If we want to create a more affordable, livable Seattle, we need to design for *reducing* car volumes. This is the only way to meet our climate, public health, vision zero, accessibility and housing goals. Our fight to design highway on-ramps with LESS capacity epitomizes why it's still hard.

The #bikelash is real. When provincial MLAs even *hint* they'll legislate against bike lanes, municipal administration staff backpedal on planning, design, & budgeting, regardless of elected council's directions. "What's the point" they ask, "if the province is just going to pull it out?" #yegbike

​Funny how many people support "neighborhood greenways" but not "bike boulevards" -- even though they're exactly the same thing. From the new episode: lookbothwayspod.podbean.com & www.youtube.com/@LookBothWay...

Hey Edmonton-based Bluesky friends. Do you care about how walk-/bike-friendly 76 Avenue is, between the ravine and 99 street? If so, you are invited to meet me and some like-minded friends at 2:30 tomorrow at Bent Stick brewing to help formulate a response the city's proposed new design. DM me!

#Yegbike: CBC Edmonton AM wants our winterbike route reports for the morning rush hour. Call #740 or text 587 336 2929. 🚲❄️🌬️: Edmonton is a winterbiking city. Pass it on! @yegbike.bsky.social #snowreport #trafficreport #winterbikecommute #Bikesky www.instagram.com/reel/DR5A445...

There was enough to say about #yeg's $100M #ActiveTransportation network expansion that I needed a second video. I cover what hadn't been quite finished by mid-Nov and what was postponed. youtu.be/32qmyMcHgsY

Does anyone have pictures of bike lanes that have been intentionally sabotaged by unhappy residents? For example, leaves have been raked into Delton's bike lanes, snow has been piled up in the 103 Ave temporary bike lanes, and 83 Ave has also been impacted. Show us what you've seen, #yegbke!

We're crafting our new website. Babysteps, but the Board members and our bicycle-bios are up: bikeology.ca/about-us

Anyone look at the 76Ave plan? No to SUPs! Why is SUP the only option further east? I don't see WHY the one-way bike lanes cannot go the whole way. Anything special about the lights at 96St? Bikes have to transition twice when two-way bike lane becomes one-way. www.edmonton.ca/sites/defaul...

Do I know anyone looking for an ethnographer, fietsster and urbanist-nerd / architecture-geek to be part of their Venice Biennale of Architecture proposal? Deadline Jan 15'26. Biennale 2027 runs May - Nov. canadacouncil.ca/initiatives/... #Design #Architecture

Edmonton released its Fall 2025 budget. There are some small steps forward for transit & active transportation. But if you read deeper, the documents tell a much harder truth: ✖️ Failing on climate. ✖️ Failing on mode shift. ✖️ Failing on traffic safety. Read more: buff.ly/6UeEq4x #yegbike #yegcc

Construction has largely wrapped up on 2 Ave & 7 Ave NW streetscape project, but the wheeling lanes have been barricaded as we wait for the City to install signage. Apparently it’s a liability concern and they won’t get around to it until sometime next year. 1/2 #yycbike

Listening to Speaking Municipally this week and discussion regarding resident flagging problem spots to the City to fix regarding pedestrian safety. Does anyone remember the Safe Streets Map? It was an interactive map that you could drop pins where there was bad spots. Maybe that gets revived?

GIS nerds, has anyone mapped the protected bike lane network against these results to see how closely they match? Bike lane density vs. votes for Knack, by neighbourhood for example? @geodarcy.bsky.social

This comment was posted on a letter to the editor about bike lanes. "no one with a disability, injury, age related changes, or small children is going to not use a car. Those groups all need clear streets and access to good parking close to their destination. " Don't be this person! /1

Eco stations should have an active travel entrance. As a smug cyclist, I don’t want to stand amongst the idling truck bros for 15+ mins just to drop off two bags of yard waste.

Urban Arrow's secret super power is to transform mundane errands into joyful adventures of urban exploring. #tothegrocerystoreandbeyond

In Edmonton too, city council candidates who opposed or down-played city-wide bike infrastructure, were not-elected - except one. We're inviting #KarenPrincipe (she, who invited the Prov Minister of Transportation to interfere in Municipal jurisdiction) to join us on a bike ride. #yegbike

The UCP is starting to panic. Demetrios Nicolaides sent an email begging volunteers to fight his recall petition. He warns complacency could "topple our government". Don't threaten me with a good time.

Milestone for the Urban Arrow today! 10,000km in 3 years, 3 months & 13 days of ownership. Puts us at just over 21,000km across all the bikes since initially going #carfree in June 2022 and being #carlite for about 9 months #yegbike

For anyone keeping track, the City of Edmonton updated the GIS data for the active transportation network acceleration. 107Ave is coloured as if it'll be built in 2027 but the attribute data still say 2026. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

They’re open! #bikelanes @yegbike.bsky.social #yegbike (Nov. 5)

Guy covered his licence plate with a cloth grocery bag when I moved to take a picture of the back of the car. Guess he actually knew driving the wrong way down a big lane then parking isn’t allowed

“Unlike the car, the e-cargo bike afforded a unique sensitivity to the natural world and local environment [that] enabled parents to train their children in local geography and responsible mobility.” www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RW2MT...

My city could hire me part-time as a parking bylaw officer and I’d make it millions during my usual riding around

Nice new bike infrastructure on 103 Avenue for the detour from 102 Avenue which is supposed to be effective TODAY. What’s the delay Marigold? @cityofedmonton.bsky.social

Encountered five illegally parked vehicles along about 500m of bike lane. If only there was someone nearby to enforce the laws.

Yesterday I naively wrote to Alberta's Legislative Assembly regarding Bill 2. If you are interested in writing, but don't have the words, please feel free to cut and paste this and to modify as you want. I have also included a link to MLA email addresses. www.matthewdance.ca/blog/bill-2-...

#yegbike As they work on the 111 ave MUP from 109 to 121 st, I see some things I like, and some big concerns. 109 st to 113 st is good - except for the signal pole location (in the path when so easy to go around it). The ramp up to it from the west needs to be bigger to the north though.

We have unfortunate news about passengers under 16 on e-bikes and e-cargo bikes in Ontario. It appears, they are not allowed. Read our blog for a deep dive on the law and what you can do in response: www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/e-cargo...

Any #yegbike peeps ridden the wide sidewalk that was supposed to be built beside the painted bike gutters in Collingwood? I’m making my review of what got built this summer and really should see it myself, if it got built

Yes, the City did completely tear up the side of a road, build completely new active transportation infrastructure, and still decide to place a pole in the middle of two shared use paths.

STRIKE

Any #yegbike folx ride the nearly new lanes in Delton? Was the angriest resident on the south end of 96St? That part of the new lanes is especially full of leaves while the adjacent yards are especially devoid of leaves. I’m wondering if it’s a protest.

Public dollars for public schools. True 8 years ago. More true now: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

No mandate just because you got most of the votes in a democracy everyone! That's how "an expert" says it works! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I still do some bike advocacy -- mostly working to push bike groups to think more about who they consider bikers (disabled bikers, and now I'm really interested in how shared ebike/scooter users can be part of an advocacy community). theres a lot of work to do on many, many fronts.

Tim Cartmell is using copyright to censor my content. Taking a page out of Mike Nickel's book, Tim Cartmell has gotten litigious. He's been unable to stop himself from torpedoing his campaign in every interview, so now he wants to stop the sharing of what he says.

Good evening. I'll get right to it. You all need to be fucking mad as hell right now. Because what Danielle Smith’s government is threatening to do in Alberta isn’t a negotiation tactic. It’s a constitutional crisis in the making. #ableg #abed #abpoli #cdnpoli

My pre-ordered copy of Life After Cars arrived at my local bookstore. The framings I use in my urbanist/biking YT videos will likely evolve after reading. Thanks for writing this, @thewaroncars.bsky.social

The 103 Ave detour due to LRT construction will have protected bike lanes. I don’t know if they’ll be permanent but it’d be a pity to rip these up. #yegbike

Tim Cartmell says he's not the UCP candidate. He insists he's not corrupt. But while the UCP battles scandal after scandal, their donors are flooding to one place, Tim Cartmell. When voting ask yourself: is Tim working for me, or the UCP-aligned corporations that paid him?

💡Help us Get Out The Vote! 💡 With the postal strike, many Edmontonians haven’t received their voter cards — and that means some people might not realize they can still vote. That’s where you come in. Sign up to volunteer today ➡️ https://andrewknack.ca/volunteer #yeg #yegvote

Proud to stand with Alberta teachers, families and students today!

An overview of the candidates running in the downtown Ward of o-day'min 🍓 and why given the field I'm choosing to support Anne Stevenson

I have always loved local government because it’s the level of government closest to people. This election is different. The UCP has introduced party politics into our local elections, with two parties now running - Better Edmonton and PACE. Let’s keep City Hall focused on people, not parties.

Edmonton is facing a homelessness crisis, with nearly 5,000 people without a home. I know Edmontonians are feeling the impact, and I share your concerns. #yeg #yegvote

Good turn out for the Cranksgiving ride, even as Autumn arrived with 0°C temps. The ride was in memory of Dr. Darren Markland and he rode in all weather. He’d have approved the riding with friends and helping the less fortunate at the same time

Jaffer asked Cartmell about his ideal Thanksgiving dinner. Cartmell, smiling, answered with a long list of heart-attack inducing breakfast and dinner foods impossible for any one person to consume in a single day. #yeg #yegelxn 12/13