Bike lanes enable one of the cheapest, most enjoyable and energy efficient forms of transportation available. That’s it. How is that “woke”? To me woke is just anything that cantankerous morons don’t like now.
Nope don’t care. People need to clean out their garages and park on their own property.
One thing I’ll never give a shit about is street parking. If you need to park do it on your property or a parking lot. I don’t care if your garage has all your grandmas furniture. Move your stupid vehicles off the road.
Anyway the ice is super slippery today (around 0 Celsius) so if you have a dirty old winter bike with studs ride that. Or stay off the ice. Don’t be like me.
I hit a 50 ft patch of ice on a neighbourhood trail this morning. I thought I could roll on it but nope. The back wheel went sideways, I put my foot down, which also slipped. I didn’t fall but I kind of did the splits and tweaked my right upper calf muscle trying to not go down. #yegbike
I’ve read a definition. I believe I understand the meaning and I believe it’s a thing. I still don’t understand how it relates to someone’s ability to use ETS. Is the suggestion that people should use transit inherently ableist? Is wondering what the barriers are ableist?
It seems I’m not engaging in good faith? I’m not sure you’re engaging in good faith either. Alice Wong has written a lot of stuff, anything about ETS specifically? Seems like people just want to shit on ETS for reasons they are unwilling to explain.
So many questions. DATs isn’t an equivalent to what? Who can’t use it? Why can’t they use it? Whats the actual problem? Why did you capitalize BECAUSE?
Can you provide some context? I see people with disabilities on ETS all the time. The system works for lots of people, but I’m not saying it can’t be better. What is the actual issue that makes it hard for you to use transit and how could it be better?
Edmonton Alberta? Transit is not unaccessible here.
@aaronpaquette.bsky.social
Hi Aaron, hope you are well. Just wondering if you can encourage the city to clear the new MUP along manning between 153 and 137 avenue. I’m not sure the snow clearing team knows it’s there. Thanks.
It’s cool that we got a new shared use trail in the northeast along manning between 153 and 137 avenues but apparently they haven’t worked them into the snow clearing schedule. This is what it looked like on Sunday before it snowed again. #yegbike
Send them up to the northeast for me. The 153 avenue MUP is slick ice and the new trail on Manning between 153 and 137 really has not been touched, it’s just packed down and it’s all puddles and slush with ice underneath. Unusable, however the inner neighbourhood roads are bike-able.
But you can, it’s just slower.
A shot of the capital line bike path near 119 avenue. It looks good but it was very soft.
The worst sidewalk I encountered yesterday on 66 street and Fort road. I downloaded the 311 app for this one. “Way too much snow “ was the report.
The bike parking situation at Victoria Fine Meats. Pretty good.
I finally got out for a decent ride yesterday. It had been a couple of weeks and I noticed rust forming on my studs when I filled up tires. Best spots to bike were the short and infrequent stretches of clear pavement on the road. Not an easy ride but it was a beautiful sunny day. #yegbike
He was fun to watch. In 23 and 24 he reminded me of Damon Allen, especially against the Riders. I hope someone gives him another chance.
Perfect rink flooding temperature. #YEG
A bike parked in a heap of snow in Edmonton Alberta, January 2026.
Well that was wishful thinking. Here’s an update on the bike parking situation at the Manning Crossing Safeway. #yegbike
FYI they do that here too. The snow on 144 avenue between 50-66 street is all piled in the middle.
Riding a bike in the winter is more like embracing winter rather than winter defiance. Did the guy in shorts just leave his truck running all the time?
Hopefully in a week or two the paths will be clear and I can stop thinking about fat-tire bikes.
A bike locked to a bike rack sitting in several inches of snow in Edmonton Alberta.
Quite treacherous out there today. Conditions dictate riding on cleared sidewalks and walking the bike across intersections where there is car traffic. I saw lots of foot tracks in places that need to be cleared but few bike tracks. Be careful if you try it. #yegbike
Someone messed up. I spotted this van wedged between a tree and a light pole 66 street and 144 avenue. #yeg #edmonton
Slippery shared use trail on 50th street near 146 avenue in Edmonton Alberta.
Conditions in the northeast are no good. Couple cm of slush everywhere. Very slippery.
Yes the trails inside the parks are well maintained in my experience. If you have studded tires it’s no problem. On my way to the park there were some short stretches not cleared like the Yellowhead overpass on Victoria Trail.
The city should take a sidewalk tractor around and wind row all the snirt into a nice pile 4ft from the curb. Make a temporary winter bike lane.
Good bike weather this weekend. Cold but sunny and calm. Toque, neck warmer and ski gloves were required yesterday, but I made it a 25 km round trip to the Highlands neighbourhood to pick up a capo and some pepperoni. There was a detour though Rundle, Gold Bar and Capilano parks. #yegbike.
Ok where do I get one of those things or how do I make one? Lots of the trails in my neighborhood are pretty lumpy already.
