flattered! www.seandevine.ca/march_31_202...

✨Tomorrow!✨

Biggest question for our "thinking about it" fam: How much will I really use it? Here's how to find out... #cargobike #bunchfam

Two crossing guards in Ontario have been killed on the job in less than six months (and both since the Ford government emboldened motorists by removing speed safety cameras). There should be a public inquest or coroner's report. This is not acceptable.

My @thestar.com column this week salutes some real heroes on the streets: crossing guards. Drivers in Ontario are emboldened & dangerous. The guards are precariously employed, disrespected, threatened & a pedestrian’s thin line of defence. It’s absurd we need them yet they’re essential.

One week from today we'll be loading up bikes and getting ready for a fun day in New Edinburgh. Hope to see you there.

A new Mobilizing Justice article highlights how students at Hebbville Academy built a thriving bike bus program that supports healthier travel, independence, and community connection. A wonderful initiative! 🚴 Check it out:

In the 16 weeks since the Ford government made our city turn off speed cameras, compliance went from 87% to roughly 40%. Just last week, someone drove so fast in a school zone, that they flipped their car. This policy is actively putting kids in danger.

Free How to start a Bike Bus training. Fill out this form to get the link: forms.gle/ZxTYk65yb8h3...

11 months later and the staff report is back! #BikeHfx #KidicalMassHfx Tune into Transportation Standing Committee today for my 5 minutes of comments: I will be asking council to implement the suggestions in the report (and more). www.halifax.ca/city-hall/st...

An easy #EarthDay action for today is to plan to attend New Edinburgh’s Annual Bike Day on May 2nd! @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social will kick-off the festivities with a fun-filled group bike ride. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kidical-ma... @bikeottawa.bsky.social @letsgocargo.bsky.social

Local Child Thrilled To Walk His Bike Around The City That's Too Dangerous To Ride In.

Automated Speed Enforcement (aka photo radar) was a proven deterrent to speeding in school zones. Since the Province took it away, speeding has heavily increased, putting our kids in #CollegeWard and across the city at risk.

This was entirely predictable and to be expected. Despite that, there are things we can still do as a city to ensure the safety of not just our children, but all of our road users. We need to build our roads so that safe speeds are what people naturally drive at. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

We're not shrugging, we're begging for action. Hundreds of families in this city say no more - we won't accept road violence. And we demand better of the city and the province. @bikeottawa.bsky.social @visionzeroottawa.bsky.social @forourkidsog.bsky.social

The local councillor noted that there used to be an automated speed enforcement camera in the area.

✨Event Announcement✨ The first Kidical Mass of 2026 will be May 2 at New Edinburgh Bike Day! With partners @bikeottawa.bsky.social @forourkidsog.bsky.social @visionzeroottawa.bsky.social & Chrichton Community Council www.eventbrite.ca/e/kidical-ma...

We are really pleased to learn that city council has stood by its excellent city-wide policies on walkability, inclusion and protecting vulnerable road users by re-committing at council yesterday that sidewalks need to be included on all local roads whenever they are rebuilt. 1/

For the life of me, I don’t know how we’ve come to the point that sidewalks have been vilified to this degree. Jane Jacobs is rolling in her grave, as we demonize what she described as “the most vital organs” of urban public life. 3/

14-year-old boy suffers serious injuries after being struck by vehicle in Kanata

Today is officially the first day of fair weather cycling season, for those keeping track. So many cyclists out on sidewalks today. The desire is there, just need the infrastructure to support it! #ottbike #cycling #ottawa

My normie friend just posted a pic of herself on a Tern GSD with kids and said "I cannot overstate how much biking makes me feel like a badass. It combines the amazing feeling of self sufficiency with endorphins from exercise". YES!!!

We’re a carsick society and it’s getting worse. Drivers have become more and obnoxious, bad-tempered, and impatient, and pedestrians are increasingly at risk, by @lizrenzetti.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com

From the back seat of the car, when asked if she likes to take the car or the bike to go places: "The bike.... Remember when the road was digged up and I could ride my bike on the road!? I can't anymore because the cars might run me over."

This is a great piece 👏🏼. We appreciate you reminding everyone what's really important here. It's not drive times, it's not parking, it's that everyone deserves to get home safely. Full stop. Thank you for speaking up for us.

Teen charged in Ottawa crossing guard death facing separate impaired driving charges

It’s a small consolation, but it’s nice to see that the community has rallied to raise 95% of their targeted fundraising for the family of Peter Clark. www.gofundme.com/f/honouring-...

If our elected officials cared about the safety of people outside of cars, starting with kids, we wouldn’t need crossing guards. Our streets would be safe regardless of human error. But here we are. A crossing guard lost their life on duty. We should all be outraged.1/3 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tragedies like this highlight #OttCity’s refusal to take even small measures to increase street safety. For example: last month, Council received a @en.ottawa.ca staff report claiming that allowing right turns on red is somehow *safer* for pedestrians. #VisionZero www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We believe that walking, rolling and cycling are the best ways to get around - they bring joy, physical and mental health, connection - and our kids especially deserve to be able to get around these ways and be safe doing so. Safer streets now. This must be a turning point not just a tragedy.

This story just keeps getting worse. Heartbroken for Peter and his family. Devastated for this young person who our society encourages, allows requires to get behind the wheel of a dangerous vehicle before their brain is fully developed and with no special training. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is beyond awful. My heart goes out to this man’s family. Crossing guards keep us all safe and deserve to be safe from road violence when they do their essential jobs. The irony of this having occurred on School Crossing Guard Day is not lost on me. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Any hit-and-run death is an outrage, but we hold a special place in our heart for crossing guards. We all need to do better. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It may sound shocking to hear a crossing guard was critically injured in a hit and run by the driver of a black Ford F-150 - but honestly if you've been paying attention at all you're probably not that shocked. That's why we demand better - for our kids, their protectors, and all our neighbours.

This is the kind of joy that #KidicalMassHfx wants you to know is possible.

Happy to see women recognized for their expertise and contributions towards better cities. Very proud of our own Cassie Smith, VP + founder of Kidical Mass Ottawa. Hats off to Koko Agborsangaya (Black Girls Biking NCR), Jill Wiggle (CAWI) in Ottawa & a wink to Rebecca Denley in Yellowknife (hi!).