Guelph On Two Wheels

Latest bit of Montreal 'bikelash' sidesteps the facts to please bike-lane haters The findings of a study about bike lanes vs car infrastructure have been twisted by a Montreal publication in a cheap bit of bikelash.

Here’s a good example of calling out liars lying about better city-building, via @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com:

“What’s particularly annoying about Roberts’ column is that he’s using his position of power to reinforce ignorance. Shame on him for doing so, but especially the Montreal Gazette…”

People who hate on others for enjoying a different kind of bicycle are doing the work of the auto lobby. All cyclists are beautiful.

I’ve seen SO many “mixed bike” couples out and about - one partner on a regular bike, one on an ebike. I love that this technology makes it so people with different physical abilities can ride together.

“Why didn’t you take a different route?” Because the safe one adds 20 minutes and two seep hills.

If cars got bike treatment, you’d riot.

Different spanks for different ranks

Guelph police launch bike safety campaign for October | CBC News Guelph police have launched a month-long campaign focused on bicycle safety. Officers will be connecting with cyclists directly to educate them about rules under the Highway Traffic Act. The move has ...

"If it's a choice between ending up in a collision versus perhaps popping out of the way onto the sidewalk where you're not supposed to be for a moment. It's down to what feels safest."

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Guelph police launch bike safety campaign for October | CBC News Guelph police have launched a month-long campaign focused on bicycle safety. Officers will be connecting with cyclists directly to educate them about rules under the Highway Traffic Act. The move has ...

From the @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social in CBC on Police enforcing against cyclists in Guelph: "Bidgood worries that the campaign unnecessarily targets cyclists rather than focusing on the root causes of safety issues, and points to the two recent deaths as well."

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Rather than heed the advice of his government’s own experts that ripping out protected bike lanes WILL NOT solve traffic congestion, Doug Ford is wasting taxpayer money and playing politics with your fundamental rights and freedoms.

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On September 19, someone's mom was killed in Guelph by the driver of a pickup truck. The driver has now been charged. (Mom was killed but her husband and 3-year-old daughter in a stroller were struck as well!!!) On August 29, a Guelph cyclist was killed by the driver of a garbage truck. The driver has now been charged. But today, the @guelphpoliceservice announce a month long campaign of enforcement against people on bikes to ensure they know the rules of the road? This is a police service demonstrating a failure to adequately respond to road safety issues. It lacks compassion and empathy for the two people (and their families) who were killed by dangerous and careless drivers. The Service should be reviewed and it's priorities dictated to it by Guelph City Council as GPS appear unable/unwilling to address the true dangers on our roadways. The lack of compassion, understanding, nuance, etc. boils our blood and rocks our faith in the Service to it's core. I doubt we are alone. Ride safe Guelph Cycling friends, the law is after you. - The Biking Lawyer

CBC News Headline: Garbage truck driver charged after cyclist killed in Guelph 37-year-old man charged with careless driving causing death CBC News · Posted: Sep 24, 2025 9:27 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 24

Guelph Today Headline: Charges now laid in Paisley Road pedestrian fatality The 19-year-old driver of the pickup truck that killed a Guelph mom crossing the road Sept. 19 has been charged with careless driving causing death

On Sep 19, a pickup truck driver killed a mother while hospitalizing her 3-year-old daughter and husband.

103 pedestrians/cyclists were killed or severely injured by motorists in #Guelph last year - none by cyclists.

GPS priorities: 🗑️

Photo Credit: @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

#RoadViolence

Yielding right of way to a pedestrian while riding a bike is a much more positive experience because you can see each others' faces.

They smile, you smile, everybody wins.

Contrast that to the nervous glance, wondering whether the invisible driver behind those tinted windows values my existence.

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Not again...

#kitchener #guelph #roadviolence

Big black title on yellow: “HATE TICKETS?” Subtitle: cameras aren’t “gotchas” or “cash grabs”—they’re basic physics. Left: black line illustration of a vandalized camera box with cracked window and graffiti “30kmh 24 hrs DAY.” Right text: cameras work as intended but the Province plans to ban them, promising “a million ways” later. Bottom caption: “Drivers hate this one weird trick: it’s called ‘going 30 in a 30.’”

“What is ASE?” Underlined definition: Automated Speed Enforcement = speed sensor + camera ticketing only over the posted limit; owner-liability fine; meant to change behaviour; frees police for higher-risk work. Bottom blue block: “What it’s NOT: It’s not a substitute for design. They’re our training wheels until we build the safety in.” Simple line drawing of a standing camera unit.

White slide with a yellow pill label reading “ASE is a tool.” Text explains that ASE buys time and saves lives while we rebuild streets to make safe speeds the default. Bold subhead: “The global perspective on ASE is simple,” followed by four points: design the danger out; use cameras where risk is highest; keep the process transparent and fair; turn cameras off once the street itself does the job. Minimal black line drawing of a fallen camera at bottom right.

Blue headline bar: “Multiple experts have made it abundantly clear: Automated Speed Enforcement works.” Body text cites: SickKids + TMU study of 250 school zones (45% reduction in speeding); Dr. Andrew Howard’s quote about speed driving injury risk; Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police support; CAA 2025 survey bullets (speeding common in residential areas; 73% slow near cameras; 52% don’t speed back up; 46% avoid ASE roads). Small “Speed Limit 30” sign icon in bottom corner.

Drivers hate this one weird trick: matching the big number on the sign to the one on your dash.

Ford wants to ban school-zone cameras + fund “a million ways” later. Great! Build them now. Don’t switch off the only thing lowering speeds today.

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Not two hours after a driver crashed his pickup truck into a family - killing the mother and injuring the child and father - an entitled driver ignored road closed signs and yelling cops while ploughing through the active investigation scene.

#ArroganceOfSpace

A square digital flyer with a cream background, rainbow border, and bold blue text reading: "BIG GAY RIDE" with a simple bike icon below. Text continues: Saturday, Sept 27, 2025 Meet-up: 9:00 AM – Roll out: 9:30 AM Location: Riverside Park – By the Pedestrian Bridge Open to Everyone Riverside Park Guelph → Bissell Park Elora

A second square flyer with the same cream background and rainbow border. Bold heading: WHAT TO EXPECT A low-pressure, supportive social ride with scenic views on the G2G and Cottontail Trails with beautiful fall colours. Time: ~2–2.5 hours in the saddle (one way) with breaks as needed. Picnic + farmers’ market in Bissell Park or grab food/coffee in downtown Elora. Option to cut some distance on the way back. Second heading: WHAT TO BRING Water, snacks, layers/gloves, sunscreen, cash/card for farmers’ market or pack food for the picnic.

🌈 BIG GAY RIDE — Sept 27, 2025
Join us for a slow, scenic, very queer fall ride from Guelph to Elora!

📍 Meet: 9:00 AM @ Riverside Park (by the pedestrian bridge)
🚴‍♀️ Roll out: 9:30 AM
Destination: Bissell Park, Elora
Community ride - open to everyone!

Request for Traffic Safety Review and Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements on Paisley Road (Alma to Silvercreek) Dear Jayne Holmes, Deputy CAO Infrastructure Development and Environment CC: Councillors Phil Allt and Michele Richardson, and Mayor Cam Guthrie We are writing as residents of the Junction Neighbour...

We have the entire neighborhood gearing up to demand change and they have started a petition.

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GCAT has been working on our "Better Streets" campaign for over a year now and we were looking at mobilizing nearby. I hope we can collectively aid this neighbourhood in any way we can.

gcat.ca/betterstreets/

If you know, you know.

Video by Biciclette d'Epoca
#bikesky

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”

City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.

I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Turns out nothing motivates like a fine in the mail.

According to Ottawa data, before #speedcameras were implemented: only 16% of drivers followed the speed limit!

🟥 Before cameras: 16%
🟧 After 3 months: 57%
🟨 After 1 year: 69%
🟩 After 3 years: 81%

That’s not just a jump it's a shift in habits!

I'll leave this here...

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‘Get rid of the speed cameras,’ Doug Ford warns municipalities after several cut down in Toronto overnight Premier Doug Ford says he plans to take matters into his own hands if Ontario municipalities don’t “get rid of the speed cameras” in short order.

In Ontario, criminal vigilantism works and will influence gov't policy.

Keep that in mind.

Say what? Vigilantism like chopping down speed cameras influences government policy now?

Brb, pouring a 5 metre-long concrete barrier in front of the McDonalds parking lot entrance.

Friendly reminder.

Road safety campaigns must speak directly to and target those that perpetrate the greatest harm.

Cycling tourism through the Greenbelt and along the Great Lakes has so much to offer Ontario’s economy, especially if we coordinate it with agri-food tourism.

Fun fact: research shows that cycling tourists tend to spend twice as much in the local economy as non-cycling tourists.

We have this exact same problem with FPTP in Canada at a provincial and federal level. Does the UK have an organisation similar to @fairvote.ca?

Advertise your account with just one image.

My son riding his bike on a gravel rail trail

My 5-year-old was happily biking ahead of us and stopped at a stop sign. We watched from 30 feet behind as an SUV sailed through their stop sign without stopping and without even slowing down or looking up. My son had the right of way. If he had gone - my heart can hardly bear thinking about it.

Lies.

They’re called lies.

Please call them that.