New Carruthers counter-flow lane just dropped! This is a small but helpful improvement for getting around by bike. Carruthers has the only intersection on Scott Street (where there are cycle tracks!) between Bayview and Parkdale. This provides a safe way for cyclists to get to the WB lanes. #OttBike

For those of you who missed the From Pavement to Policy online event cohosted by @thesavir.bsky.social and @parachute.ca , a recording is now available! #ParachuteVZ Thanks again to @cassiesmith.bsky.social @jessiesinger.bsky.social @valeriesmith123.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ayl...

Is this what the last gasps of a worldview that don't fit the actual world looks like? Extreme violence and extreme bizarreness, stretching stretching stretching to hold structures founded in fantasies of entitlement together?

On-line Auction Tuesday September 23, 2025 from 8am - 8pm (EST) Advance viewing of art Saturday Sept 20th, between 1-4pm in Ottawa. Online auction site will also be up on Saturday for advance viewing. Sept 23rd Ottawa, please join us at my studio shop for a casual drop in 6pm - 8pm.

Extend your Cycling Season – Register to attend a free virtual workshop on October 7th from 7-8pm. Details and registration ⤵️ www.eventbrite.ca/e/extend-you...

"If governments make e-bikes too tough to own, then people are just going to drive their cars" - @andyjayhawk.bsky.social @theverge.com h/t @bikeshopgirl.bsky.social Cc: @mbonsma.bsky.social @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social @arcycle.bsky.social @cassiesmith.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUG...

Posting "The Distance" by Rovélo Creative as it relates. @tomflood.bsky.social www.creativebyrovelo.com/media?pgid=l...

A dump truck accidentally drove onto the sidewalk in front of us on our walk to school and then the construction workers had the gall to tell families to stay on the sidewalk to stay safe. Really getting me amped up to talk about pedestrian safety later today.

Happy World Car Free Day to all who observe. Celebrate by preordering your copy of “Life After Cars” wherever books are sold. www.lifeaftercars.com

Regular reminder for new’ish parents in Ottawa that are cargo bike curious for daycare drop-offs and park meets - you can rent a cargo bike from @letsgocargo.bsky.social and then have a fun weekend trying #cargobikelife

Looking forward to this!! #OttBike

A doctor-organized bike ride in Québec city this Saturday morning. We were about 100 in a chilly but sunny weather. They want citizens to move more to increase their health and ask the city to build more bike lanes to support that.

This is an excellent explainer on why transit is in the situation it is in. Transit is *essential* to areas with limited space and lots of people. And those spaces should be given more of the decision-making and funding to make it work great, not just to muddle along.

The question to ask is: Why do the escalating economic costs of climate change not enjoy the same priority in public and policy discourses like concerns about fiscal sustainability? Debts are at least reversible, climate change is not.

Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy. I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together. We need a government that serves the many, not the money. Join in. lewisforleader.ca/ youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY

Me: Morning! Kids: ..... Me: Time to get up! Kids: ..... Me: What can I start making for breakfast? Kids: .... Me: It's a Bike Bus morning! Kids:

Me: Yes!!! Did not even think of that. Me (a minute later): Do I even have a Blu-ray player? We cancelled Disney back in Feb (#ElbowsUp!) but it was annual and expires end of Sept. So I've been anticipating this moment longer than most.

More Americans are very worried about climate change than are about crime. @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

We're really excited to announce a special "pre-opening" event for Robert Grant Avenue in #Stittsville on October 4. Come bike, walk, roll, or run with us from 1pm-5pm. Details coming soon. 🚲🚶🏻‍♀️🛼🏃🏻‍♂️

Interested in making our city spaces more beautiful? What about an event that turns our underused parking into beautiful spaces for people to sit, play games, enjoy themselves, and more? Well look no further than Park(ing) Day, this Friday! Details on our page! strongtownsottawa.ca/parkingday20...

The city is looking for feedback on the proposed Gladstone-Gilmour bikeway. I was happy to be able to share some thoughts on behalf of @bikeottawa.bsky.social earlier today on "All in a Day".

On the unmet need for safe bike storage: "Results suggest a relative undersupply of bicycle parking at destinations compared with free car parking [and] an increasing need for bicycle parking for costlier e-bikes." findingspress.org/article/1442...

Tomorrow's Environment and Climate Change Committee meeting is a whopper. We've summarized three of the issues on the agenda: - the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and the Climate Change Master Plan Update - staff's response to the CCMP Audit - the Tree-Planting Strategy www.ecologyottawa.ca/eccc_sept_16

Hope you can join us on Wednesday at Dominion Chalmers (290 Lisgar) at 6:30 pm, to learn more about the Gladstone/Gilmour Bike Lanes and the Bay Street renewal project. www.arieltroster.com/gladstone_gi...

Next Monday I'm excited and honoured to be part of this free webinar presented by @parachute.ca. Incredible folks on the panel from Hoboken (where Vision Zero is a reality 8 years running), Guelph, and @jessiesinger.bsky.social Sign up at parachute.ca/designingstreets

Heading to Taste of Wellington? We’ve got you covered with FREE Bike & Scooter Valet at 1137 Wellington St. W. Secure, staffed parking for all rides — e-bikes, cargo & adaptive included. ✅ Plan your route (Search Ottawa Cycling Map or Guide App) ✅ Check in your ride ✅ Enjoy the event, worry-free!

One of my favourite things about hanging out with different kids is that they often don't always know when something is familect vs commonly used. And then they think you're weird for not knowing something so obvious to them 🤣

It’s looking like a perfect evening tomorrow to join in on the travelling party that is BikeNight! Get decorating your bike and see you at the start!

I get the urge to compare road violence and gun violence. It can help people see the ways road violence has been accepted and unquestioned in useful ways. But a key difference bw road violence & gun violence (in Canada at least) is that it's easy to live everyday life without toting a gun around.

I am not allowing myself to think of the devastation of the parents, children, and families (😭) - but seeing enough posts in my timeline about the headlines and lack of agency given to the driver does have me thinking about him. His life has also been irrevocably changed. 1/4

🇨🇦 Join parliamentarians, local and national leaders, and fellow cyclists in for a non-partisan celebration of everyday cycling in Canada. Let us know if you can be there in Ottawa on Wednesday, October 8th at 5 p.m. for Bike Day on the Hill 2025! Register here: simpli.events/e/bikedayont...

Commit to giving it a try - you're sure to learn new things about yourself and our city. Thanks to @nondriver.bsky.social and @americawalks.bsky.social for building this movement. Excited to be a part of it. #WeekWithoutDriving

Happy to share our new research on UK climate politics 🚨 We found Members of Parliament (MPs) use the language of climate "pragmatism" to avoid rapid change. It risks becoming a new discourse of delay. More detail below and in 🧵 1/ theconversation.com/politicians-...

An abundance that is stored "in the belly of my brother", a collective abundance, a sufficient abundance.

Can 'the discourse' be about Robin Wall Kimmerer's insights about abundance instead?

Two thumbs up on the bike parking at the new Food Basics in downtown Ottawa. 👍🏼👍🏼 And protected bike infrastructure almost the entire way there. 🎉 I wish almost was enough (and if we had a better culture on the roads it would be). I won't risk the Queen St sharrows next time 😬😢.

To my fellow organizers: Is there a more beautiful set of words than "How can I help?"

New research finds that 1 in 5 drivers near school zones is distracted. Most were using their phones; some were fiddling with their cars' infotainment systems. Drivers of big SUVs and pickups were more prone to be distracted. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

More detail on community emissions: - Transportation is the largest source of emissions, at 44%, and increasing - Buildings are the second largest source, at 41%, and decreasing - Waste is 12%, an increase - Agriculture is 3%, a decrease What does this mean?

At very, very long last, @en.ottawa.ca has released its GHG inventory. The results? Corporate emissions (the City): - 4% of total - increasing since 2022 - near 2025 target Community emissions (the rest): - 96% of total - per capita decreasing - missing targets But the kicker? ⤵️

The interesting thing about getting people to agree that the goal should be transportation “balance” — TRUE balance, not the lip service we’ve been paying in 99% of suburbs that’s really just about slightly less car dependency — is that to achieve such balance, you’re going to have to PRIORITIZE. 6/

“Compared to their parents’ generation, the amount of time today’s children play outside has declined by 50%. But this downward trend doesn’t have to be inevitable. Thoughtful planning, which listens to the voices of children and young people, can produce… environments where children can develop”

Also! If you see a Bike Bus or Kidical Mass or bike parade and you are driving a car: please slow to a stop and put on your four ways and use your vehicle to make this safe until the last little ones come by. It'll only take a minute. Many drivers already do this and it is so so so appreciated👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.

I love bike bus because it gives our children time and space that they don't otherwise have. But it is not necessarily a fun or stress-free experience for us parents. My husband wouldn't come last year because it stresses him out too much before a day of work. 1/2

Bike bus is back!!! I think we had a record number of kids out and lots of thumbs up and smiles from people all around. Thanks to @chrishk.bsky.social for the special vest 😁 #OttBike #BikeBus #StreetsForKids

My 4-year-old at dinner tonight: "I crossed the street once without an adult and I didn't even dead (sic)". Me: When? Where? Her: in a dream!! Me: 🙇🏼‍♀️

Tomorrow! 09.04 It's only 1 hour! Camera/mic are muted, so you're never on the spot. It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ and fits up to 1,000 people, so please spread the word! Let's get folks trained and ready to build community care. Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us for a "fireside chat" at Max Bell School of Public Policy presents Climate at a Crossroads to explore how disinformation campaigns are undermining climate action and how global institutions can respond collectively. climateatacrossroads.eventbri...

When a pro bike lane Op-Ed in the Calgary Herald receives only one comment… you know there is something special about it. Are there new ideas or concepts being posed? No. The difference the anti-bike-lane crowd’s villain is missing. Who’s going to attack kids for wanting to ride a bicycle?