Guelph made a little history with our first Bike Bus! We rolled out from City Hall with bubbles, music & most importantly kids! This is how trust grows & streets change. Thank you to volunteers who made this little bit of magic happen 🚲✨
#BikeBus #BicycleMayor #VisionZero #BYCS #SafeStreets
Blue graphic block with seatbelt icons and text: seatbelts were “controversial” until outcomes beat outrage; speed cameras are in the same phase and work until concrete catches up. Below, paragraph explains why new safety measures feel like overreach and disruption, followed by Ontario examples: seatbelts (1976), booster seats, keeping kids out of the front seat, and smoke-free cars with minors—each became normal once outcomes were clear.
Yellow ripped banner headline: “Real leadership doesn’t feed frustration. It listens to experts, weighs evidence and considers lived experience.” Paragraphs state leadership is holding steady through discomfort and rejecting sensationalism; experts agree ASE reduces harm; communities walking and crossing daily confirm it. Bold line: “Lived experience matters,” with examples of parents, disabled neighbours, elders, school staff, cyclists, and pedestrians; concludes their stories are frontline data.
Blue headline bar. Body: bold “Bottom line,” stating we’ll take a million ways to reduce speeds—build them now. Next paragraph: until the street makes speeding difficult by design, don’t remove a tool already lowering speeds in school and community safety zones. Closing line: “Cameras are our training wheels. We ditch them when the street can balance on its own.” Black silhouette of Toronto skyline with CN Tower.
Blue header with a trillium graphic. Text: “Make it additive, not subtractive”—fund Complete Streets infrastructure now and keep ASE active until concrete catches up; “Why” paragraph says these designs permanently lower operating speeds and ASE is the bridge. Second section: “If you insist on deactivation,” fund and deploy interim protection the same week; “Why” explains removing deterrence without substitution lets speeds creep back up.
#SchoolZones #TrafficCalming #SpeedCameras #ASE #SafeStreets #RoadSafety #DataOverDrama #PhysicsOverPolitics #KidsFirst #Transparency #FairProcess #CompleteStreets #BYCS #BicycleMayor #HumanInfrastructure #Ontario #ONPoli #VisionZero
Humbled to see my appointment as Guelph’s first Bicycle Mayor included in the recent Women in Urbanism newsletter. Representation truly matters. Women, femmes, queer folks & marginalized voices belong in shaping safer, more equitable cities.
#WomenInUrbanismCanada #WomenInUrbanism #BicycleMayor
A cyclist was killed yesterday in Guelph.
We’re grieving as a community but we’re also refusing to accept this as normal.
I wrote about grief, community care, and what we do next to put our heartache,fear and anger into real change together.
#VisionZero #Guelph #BicycleMayor #BYCS #SafeStreets
Title: "The Cost of Car Ownership in Canada." Text explains car ownership is one of the top three household expenses in Ontario. Visual includes a car and credit card icons, and the line: “You feel it every time you swipe your card… now don’t forget to add $1,370/month for a car.”
Quote from Doug Ford: "We are taxed to death… put money in the peoples' pockets." A blue banner labeled “We’re Taxed to Death” asks if it’s really taxes draining budgets — or the $16,000/year cost of car ownership.
Infographic titled “Housing, Food, and Transportation Already Eat the Largest Share of Household Incomes.” A house, car, grocery bag, and wallet are shown with arrows pointing from them to the wallet, representing spending. A blue text box reads: “StatsCan says that car ownership now takes an average of 15% of household income.” Below, a caption adds: “For very low-income families, it can eat up over a quarter of their income. Making car ownership feel more like financial stress than freedom!”
Text-heavy slide with yellow header. Lists data on rising vehicle prices, used car loans with high interest, and debt traps for drivers. Blue box below reads: “Despite what the commercials tell you: freedom isn’t always a car payment,” followed by a paragraph about transportation choice and dignity.
You’re paying the price of car dependence whether you drive or not! It shows up in your rent, your groceries, your taxes, and your time lost in traffic. The reality: transportation is one of the biggest drains on all of us.
#Affordability #OnPoli #Transit #BYCS #BicycleMayor #BicycleMayorNetwork
We all said the same thing: without safe, connected bike routes and transit between communities, families stay stuck in cars.
If you want kids on bikes, build connections — not isolation.
#KidicalMass #HamOnt #BicycleMayor #StreetsForKids #StreetsForEveryone
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Helmets don’t have to be boring.
Riding safe doesn't have to be bland.
Be safe. Be seen. Pedal on.
#Cycling #BikeLife #HamOnt #BicycleMayor #BeSafeBeSeenPedalOn #HelmetUp
It's no surprise that the increase in US tarrifs are affecting vehicle prices.
Hot take: You shouldn’t need a car loan to get groceries, pick up your kid, or visit your doctor.
Affordable mobility = protected infrastructure, safe sidewalks, reliable transit.
#TransportationEquity #BicycleMayor
Capture d'écran du logiciel DaVinci Resolve sur lequel je monte la vidéo.
La vidéo est bientôt finie ! #bicyclemayor #mairevélo
Grown-ups, it’s time to listen up and build the world they already see so clearly.
I can't wait to keep learning myself from our young leaders and I'm really happy to join @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social this weekend!
#ontariocycling #transportationequity #bycs #BicycleMayor #bycbicyclemayornetwork
This will always be a transparent unpaid labour of love - I just need help with the operational costs!
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#BicycleMayor #Guelph #MutualAid #BikeAdvocacy #MobilityJustice #ActiveTransportation #SafeStreets #CommunityCare #PeoplePowered #HumanFocused
Let's give the #BicycleMayor of #Guelph a warm welcome to Bluesky!
#bikeguelph #urbanism #bikesky
Still rolling. Still advocating. Still riding Life Behind Bars.
#NotQuiteDoneYet #ActiveTransportation #RoadSafety #KidicalMass #CycleHamilton #BicycleMayor #CompleteStreets #VisionZero #LifeBehindBars
As the Bicycle Mayor, Ahlers connects with over 150 cycling activists in 34 countries, bridging local concerns with global support.
“It’s about advocating for sustainable mobility,” she says.
#BicycleMayor #SustainableTransport
Have you heard the news?! Our very own Mark Anderson is the #BicycleMayor of Hamilton!!
Mark is dedicated to fostering inclusivity, strengthening mutual support, and celebrating diversity as a vital asset. For Mark, cycling has been a transformative experience that inspired him
As the #BicycleMayor of #Hamilton, Mark is dedicated to fostering inclusivity, strengthening mutual support, and celebrating diversity as a vital asset. For Mark, cycling has been a transformative experience that inspired him to actively engage in advocacy, community-building,
