The official mascot of Calgary's housing strategy

Single family homes are the most luxurious type of housing. That’s why nearly every rich person lives in one.

This was SO STRIKING to me when I became a parent and I've searched high and low to find books that show any mode of transportation other than cars/trucks. One of my favourites is Taro Gomi's Bus Stops, which normalizes everyday people taking the bus. pageskensington.com/item/BYvNReU...

Well fellow women, what else can we ruin?

My favourite thing about Zohran-mania is the notion that it's cool and fine to ride the bus. 🚌

Are we sending out kids to school in red tomorrow?

Can confirm.

Fun fact about Calgary's new City Council: there are as many councillors-elect named Mike/Myke as there are women.

For the past year, I've been doing an embedded "ethnographic" study of Calgary's election. As a consequence, I've mostly kept quiet about it. It'll still be months before I have qualitative results to share, but in the meantime, here are some results from our pre-election survey. #yyccc #yycvote

Voter turnout in today's municipal election will be historically low because everyone will be spending the entire day trying to get through on the phone line to book our children's Covid vaccines...

If you're affordable home plan is just decaying bungalows you actually have a slum plan

This video surprised me, and is very relevant to Alberta municipal elections happening this month. Albertans are right to be wary of UCP meddling in municipal affairs, but I wonder if we're missing out with a wholesale rejection of a party system.

Sad I didn’t make it to #YIMBYtown this year, but at least I can relive the magic through my coffee mug. @housingnowto.bsky.social @russilwvong.bsky.social @nzorach.bsky.social

Join us on Sunday, September 21, 2025 for our second Kidical Mass YYC ride. This family friendly bike ride will start at 10:30 am. Meet at Deville Coffee Kensington at 10 am and ride together through Sunnyside before heading over to Riley Park Playground.

Ward 7 could have been so easy. It's been demoralizing to watch things go off the rails due to petty politicking, classic progressive purity testing, and old grudges (and frankly, a ton of sexism). Are we ever going to learn our lesson?

A well-deserved endorsement!

"A municipality is a corporation." - Section 4 of the Municipal Government Act We are electing a board of directors in October.

McElroy is bang on. City councils are not parliaments, which are designed to be antagonistic. City councils are boards of governance. Different rules and standards apply.

I wrote something for @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #yycbike #yegbike #BikeTO #BikeHFX

Is it really about bike lanes Alberta?

Kidical Mass YYC is only 11 days away. We've got a new linktree set up & are looking for volunteers to help marshal: linktr.ee/kidicalmassyyc Hoping some of my #yycbike friends are up for helping us give these kiddos a great first ride!

Gonna unpack this a bit. There are at least two groups of left-leaning folks here that @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social is mixing up. 1)left-leaning housing policy folks like @cwhitzman.bsky.social, Alex Hemingway who want tenure neutrality because housing (and tax) policy should be equitable to renters

The main source of noise in cities is… cars. Dense walkable and bikeable neighbourhoods allow people to reduce their vehicle use and thus the noise level of their environment.

This is my entire parenting philosophy

Not to mention that these effective solutions are also relatively simple, inexpensive, and easy to implement (once you get past the political hurdles).

“Making it easier to get around by transit, bicycle and on foot is not an ideological stance, it’s an acknowledgement that space on the road has to be shared among many users. However, instead of accepting this reality, too many city politicians fight rearguard actions to preserve the status quo. “

Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.

Living near transit can save you up to $10K a year. It also means shorter commutes, more time at home, and cleaner air. Let’s build smarter. Curious what you’re spending on transport? Use this tool to find out: tinyurl.com/8fd34jht

Has anyone else watched the Pitt? Are you ok? How long does the emotional recovery take?

Live every day like it’s Bike to Work Day.

Limiting midrise density to arterial roads is a fundamentally regressive policy that primarily benefits the upper classes. The science is unequivocal that this exposes people, usually renters, to higher amounts of pollution. The left would benefit from jettisoning this idea.

I thought I had finished writing my paper on the bubonic plague only to be told I had to redo all my citations according to the Avignon Manual of Style.

Welcome to the club!

CARGO BIKE MEETUP CALGARY! June 1st. 12-3pm Tuxedo Playground Park 2925 Centre St N Cookies! Coffee! Cargo bikes! Community! ...and...Jeremy from The Sprawl will be there with his super cool mobile printing press. Please RT and share! #yycbike

Who on earth would come to a #Janeswalk at 9am on a chilly Sunday morning to listen to me and David talk about restrictive covenants? Lots of people apparently! Thanks to everyone who attended.

Great stuff from my pals at @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social I love St. Jane as much as the next urbanism nerd, but we are due for a critical look at her legacy. (I’m sure the current owners of her Annex home love having randos like us taking pictures in front of it)

The concert was pretty good, but the one cello extra in the navy suit was out of compliance with the dress code #calgaryphil #YoYoMa

No sleep till Carleton.

@aztrumpet.bsky.social and I did two neighbourhoods worth of lit drops today by bicycle and it was a joy.

Lots of talk about strategic voting in Calgary Confederation. Your vote is your vote, and there's no such thing as a wasted vote. But this is a close race between myself and Jeremy Nixon. Working together, we can get a different kind of representation for Calgary Confederation.

So this is what I've been doing this election

So often when I go to the polls it’s to vote against someone. It’s a new and different experience to actually be enthusiastically voting FOR someone this time. Looking forward to being represented by @coreyhogan.ca

It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.

Everything is going great! Reading the news is relaxing! I sleep well thinking about the state of the world! What an April Fools Joke I have played on you all!

If city council/planners actually planned for affordability, they’d ban mansions, not apartments. They’d have lot size maximums, not lot size minimums. They’d have higher fees per sq ft of mansion, not apartments. They’d charge the rich in mansions more, not everyone else in apartments.

Carney running in Nepean. Poilievre in Carleton. Just two Laurentian elites Laurentian eliting.

Truly the worst intersection. A constant reminder that your life is worth nothing in the face of driver convenience.

This has got to be one of the most dangerous intersections for pedestrian safety in the city. I used to cross here regularly, but have stopped in recent years because I don't want to be killed by a speeding Impala.