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My wife put a sign on our van because our daughters are learning. She left it up when she drove. She got heckled more

City Hall Talk #3 In this keynote, Mikael Colville-Andersen draws on his urbanist observations about pandemic response and from living and volunteering in Ukraine during the full-scale invasion to explore what cities r...

Save the date for May 1st for a special weekend in Edmonton with @colville-andersen.com

www.michaeljanz.ca/cityhalltalk3

YouTube video by Shifter I rode my bike in 12 different cities. Here's what I learned about cycling

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.

Where did your bike land after this crash?

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.

I’m using the free DaVinci Resolve. There are lots of tutorials on YT and it’s fairly easy to get started. I knew nothing when I started making my videos. After four years, you can barely see an improvement in my videos but my editing process is faster.

4 adults biking in a contraflow lane with a white car about to turn left Every leader should be required to ride a bike (if able) with a 6 year old before they provide any direction on bike infrastructure.

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.

I’m holding out hope for a camper version, especially if it has a pop top that sleeps 4

Somewhere, a Riese & Müller exec is angry the picture is of a Dutch Urban Arrow

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.

I kind of wish @michaeljanz.bsky.social came back with all the stuff he said is well supported in the academic literature to counter the racist’s “I don’t agree”

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

Bettman already eliminated the Stanley Cup in Canada after he became the Commish in 1993.

Car Driver and Bicyclist Behavior at Bicycle Crossings Under Different Priority Regulations In order to improve traffic safety, the Finnish Traffic Code concerning rights of way at bicycle crossings changed on the first of June, 1997. This st…

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...

I posted this earlier today. I think the City paused for the weekend but leaving the snow in the painted door zone bike lane was a choice

Line of snow piled in the painted bike lane, that is in the door zone of parked cars, while the parking and travel lanes for vehicles are clear

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

Bus directions showing a 19 minute walk from the closest bus stop to the destination

Fighting Blindness Canada invite to a meetup. ACT rec centre is inaccessible if you don’t drive

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...

What’s even happening there? Do SUVs get backed up at a stop sign so it’s “create your own dedicated right turn lane” for the drivers?

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

Since it’s near a school, I assume the worst drivers are other parents. At least that’s been my experience. The safety of THEIR kids is a top priority. The safety of other kids? “OUT OF MY WAY! I’M A DRIVER!”