Let's Bike There YEG

Join us to celebrate the 132 Avenue mobility lanes! These lanes provide a safe way for kids and families to roll along 132 Ave, which is home to many schools and recreation facilities.

Let’s make this our biggest Kidical Mass yet! Be ready to ride at 11am!

www.letsbikethere.com/kidical-mass...

Good ideas in this episode about reframing anti-car messaging to, e.g. "pro-children’s autonomy," unfortunately I think there’s likely a degree of motonormativity/tipping point percentage of kids who walk/bike to school, below which the the whole concept of children’s autonomy becomes a fringe idea.

Minister Dreeshen’s comments and overreach into local projects has been deeply concerning 🚨 We must speak up for municipal autonomy and safe streets that support all community members regardless of their needs, abilities or chosen mode of transportation #yegbike 👉 win.newmode.net/pathsforpeop...

Less than 25 percent of Americans walk for more than ten minutes continuously in a typical week Many people in the U.S. do not walk, bike or engage in other forms of active transportation, missing an important opportunity to improve their cardiovascular health, concludes a new study.

Automobile dependence erodes public health in many ways: blunt force trauma (#1 cause for children and young adults), air pollution (CVD, asthma), noise pollution (QoL, dementia) but perhaps the most pernicious is that it has almost completely displaced walking. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...

Let’s Bike There YEG Playground Meetup Saturday, February 24 11am-1pm Holy Child School Playground 99 Ave & 111 St Grab coffee at Stopgap (9749 111 St) and meet us there! www.letsbikethere.com

Join us next weekend for our February playground meetup - Winter Cycling Congress edition! #yegbike #yegkids www.letsbikethere.com/monthly-play...

Thank you to all who donated towards the Holiday Hamper. We raised $550 in total! We did the big shop this morning and will be heading to the Expo Centre in an hour or so to pick up the last couple items from the Holiday Hamper program organizers and deliver everything to the family.

A collection of 12 product photos with the headline: "Lets Bike There YEG Holiday Gift Guide"

Looking for gift ideas for the everyday cyclist in your life? We've put together a list of some of our faves! www.letsbikethere.com/holiday-gift...

Our next meetup is Dec 9 for @yegccl @pathsforppl Open Streets night on Candy Cane Lane. More deets on our website: letsbikethere.com #yegbike

Stolen bicycles are twice as likely to be recovered in Edmonton, Canada (33%, vs 15% overall), due in part by police coordinating with the Bike Index online registry, reported in research by Achituv Cohen and friends:

Our next cargo bike playground meetup is this Monday, November 13, from 11am to 1pm. We'll check out the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Natural Playground and set up at a nearby fire pit with some hot chocolate and s'mores to share. #yegbike

Later tonight we'll send out our first ever e-mail newsletter! Join our mailing list now to get in on all the latest LetsBikeThereYEG happenings: eepurl.com/iDAkic #yegbike

Shared with co-organizers here. There are four of us in Edmonton.

Unanimous vote for WhatsApp as a first choice for our organizing team. But we can also install the others if needed.

I am also an old fogey (despite working in tech!) and like WhatsApp best but I will go with whatever the majority wants (and have inquired with my co-organizers on their preference too). I probably just need to dial in my notification settings to get discord or slack to work better for me.

On 17 September, I participated in the Fancy Women Bike Ride as an ally. Events like this ride are important to raise awareness of the different needs differ... Fancy Women Bike Ride

Our ally Darcy has created a video about last Sunday's Fancy Women Bike Ride in Edmonton, and posted it on his "Bike Bike, Nudge Nudge" YouTube channel!
#FWBRyeg
#WomenRideBikes
#RidingInHeels

#yegbike #yegcc come see your city on the big screen!

Kidical Mass is steadily making it's way across Canada. Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, and now Edmonton too!

Who rides in Kidical Mass? - families with grown-ups and children all on their own bikes or scooters - grown-ups carrying children on adult bikes (kid seats, trail-a-bikes, trailers, cargo bikes) - grown-ups without children

No matter your age, we'd love to see you at our ride on October 1st! Aspen Gardens to Greenfield, 3pm. More info at letsbikethere.com

Friends, I test-rode a very fancy e-cargo bike this afternoon, and it felt like a scene in a bad movie where the hitherto dull, b&w landscape suddenly EXPLODES into colour. Oh my god!!

Urban Planning Opinion Progression xkcd.com/2832

How to start a bike bus at your local school Everything you need to know to start your own bike bus, or help out one in your neighborhood.

“You can’t smoke within 50 feet of a school,” Stutts said, “but you can bring your car practically in the front office.”

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante laughs in the face of some auto racing magnate as she reclaims her city's roads from cars and trucks.

You have to love that this story about Mayor Valérie Plante reclaiming Montreal's streets from cars and trucks is illustrated with a photo of the mayor appearing to laugh in the face of some Formula 1 auto racing big wig. A+ for the NYT Photo Editor. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/w...

Visit our website to find out all about our playground meetups and our upcoming Kidical Mass Ride on October 1! #yegbike

Looking for all the #yegbike content on Bluesky? We made a custom feed for that: bsky.app/profile/did:...

picture of a happy dog sitting in the front of a cargo bike

I know we can't buy our way out of the climate crisis, but the joy I feel every time I ride my cargo bike makes me feel like it should be a thing.

Daytime; women dressed in fancy styles ride bicycles in Edmonton.

2023 Fancy Women Bike Ride was a stellar success in Edmonton! Wildfire smoke notwithstanding, about 65 women, girls and a few men, came on the 8km slow roll. We had such fun!
Get ready for a whole lot of cycling sisterhood photos!

#BicycleSkeet
#WomenRideBikes