I (last minute) decided to bike to Bedford today (for the first time). And although it wasn’t quite as bad as I thought it would be, it was still an expected level of bad. If my trip was in a protected bike lane for the entire length of the Bedford Hwy, I’d do it way more often.

Rather than come and fix this mess, the bike/scooter company has placed unlock credits on many of the devices in this pile up. Disentangling this mess is definitely not worth $1 to me.

After four years of demolition and construction, Halifax's Cogswell Interchange redevelopment officially opened today. 🎉 I dug out the camera that I used to photograph the highway nearly 10 years ago and took an "after" pic from the same spot. It's satisfying to flip between the two photos.

This morning I walked the kids to school and saw: twelve kids riding their bikes, three kids on scooters (one electric), one parent dropping off two kids on an electric cargo bike, and two parents dropping off single kids on acoustic bikes with extra seats. All in all a very good morning! #bikehfx

Critical Mass Ride FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26 🗓 Meeting at 6:00pm, and ready to roll out at 6:30pm. Location: Starting at City Hall (Grand Parade Square), ending at the Commons.⚾️ We will ride on paved city streets. The length of the route is around 7.5km 🌆

There is some irony in this government directive, following their own attempts to limit or remove barrier-protected bike lanes in Toronto and the rest of the province.

Yesterday afternoon I met 10-year-old Japnam in front of Shingwàkons Public School in #Stittsville. After reading the sad news of a child getting struck by a vehicle in her neighbourhood earlier this summer, Japnam started a petition asking for more speed cameras in front local schools. 1/

After four (?) months of access to my road being closed off, I'm genuinely going to miss this closure. There are 7 kids scootering, riding, and running around our street because there's minimal traffic. We don't normally have it this way! You could say it has radicalized me further.

People think it’s weird that I didn’t really get into biking until I had a child, but this is exactly why.

I’ve mentioned it before but it’s happened again: a very large percentage of our child-related travel is medium-distance trips that don’t line up well with transit (so it’s barely faster than walking) but biking is literally as fast as driving. Bike-friendly cities are family-friendly cities!

And then one day you look and see an excavator and don’t yell excavator cause the kids are too old. Goes by in a flash.

Unsurprisingly, studets are back in school, so the Covid hazard has increased. Each infection increases your potential for long-term negative effects, so wear a well-fitted make to protect yourself & others and reduce transmission.

Even if you aren’t masking anywhere else it still makes sense to wear a mask in medical settings & pharmacies because there’s a greater chance of being close to someone contagious & there are more people who are at higher risk in these places. Masking in these settings both protects you & others.

Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 13 - Sep 26, 2025 Severe: NL, PEI, SK Very high: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, North, NS, ON High: QC Moderate: none About 1 in 81 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

See folks, this is why you fact-check.

Using and abusing this hashtag. #BikeGoodMayorBad

According to Houston on 957 W/Todd, Fillmore will not be getting strong mayor powers. 👏 #bikehfx

As kid was leaving for school this morning, he asked why I was still in my pyjamas. I told him “I don’t have to work this morning. I haven’t gotten ready yet because I was taking care of other things”. He replied “but don’t forget yourself” and that thought has been with me all day.

This is a good park for humans and pets.

A 🧵 of my reflections on #KidicalMassHfx. In 2022 (our first season) our Dartmouth ride had ~12 participants. In 2023 we had 76, and in 2024 we had 90. Yesterday, 130 people rode bikes with us in Dartmouth, in support of our kids safety and independence in their communities. 1/6

“Riding on the hilly streets of downtown Dartmouth is also a demonstration that the limitations to what kids can do on their bikes are not about the geography or their physical abilities, but about the infrastructure needed to enable safe cycling.”

Absolute king at #kidicalmass this morning

Went to our first #kidicalmass Halifax this morning. I don't think it will be our last! #bikehfx

The CBC article about the antisemitic vandalism in Halifax fails to mention the white supremacist gathering yesterday that was part of an attemped nation-wide event, and the recent anti-trans vandalism. We must make these connections to effectively combat hate & drive it from our communities.

2025 Grape harvest (part 1): a few weeks earlier than usual, thanks to the drought.

We had a blast at #KidicalMassHFX this morning. There were bubbles! There were tunes! I got to borrow a cargo bike from Halifax Cycles for demos and to carry Wee Raccoon across the harbour. Thank you to everyone that makes this happen!

And it was both of these things! Around 130 kids & their families enjoying some time together on bikes on a Sunday morning never fails to lift my spirits. #KidicalMassHFX is the best way to feel some #BikeJoy

we had several blocks of joy, #kidicalmass. always love seeing #hfxbike come together, and even more when councilors come out to join us.

Some seriously big energy at #KidicalMass from the #BikeHfx crew today! Today was a strong reminder that society undermines the strength of our kids. These kids WANT TO MOVE! But we limit them so aggressively through poor policy & design decisions. Grateful for the organizers & marshalls!

Just riding bikes with all my friends ❤️ #kidicalmassHFX

Thanks for joining us at #KidicalMassHfx Sam!

A nice morning for a Dartmouth ride. Over 100 parents and kids rode from the Findlay Community Centre down to the playground at Ferry Terminal Park. Happy to have tagged along as part of kidical mass!

It's been a long week. Looking forward to #KidicalMassHFX tomorrow for a dose of hope and joy 🚲🌞

We hope to see you tomorrow! There will be a bike bus departing at 9am from under the bridge. Or we will see you at 9:30am at the Findlay Centre. Details 👇 2/2

Achievement unlocked! Took the trike across the bridge for the first time. It’s not an easy feat due to the Halifax approach to the bridge bike lane. It took dismounting, walk assist & @danp.net to push the beg buttons. This will make #KidicalMassHfx tomorrow a lot easier for me. 1/2

Draw The Line to.350.org/Z4LgS : Halifax, Sep. 20th, Grande Parade 1-4pm.

Hey #bikehfx I’m selling a RadMission 1 if you or someone you know is interested! DM for deets.

To each their own but when I shut off the world news and zoomed in on focusing on local matters, my life got much more pleasant and meaningful.

“The mayor is a co-ordinator, a coach, a quarterback, a teammate, and responsible for being the liaison between the council and senior staff.” He clearly hasn’t met the mayor of Halifax… very glad to see other municipalities against strong mayor powers!

"Children walking, biking, and taking the bus or transit to school isn’t just about transportation; it’s about teaching independence, freedom, and giving them a chance to manage and understand risk."

Bike bus day tomorrow!

Today is the day for the shirts in a particular colour. Yet, we see the continued rise of bullying from our leaders while demanding empathy from our children. I’m calling this “More Performative Bullshit Day.”

Almon St feels like a series of bike traffic experiments. Each intersection from Windsor to Isleville is different along the way. Bike boxes, protected lanes that become sharrows, weird merging lanes, bumpy green stripes, bike sensors, one of a kind crossing lights with timing just for cyclists...

The human face of climate destruction is so hard to bear. We continue to burn fossil fuels & promote overconsumption even as it kills us & everything around us. We need #ClimateActionNow Story from @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

a bike would never, just saying

Wrote to the construction company with decals on the first truck.

I contacted #Halifax communications and the city WILL NOT be giving the $50,000 to the Davis Cup. “the event no longer delivers the tourism, economic and other benefits that would have been expected had it proceeded as originally planned.”

What the moment required here was for HRM's hosting of the Davis Cup to be as expensive and embarrassing as possible, and I think we're just about there. There are still plans for demonstrations this weekend so stay tuned! #cdnpoli #nspoli #halisky

Cool, can we get our $50K back?

Maybe this should disqualify then from the HRM tourism levy funding they received? In addition to the obvious concerns about Israel; it’s disingenuous to call a closed event a “tourist attraction”.