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So pretty! Projects like this really bring the community together. This is a good reminder that there are good things happening even though it feels like such a slog.

We had an Artist in Residence program come & do that one year & it was really cool!

The crossing guards at elementary schools are grade 4 & 5 volunteers.

We had a pilot lined up, but then it all blew up and I've had to pivot. Still working on it, just have to go at it from a different angle (which is so annoying because we had the permits in place and everything!).

Yes, send them my way! I know about some, but can't hurt to look into more!

Measles is 'worse than expected' in Utah, officials say Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation.

"She’s hearing from people sick with the virus:

'A number of them clearly said if they had known, they would have vaccinated themselves and their children against measles, but they didn’t realize how bad it was.'"

What happens when we downplay disease.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Thanks!!

In my streetview image, you can see the painted curbs that Ever Active did. They've faded and people now park there all the time. Boo.

A google streetview map of King George school in Calgary with some "designs" drawn on to illustrate the street scape improvements.

Yeah, we have temporary curb extensions right now. This is what I want to do:
- Raised all ways crosswalk (still allows access to staff parking lot on the right)
- Move kiss and go back half a block
- Close half block after crosswalk until alley for school street
- Improve kiss & go traffic flow

Yes, for sure. If we could get an all ways raised crosswalk, I'd be so excited. But even raised crosswalks in Calgary are kind of meh because of provincial regulations.

Every morning someone stops there. This is just on my phone, so you can't see the crossing guard setup while I'm stopped, but they're standing on a literal sheet of ice & the cars do this. 🙄 I want to make this an all ways crossing & close the half block to my left, as a school street.

Adding bikes, plural. That’s the ticket.

So short! Imagine if I could quickly & easily plow the windrows at the 4th street crossing? So many bus riders could more easily get to their stop.

💯That would solve this problem. & arguably, would cost us less (because I will die on the hill that doing nothing comes at great cost also).

I think you're pretty darn neat too, Brett. Grateful for your voice in this space. 🥰

Took a picture of 2nd specifically to ask if it was your doing!

I want one too!

#yycbike report: Much easier riding on my NW residential route. Chunky snow has evened out a bit & even my alley is rideable. Little bit of snow on the roads, but it changed the texture of the ice enough to make for a pleasant ride.

I found it much easier riding this morning too along our residential section. The chunky ice sections seem to have evened out & I could breath a little easier. The darkness had me cursing DST though.

Turns out your lawyer friend getting involved in the snow clearing shenanigans & pulling records will get the school board taking snow clearing seriously. They had the big boy shovel out this morning! #yycbike

Stationwagons are the ultimate family of 4 car (except maybe a cargo bike 😉)

One thing I feel ought to be discussed more is the fact that basically all rural and suburban places in the US are subsidized by cities. They resent cities. They insult cities. They elect politicians who abuse cities. But none of them could survive without cities.

During COVID, cities successfully reallocated street space from cars to people. We proved it works.

It’s frustrating how quickly those changes vanished, restoring the oppressive status quo where cars dominate and people are pushed back to the margins.

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Arguably worth it. Our French immersion school is closer than the English school, but I'd have sent her either way.

1.1 km for us. I don't do the daycare run very often anymore but it's a 6 km round trip for that.

If my children making up a song about our cargo bike doesn't sell you on one...I dunno what else would. @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social #yycbike

We also have a very short commute so I can just power through and she is generally ok.

I take mine off now when it's like -10 or higher cuz I'm mostly shuttling Annika and she needs winter gear for school anyway.

I took my cover off last week because of this. We're just raw dogging it. 😂

Journey of a bike advocate. Goes on bike ride - smile emoji Experiences the danger - shocked emoji Approaches city council - straight face emoji nothing changes angry enoji person throwing a molotov cocktail Dreams of ending car culture

It all happened so fast.

@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social