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.

I'm looking for examples of VMT reduction policies with teeth. Who has good ones? Especially at the municipal level.

Stand down! I found it www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Changing the priority for cyclists at separate bicycle crossings, when planning main routes for cyclists, requires at least an elevated crossing, or a hump before the crossing"

New paper finds that US bike deaths have "trended toward lower-density suburban areas" rather than central cities Those killed tend to be poor and non-white. Lesson: The suburbanization of poverty could be contributing to the surging number of cyclist fatalities. doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Can you find the bike lane between the parking and travel lanes for SUVs?

Yaaa, um. We aren't the ones that said we'd never back down, just for the record. We know the City of Edmonton can do excellent work, and we believe that Wîhkwêntôwin deserves great! We will be the first to say we like good things - like 132 Ave or the downtown bike network. #yegbike

Fighting #Blindness Canada is trying to connect people with similar eye diseases IRL. One in #yeg is at an #inaccessible rec centre. The closest bus stop is 2.5km away. If you go, you must be driven there. #motonormativity #disability #VisuallyImpaired

Edmonton City Council votes to not learn whether building a neighbourhood will lose the city money. After @edmontonanne.bsky.social moved to have analysis done to see if Kettle Lakes would be profitable, 7 councillors led by a "fiscal conservative" decided they'd simply rather not know.

New research finds negligible benefit from "minimum passing distance" laws requiring drivers to give cyclists space when overtaking them. Protected bike lanes are far more effective. doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Or I could have accessed the event quickly and easily by car. Of the people who came, there was an enthusiastic group of cyclists, and a lot of people complaining about losing parking and the existence of bike lanes. Maybe we would have heard more voices if transit and cycling access were better.

Recent Danish paper suggests that transit's first-mile/last-mile discourse is overblown. Pretty much any FM/LM "solution" fails to improve total welfare for distances <1km. A big reason: Walking is really healthy! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Trying out a new camera setup on the UA. I think it could be really good for Kidical Mass if I also use the extension selfie stick I have but just did a quick little ride home from school yesterday. Attached it to the 3D printed hooks with a ski helmet mount. #yycbike

Wîhkwêntôwin already works. The final neighbourhood renewal design doesn’t reflect that. You can help fix that. Read about how the current draft steps back on safety, year-round bike infrastructure, and people-first design — and how it can still be fixed. buff.ly/z3grOto #yegbike #yegcc

Institutional permission to fail is how Edmonton’s Complete Streets standards quietly allow unsafe designs to be called “compliant.” Painted lanes. Shared streets. Sidewalk-like paths. Safety traded away in the name of flexibility and legal defensibility. That’s not Vision Zero. buff.ly/WDPWf8p

Job! We’re hiring entry level transit planners/analysts in Portland, OR or Arlington, VA. jarrettwalker.com/hiring/

Wîhkwêntôwin Neighbourhood Renewal final designs are out now: buff.ly/ea557h2 There is a short engagement period, with two in person events and an online survey. We think that an important neighbourhood like this deserves a more ambitious design. #yegbike #yegcc

Introducing CanViz, my little side project over the break to make StatCan tables more accessible.

We're fostering this little guy right now, and he's the sweetest thing. He'll be up for adoption through Alberta Homeward Hound in a few weeks if you know of a good home. (www.albertahomewardhound.com)

"A new ten-year study... show that bike lanes can reduce injuries and increase bicycling rates. But only if they’re protected. According to the study, painted bike lanes showed an actual increase in bicycling injuries, as well as either only slight increases in bicycling rates."

@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social I’m making a note to share some of my video with you. Lots of #yeg, some China, almost all from the handlebars of a bike.

In October we invited all the newly elected councillors of Edmonton to experience the city's infrastructure as women using active transportation. Yesterday, we rode with Councillor Morgan. The route was snirt, crud + slush; the light flat, wind clammy. But he paid attention, asked good questions🙏🏼

Signed the petition to ban public money going to private schools in #Alberta. Since it was in a local #BookStore, I bought an #urbanist book on a whim, despite one of the endorsements being from Richard Florida

The citizen's initiative petition campaign demanding that public funds not be diverted to private schools continues, with 37 days remaining. The organizers are maintaining this website which lists when and where you can sign—or even sign up to volunteer:

I've gone rogue! I'm now fighting on two fronts as I've opened up a War on Cars and a War on Xmas. Or, am I trying to prove that cars ruin everything, even Xmas light displays? You decide! youtu.be/mECjNdINdbg

But wide sidewalks are less safe, cost more, take longer to build, and ... wait, why are we building wide sidealks again?

More evidence that safe, protected bike lanes help with traffic congestion and leads to more people biking. Hopefully one day staff at the City of Edmotnon will start reading the empirical data and start building only the infrastructure that works. We don't want anymore wasteful, unsafe projects.

Interesting-looking new study by Dawid Krysinski & colleagues on how experiencing the negative sides of car dependence can lead people to support car use restrictions doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

We might be a small bike shop but selling over a million dollars worth of cargo bikes into our local community over these last few years is something we are incredibly proud of. And inspired, by all those Calgary cargo bike families who are showing their communities a fun way to live. Bravo, you!

It's amazing what transferring a small amount of the cost of driving onto drivers can achieve! #yegcc

Collected air quality data today on a residential street that’s packed with SUVs due to the Xmas light display. It was -24°C so a fine night for a walk. @thewaroncars.bsky.social

“I don't wanna go far for stuff" My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.

"Should I chain myself to a tree over this?" A resident in Dovercourt is threatening to because an infill development is being built in her cul-de-sac. But when we look at the numbers, the area's population has halved in the last 50 years, plenty of parking. So, probably not

Street safety is *not* a shared responsibility. Rather, it's a responsibility borne by those who have the greatest power to make streets safer: Car companies, policymakers, and road designers. Stop shifting blame on those walking, biking, and driving. www.kqed.org/news/1206717...

I thought I had seen all the NIMBY arguments but apparently not. In an official appeal hearing these two points were put forward about a 5 townhome plus basement suite development: - its unconstitutional because it violates a right to privacy (presumably due to widows looking over yards) 1/

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