I wasn't able to see more than the police SUV Nor safe enough to turn around - but if you were a pedestrian or cyclist hit at the Gordon and Wellington McDonald's: please feel free to reach out for a chat and resources. I was struck there in a hit and run myself last Oct.

Drivers hate this one weird trick: matching the big number on the sign to the one on your dash. Ford wants to ban school-zone cameras + fund “a million ways” later. Great! Build them now. Don’t switch off the only thing lowering speeds today.

A win for walkability in Guelph! On Sept 10, 2025, Council chose connected, walkable neighbourhood design over paving 300 parking spots into a new community park. A huge step toward a city built for people, not cars! In one of my two letters to council as Bicycle Mayor, I urged:

Horrified to hear that a young man in a pickup truck, struck an entire family in a crosswalk on Friday. Mom, dad and 3-year old. Sadly the mother has passed, the father injured and the 3-year old was air-lifted to hospital "on precaution" to McMasters but was thankfully both have been discharged.

🌈 BIG GAY RIDE — Sept 27, 2025 Join us for a slow, scenic, very queer fall ride from Guelph to Elora! 📍 Meet: 9:00 AM @ Riverside Park (by the pedestrian bridge) 🚴‍♀️ Roll out: 9:30 AM Destination: Bissell Park, Elora Community ride - open to everyone!

I’ve never owned a car. Not because I’m extreme—because it’s never been financially possible. I ride through all seasons. My e-bike gets me to work, to healthcare, to community. It's not lesser. It's survival. It's freedom. It's resourcefulness and resilience. #WorldCarFreeDay #CarFreeDay

4 cyclists lined up 4 different ways of turning left 1) Took the lane and turned on a side street 2) Pulled over into the parking lane to better watch for a safe gap first 3) Used the crosswalk for a two stage turn 4) Used the new turn box to facilitate a two stage turn

Thank you to those of you who joined us for #BikeTheNightGuelph last night

You’re paying the price of car dependence whether you drive or not! It shows up in your rent, your groceries, your taxes, and your time lost in traffic. The reality: transportation is one of the biggest drains on all of us. #Affordability #OnPoli #Transit #BYCS #BicycleMayor #BicycleMayorNetwork

It's #FreedomToMove Friday! Tell me: What wheels help you feel free? What’s stopping you from walking, biking, or rolling more often? Where in Guelph / where you live do you not feel safe to move? Real stories shape better streets. Let’s hear yours. #BYCS #BicycleMayorNetwork #MobilityForAll

✨🚲 Tomorrow’s one of the best nights of the year! Guelph’s 5th annual Bike the Night is here: bring your lights, your glow, and your joy. We ride together for the joy of it and for safer, more vibrant and inclusive streets. See you there! #BikeTheNightGuelph #BikeTheNightGuelph2025 #Guelph #GlowRide

Humbled to see my appointment as Guelph’s first Bicycle Mayor included in the recent Women in Urbanism newsletter. Representation truly matters. Women, femmes, queer folks & marginalized voices belong in shaping safer, more equitable cities. #WomenInUrbanismCanada #WomenInUrbanism #BicycleMayor

Bike bus trial run Guelph this Monday! Registration in linktree

I did it though!

How will the City of Toronto's bike lane enforcement campaign succeed when it's enforcers frequently stop in bike lanes for non-emergency purposes. Toronto's "rideables" campaign isn't clearly targeted at motorists, which is confusing because they block the most lanes & cause the most harm 1/2

I need a few things to table at a community fall fair and I'm just thinking about how all my dollar store options are unsafe to get to by bike.

Reporting for duty as GCAT's favourite sweep! See you there!!

Bike Bus Friends! What is your favourite song on your playlists? #BikeBus www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/g...

It's #FreedomToMove Friday! Tell me: What wheels help you feel free? What’s stopping you from walking, biking, or rolling more often? Where in Guelph / where you live do you not feel safe to move? Real stories shape better streets. Let’s hear yours. #BYCS #BicycleMayorNetwork #MobilityForAll

Feel free to join the conversation on reddit - but make sure you put your mental health first friends. www.reddit.com/r/Guelph/com...

A cyclist was killed yesterday in Guelph. We’re grieving as a community but we’re also refusing to accept this as normal. I wrote about grief, community care, and what we do next to put our heartache,fear and anger into real change together. #VisionZero #Guelph #BicycleMayor #BYCS #SafeStreets

As I'm pulling up to an all way stop the car of my left only has a small whiff of a hestitation on their rolling "stop." I come to a full stop balancing a full grocery shop and indicate with as much authority I can muster that I'm turning while watching an approaching SUV on my right.

A car-free life isn’t always a choice. For so many, it’s the only option. #FreedomToMove means your transportation doesn’t only depend on your ability to drive or get a ride somewhere. Mobility is a right, not a luxury. #MobilityJustice #ActiveTransportation #BicycleMayorNetwork #BYCS

It's #FreedomToMove Friday! Tell me: What wheels help you feel free? What’s stopping you from walking, biking, or rolling more often? Where in Guelph / where you live do you not feel safe to move? Real stories shape better streets. Let’s hear yours. #BYCS #BicycleMayorNetwork #MobilityForAll

You’re paying the price of car dependence whether you drive or not! It shows up in your rent, your groceries, your taxes, and your time lost in traffic. The reality: transportation is one of the biggest drains on all of us. #Affordability #OnPoli #Transit #BYCS #BicycleMayor #BicycleMayorNetwork

Cars continue to the best for one and only one group of people; car companies stock holders.

We could never afford our current lifestyle if we had kept our car. I am now amazed at how often we were dropping thousands of dollars in repairs. Now I am frustrated if I have to pay 50 dollars for a bike repair… 🤣

Transportation is the one area nationally where all three levels of government could make life actually more affordable. The ability to help households live with one less car is where there is any elasticity for what’s coming in the next few years #ottawa

You’d never take the bus or ride a bike? That’s fine. But here’s the thing: the real cost of car ownership in Canada is about $1370/month or over $16000/year. That’s money that could go toward your kid’s education, your retirement, or literally anything else. The problem: we've built our cities

In the eyes of a child, a bike is freedom. But not when you're limited to a tiny corner of one small city because of the impassable oceans of cars and their dangerous drivers.

It's #FreedomToMove Friday! Tell me: What wheels help you feel free? What’s stopping you from walking, biking, or rolling more often? Where in Guelph / where you live do you not feel safe to move? Real stories shape better streets. Let’s hear yours. #BYCS #BicycleMayorNetwork #MobilityForAll

Group chat

#Guelph Active transportation closure notice. South side of Speedvale bridge is closed for investigations and repairs. Please follow the detour signs to use the north side. (This is where the sink hole was last year so take care to follow the closure)

Who wants to guess total travel time? 😉

Oh did I mention it's a 40-60min drive depending on #speeding and #traffic ? In a province talking about “reducing congestion,” we continue to: 🚫 Underserve intercity bus + rail 🚫 Make connections slow, indirect, and costly 🚫 Prioritize car lanes over everything else #ontariocongestion

Most cyclists don't! But it's everything from lost wages to psw support and it kicks in right away, so you don't have to wait for a lawsuit to complete. Or if you're at fault it's still available www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/2019-06...

What's better than a 6:30am start on a Saturday? Approx 3hr bike and @gotransit.bsky.social 🚲✅🚌 trip Guelph to Hamilton for @kidicalmassham.bsky.social Another heat wave coming in and I'm sweating buckets already 😵 Maybe in cooler months I can attempt a ride there and back TO SAVE TIME

A car-free life isn’t always a choice. For so many, it’s the only option. #FreedomToMove means your transportation doesn’t only depend on your ability to drive or get a ride somewhere. Mobility is a right, not a luxury. #MobilityJustice #ActiveTransportation #BicycleMayorNetwork #BYCS

Just had to check on an older gent that I'm used to passing every now and then. Thankfully just a hard brake but he almost got right hooked by a pickup truck exactly where I got right hooked by one in 2021.

Bike Lanes: A Human Right A judge ruled that removing bike lanes violates our Charter rights. Ford calls that “the worst case of trampling rights he’s ever seen.” As someone who bikes daily, I know these lanes save lives. #VisionZero #GuelphBikes #OnPoli

You love to see it. 📍Guelph City Hall #Guelph #Bikesky

An end of an era #Guelph Just over 3 weeks of multiple people reporting to remove a sign from the multiuse path!

#Guelph Witness through the grapevine: "a very large delivery truck turning right from Woodlawn onto nicklin.... cyclist... on the multi-use path along Woodlawn.... somehow jumped off his bike and let go of the handlebars. The bicycle tipped over

Turns out nothing motivates like a fine in the mail. According to Ottawa data, before #speedcameras were implemented: only 16% of drivers followed the speed limit! 🟥 Before cameras: 16% 🟧 After 3 months: 57% 🟨 After 1 year: 69% 🟩 After 3 years: 81% That’s not just a jump it's a shift in habits!

My coworker's bike and mine are besties for the day! Improvsed #securebikeparking

Starting a new BicycleMayor tiktok account and the algorithm clocking the AuDHD before cycling 😅 Tell me why it took until I was 33 (and we had to check for a brain tumor for two years first) to finally be diagnosed with ADHD? This past year of treatment has been life changing.

This past year has brought deep loss, unexpected struggles, and constant fights on multiple fronts. Advocacy can be powerful, but it can also weigh heavily. When you care deeply, the weight follows you home. It sits in your thoughts, your body, your sleep.

OC Transpo charging 11–19 year olds full adult fare which is more than the TTC! It's shameful. This isn’t just bad policy. It’s a barrier to independence, to education, to after-school jobs, to seeing friends, to growth and opportunity. We should be investing in youth.

This past year has brought deep loss, unexpected struggles, and constant fights on multiple fronts. Advocacy can be powerful, but it can also weigh heavily. When you care deeply, the weight follows you home. It sits in your thoughts, your body, your sleep.