Courage in the face of #ucp pressure tactics. Kudos @carrietait.bsky.social !

We will be on the Taproot Exchange today to talk about the upcoming municipal budget. If you aren't already a member, consider joining - they are a great local news organization! buff.ly/UMWMPh4 Join us at noon: buff.ly/Jk3AymT #yeg #yegbike @taprootedmonton.ca

NEW BLOG POST There's been a lot of speculation as to how much MLI select has been driving small-scale infill in Edmonton. With an ATIP request, here is a good guess. 👇 www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/ml... #yeg #yegcc #yimby

City Council wants to end seven of their Advisory Committees buff.ly/JM8f13u This is a bad idea. The City already struggles at times to hear and reflect the voices of residents, especially people who are often underrepresented in public processes and within administration itself. #yeg #yegbike

The Bike Lane Gender Gap: New Research Shows Women Ride More Where Protected Infrastructure Exists. momentummag.com/the-bike-lan...

Great to see @michaeljanz.bsky.social @edmontonanne.bsky.social @aaronpaquette.bsky.social and @erinrutherford.bsky.social signing for Edmonton!

Mark those calendars! Club officially returns for its 2026 season on May 6th! We are going to continue with our 6:30 PM departure from the Wîhkwêntôwin Pool parking lot. As best as we can, ride details will be posted the night before. See you soon!

A common thread among newer cyclists is realizing just how awful drivers are. There are things you simply don't notice — behavior that has been normalized — when you mostly drive. Biking, walking, or rolling through the world changes that.

The UCP LOST 34 out of 46 seats in Edmonton (0/20) and Calgary (12/26) in the last election. No wonder Danielle thinks she has to cheat to hold onto power by gerrymandering. #Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg

Please take a second to ask for pedestrian access across 66st. #yegbike So far the yellowhead renewal has been a disaster for pedestrians and cyclists without any dedicated safe crossings added.

IF YOU BUILD A BIKE LANE THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANOTHER BIKE LANE THEN YOU DIDN'T BUILD A BIKE LANE

The first 17-km stretch of the Bow Valley Parkway from Banff will be closed to motor traffic and open to bikes and people only from May 1 to June 25, 2026. Prioritize this on your family/social calendar. www.banfflakelouise.com/experiences/...

Edmonton folks! I’m looking to interview a first-time buyer for a story i’m writing. If this is you or someone you know, send me a DM for further details. Thanks in advance!

Riese and Muller leaving the US market. This is a big loss for the cargo bike community in the US. Why? Trump's tariffs. www.r-m.de/en-us/press/...

Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has foolishly cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, and homelessness is predictably now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if lazy political ideology doesn’t get in the way.

Steps from the west LRT and Jasper Place transit centre. 4 x 8 townhouse complex. This is density “where it makes sense”. This is affordability and climate action enabling car—light or car-free living.

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

If you perform yard cleanup this (gorgeous) weekend, you're committing pollinator-cide. It's not time yet. The bugs and bees are still sleeping. Leave your leaves and delay yard cleanup until it warms up consistently. Don't kill the bees.

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

Next Saturday, April 25th, join us for our biggest ever one-day bike sale! 11am-3pm at Bike Edmonton 10612 105 Ave Over 125 ready-to-ride bikes will be unleashed onto the streets of Edmonton with new riders. #yegbike bikeedmonton.ca/springsale

Annoyingly stressful day at work but I used the summer bike for my commute this morning. Means I get a LOVELY ride home to decompress. Not saying my winter bike sucks but.. my gravel bike is just more fun.

Yes! Cyclists (and all people outside of cars) are not 'vulnerable road users'. We are just people, it's the crimes of drivers that makes public spaces unsafe and the people in them (drivers included) vulnerable.

Danielle Smith has a plan to destroy public health care in Alberta—and she’s not doing it alone. Documents and lobbying records reveal the government is consulting directly with Canada’s private insurance giants on how to implement two-tier health care, reports @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social

There is a reason that we do not have MLAs decide on electoral boundaries. Tossing out the Electoral Boundaries Commission and replacing it with a UCP-dominated committee is not just a bad idea. It is really bad for democracy. Ask the US, ask Hungary. This is not normal!

I legitimately think that reducing car dependence would improve a lot of social issues stemming from isolation/lack of community, probably more than we know.

Metal fenders and ice build up means I don't need to use my bell as much. The pedestrians can hear the saw blade coming behind them. (I do still ring, and verbal, cause I'm a polite person) Hopefully I'll be able to switch bikes for the commute soon!

If the UCP goes forward with this plan to gerrymander Alberta's electoral boundaries, Albertans of all partisan persuasions will be called upon to push back. And hard. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/drawing-th...

Are the Alberta NDP going to get a new leader or are they just going to concede the next election? Asking for a friend.

Still think failing to take common sense action on climate change isn’t that big a deal? Losing chocolate is probably the 14365th most serious consequence of our failure to act.

“The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle, also known as Brandolini’s Law, states that the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.” Useful article. As we look at solutions though, our priority is demanding upstream leadership. #UrbanTruth

I’m criticizing this because it’s a bad public policy move, regardless of what “team” it comes from. Would you criticize it if Poilievre did it? Then you have to if Carney does it. I criticized it when Poilievre raised it as an idea, because it was wrong. Carney is smart enough to know it’s wrong.

I thought Carney was a builder of infrastructure? With $2.4 billion, we could quickly get to incredible levels of intercity bus service. Medical appointments, family visits, vacations, etc could all be done without a car. Instead, the people who can afford a car will save ~$5 per tank.

So far this government has: - removed EV mandates (and moreover paused rebates to stall the market) - removed carbon tax - removed low carbon electricity policy - removed gasoline tax - removed oil and gas cap when does the Canadian Federal government do climate policy?

My bike has changed the way I interact with my city and provides a more joyful way of getting around. It also takes away the “where am I going to park” stress and gives me quiet time to decompress.

I love how some people are like "biking doesn't specifically work for me so fuck your advocacy and fuck using our tax dollars to fund its infrastructure".

I had some light errands at my local big box to do today. It was too nice to only do that little ride, so a trip to a LBS. Then running into friends and going for lunch. The best use of a nice Saturday afternoon! And first ride of the summer bike of the year. I missed that bike far too much.

NEW: Justice Shaina Leonard ordered a stay on counting separatist referendum petition signatures until she rules on whether the petition should have been approved. www.albertanativenews.com/court-grants...

An honest public discussion of Edmonton's financial albatross, and by a sitting councillor no less. Bravo @michaeljanz.bsky.social! money quote: "The road budget is denying neighbourhoods the swimming pool, library, playground, or alleyway repairs they need." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Edmonton has only one source of water: The North Sask. Danielle Smith will sell us down the river, for coal. Thankfully we have people like @corblund.bsky.social and @waternotcoalab.bsky.social putting in the time, effort and money to keep our headwaters safe, for generations. It's time to sign.

I've been thinking about signing up as a canvasser for this and finally did it just now. Thanks Troy!

Maybe it's time to join the high seas again. We have Prime just for the shows but jfc this is bullshit.

Mayor @jeromyyyc.bsky.social, it's my great hope that yours won't be just another #KickTheCanCouncil. As such I greatly look forward to seeing your replacement solution as was promised to Calgarians. When can we expect it? (Reminding you below of an immutable fact of city building.) #yyc #yyccc

Why do I care about this database? Because the Edmonton Journal had to fight the City of Edmonton for public access to this information — twice. First, most importantly, my predecessor Elise Stolte through freedom of information requests in 2017 #yeg edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

“That’s the kind of stuff that really frustrates Edmontonians and gives neighbourhood renewal a bad name." City admits it ‘missed’ windrow removal on 132 Avenue redesign #yeg #yegcc edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Off to #AEWDynamite tonight!

Man, drivers are full fucking stupid today.

Elections Alberta is concerned that separatists may be funded by USA. Alberta Government lawyer argues that there is no evidence of that, yet separatists refuse to file financial disclosure. Why is Alberta Governement defending separatists in court? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

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