Given the considerable lags in the academic publishing process, I'm surprised and gratified by how rapidly motonormativity is becoming a thing in the literature

Dusk #bikepooling from a party with friends is the best way to get home, especially since my home was only about 2 mins from where I split off from the group.

Also fuck this shit. I got yelled at by a driver to use said bike lane. I would have, but it was blocked. The delivery men heard me say that too.

Read my lips: no new roads. We must focus on renewal this four year budget. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

@skipischris.bsky.social They say it’s your birthday. Well, Happy Birthday to ya. I hope you’re going to a wild party.

If you're in Calgary and cargo bike curious, be sure to pop by our shop. We've been offering cargo bikes for 16 years - and you can try before you buy. www.bikebike.ca/blog/try-a-c...

The great part of a bakfiets bike is: if it can fit in the cart, it can fit in the bike!

Pedal around Edmonton, 1979. archive.org/details/WCWd... Class III Bike Route - signed cycling routes where cyclists share the roadway with other types of traffic. This type of bikeway does not provide cyclists with increased road privileges; rather it informs motorists of the cycling route #Yegbike

Checked out the modal filters on 124Ave. Not sure at all what they’re supposed to filter. All the drivers I watched passed through with no difficulty. #yegbike

While we await a little more clarity about these new regulations, to be enforced by Bill 28, might actually work, I thought it timely to repost my recent podcast interview with Pilar Martinez, CEO of the Edmonton Public Library, on free speech and why it matters. #abpoli #yeg #AlbertaUnbound

Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack announced that Blake Desjarlais will become his new chief of staff next week. Desjarlais was the NDP MP for Edmonton Griesbach from 2021 to 2025. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

No joke: @wesmars.bsky.social once reviewed a study that proposed getting rid of sidewalks. Using a statistical model, the authors found that pedestrian crashes mostly happen on streets with sidewalks. Their solution: No sidewalks! From the newest episode, out later this week

Saving money on gas starts with smarter alternatives to owning a car. With an e-bike that can handle groceries, commutes, and school drop-offs, you can transition to a one-car family, using it for daily trips and saving thousands each year. #risinggasprices #gasprices #cargobike #ebike #SaveMoney

Get your tickets for May 1st with @colville-andersen.com live in Edmonton.

I was a bit mean to my city because of the bike lanes they built last summer. So, here's what I would build instead. youtu.be/1GfXj1YJvdQ (Try to spot the @thewaroncars.bsky.social tuque at the end)

I am tired of people defending car dependency by using people with disabilities and older adults as cudgels. It is empirically and morally wrong.

Today's the day! 2:00pm at City Hall. Come see what young geographers and planners are thinking about #yeg. 16 great GIS student posters for you to enjoy. @andrewknack.bsky.social @ashleysalvador.bsky.social @michaeljanz.bsky.social

Edmonton is removing all scramble crosswalks from Whyte Ave. These intersections, where all pedestrians cross at once without vehicles were designed to make our busiest pedestrian streets safer. The city is using transit as an excuse to remove them, and make it faster for cars.

People who hit (or almost hit) you with their car really don’t like when you hit their car back.

I spoke to @carterlavin.bsky.social about some of the most common mistakes people made when advocating for better transportation in our cities youtu.be/7d2gkfikNfs

Interesting experiment on morning ireland with a bike, bus and car commute. The bike was quickest. But what it doesn’t mention is that the bike travel time is also predictable. The same car and bus journeys tomorrow could be a little better or a lot worse. #SpeirGorm www.rte.ie/news/2026/03...

One week today! My #ualberta #gis students will be at #yeg City Hall showing off their final projects. 2-5pm 30 March @ashleysalvador.bsky.social @michaeljanz.bsky.social @stephanieswensrude.bsky.social

Any advice from Bluesky about what to read next? Options are Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, beginner Marxist Geography, Dark PR, something recent about bikes or urbanism, or catch up on academic papers about cargo bikes. My recent reads are in the photo.

The Danielle Smith Legislative Ledger – “The Wrecking Ball” Part 2 – Who Wants A Notwithstanding Clause? I’m baaaack. Last time we mapped the pattern. This time we follow where it leads. Fall 2025. The hammer dropped, and a government tested how far power can stretch. #ableg

Hey Babe. Wake up. The "Danielle Smith Legislative Ledger – “The Wrecking Ball” Part 2" mega-thread just dropped. #ableg

We have summer internships y'all! Come work at Posit on the PyData, tidymodels, shiny, or Connect teams: grnh.se/tigz810a3us. You will have an awesome time, learn a ton, and help advance our open source and pro tools 🧰 #rstats #pydata

I'm really wondering why Fighting Blindness Canada is hosting an event for people who are #VisuallyImpaired and the location they chose is 1.6km from the closest bus stop. Check out the #accessibility of the ACT Rec Centre in #yeg.

Can you sense my bewilderment here? First time riding this route & I was truly at a loss for what was going on. Also, super annoying to press that beg button on a bakfiets. #yycbike

Doing some work on a patio downtown today. Love to witness one of the great benefits of proper bike lanes: they get used by people outside of cars who are not cycling. Almost no one can walk on the sdiewalks because they are icy and covered in pooled water. No one shovels and COE doesn't care.

Attn #yeg #gis and #urban fans! In two weeks, my #ualberta students will be presenting their project posters at #CityHall. Come and see what bright, young minds are researching in this city. 30 March 2-5pm City Hall @andrewknack.bsky.social @michaeljanz.bsky.social @ashleysalvador.bsky.social

I’d use flex posts to give the illusion it’s safe to cross

Many journals require data and code sharing. Yet code is still rarely shared and datasets are often hard to reuse. Our new paper introduces the @sortee.bsky.social guidelines for data & code quality control in ecology & evolution, developed by 26 experienced data editors. 📄 doi.org/10.24072/pcj...

Cycling side-by-side isn’t bad behaviour—it’s human behaviour. It’s how parents talk to their kids. How friends catch up. How communities form. If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure. Nørrebro, Copenhagen.

I'm worried about e-bike crackdowns, so I looked at all the options. Can we find a better way forward? With help from @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social youtu.be/JJN4FqcI7WE

Tom knows Edmonton very well

Opening for a tenure track position in statistical computing: wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Assistant-Pr... As dept chair, R Core member Kurt Hornik invites applications from people who could make substantial contributions to #RStats, including base R. Deadline Mar 18!

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”

Farkas says it's an unfair equalization that Calgary pays more education property taxes than Edmonton He didn't do the math. Calgary has $457B of assessment to Edmonton's $220B. The Leg will get $1.2B in YYC prop taxes this year, then return $2.2B in funding YYC school boards.

Against official policy, I bring by Tern GSD on Seattle light rail because I need to be able to bike on both ends of my trips. There are no bikeshare options for parents carrying kids. Family bikes should be prioritized over space for other bikes.

One of the reasons you should take up a transportation cycling habit asap. Price of gas becomes mostly meaningless. Same goes for rush hour traffic reports.

Right wing Alberta influencers are demanding an Edmonton City Councillor apologize for... condemning the KKK in black history month? The accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers think sharing the message "the KKK is bad" is an attack on Premier Danielle smith. This is where we're at.

Save the date for May 1st for a special weekend in Edmonton with @colville-andersen.com www.michaeljanz.ca/cityhalltalk3

Here's how my own experiences riding around these cities have influenced the way I think about urban cycling. youtu.be/IkvuMNRGtzI

Danielle Smith is scheming to force all public libraries in Alberta to implement her book ban. Multiple sources have confirmed to me that the UCP is planning to require public libraries like EPL to ban and restrict material at the UCP's direction It's coming.

Great new initiative to develop better messaging around the value of good urban planning, led by @brenttoderian.bsky.social, @grantennis.bsky.social and @tomflood.bsky.social.

Years ago we had the mayor bike to school with my then 6 year old, within the first :30 seconds they were almost hit by a driver on live TV. Every leader should be required to ride a bike (if able) with a 6 year old before they provide any direction on bike infrastructure

Starting to wish my undergrad was in #chemistry, not #physics. An uncle of mine developed #Becel and, in #BreakingBad, I’m up to where Walt was offered $3M for three months of work.

City is hiring a supervisor for mobility lane maintenance crew, including snow, ice, & debris. Vote here: SHOULD the hiring criteria include personal, all-season, experience with the mobility network, or Oulu's winter cycling infrastructure maintenance training? www.instagram.com/p/DUwZpIDkjK7/

On Saturday, we will be testing the YEG ward with the best bike infrastructure (so far) to see if one can ride between places in the ward that women need to go: schools, hardware stores, groceries, clinics, malls, LRT stations, cafes, seniors centre, City Hall & a college (spoiler: answer is no).

I've been talking to a lot of low vision cyclists for a new project and it has made me think about some of the assumptions I carry regarding who has a right to be in public space and move in public space.