A woman wearing a mint green helmet takes a selfie of her and a woman wearing a purple helmet with a bridge, canal, and castle in the background.
I had a fun time playing bike tour guide with @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social in a special #KidicalMassHfx meets #KidicalMassOttawa mash-up today 🎉.
Jillian (& @envirojen.bsky.social) really ignited my spark for doing this movement building here. It was so nice to chat and share wins & challenges.
4 people are biking, an adult with purple jack, an adult with Orange safety vest, a young kid with pink helmet and blue handlebar streamers, and another youngester with purple helmet and pink skirt. They are riding in the street. A sign on the pole beside says municipal speed camera. The next sign says share the road.
I was the sweeper for this morning's #KidicalMassOttawa bike ride. These two little ones did a super job.
So does this ASE Safety Camera. There are 3 elementary schools located on this stretch of 4 lane road. The camera helps keep kids safe NOW & collects funds for more permanent changes. 1/2
Lots of people with bikes and balloons on a schoolyard
People biking around the school. The person right in the centre of the photo has a bike trailer loaded up with a strider bike and balloons.
A beautiful morning for biking in Orleans. Thanks to everyone who joined us for #KidicalMassOttawa
A colourful design with Kidical Mass Ottawa logo, 2025, bubbles with dates (May 3, June 28, July 26 and Sept 27 Location Orleans). A person is riding a box-style cargo bike with 3 kids and a dog inside. Another kid bikes on their own yellow bike next to them. Logos at the bottom for School Streets Ottawa, For Our Kids and Bike Ottawa.
We are excited to announce the final ride of our 2025 season - on a new date - so we have an updated poster!
kidicalmassorleans2025.eventbrite.ca
🎈🚲👦🏼🚲🥳🚲🎊🚲👧🏾🚲☀️🚲💚🚲🍭🚲🪅🚲👶🏻
#OttCity #Ottawa #OttBike #OttEvents #KidicalMass #StreetsForKids #StreetsForEveryone #KidicalMassOttawa
Thanks for covering #KidicalMassOttawa, although my joy is replaced with grief hearing that another person in Ottawa was killed while biking today. 😢
We advocate safe streets for kids, but streets that are safe for kids are safer for us all.
One of my favourite parts of #KidicalMassOttawa rides is seeing brand new cargo bikes. Two of today's had their first rides ever within the past month!
These bikes are absolute game changers for families and I love to see them being adopted.
Happy to have your support Councillor! 🥳. And yes, bring water - and sunscreen. And if you're really eager, bathing suits and towels (the wading pool opens at noon)! #KidicalMassOttawa #OttCity
Some cows in a fenced-in area with blues skies and green grass around.
Sneak peak of tomorrow's route -and potential special guests 🐮🐮🐮
Meet 9:30am at Meadowvale Terrace Park, Ride departs at 10am, storytelling and BYO snacks back at the park between 10:45-11am.
#KidicalMassOttawa #SafeStreetsForKids
To focus on something less sad for a minute... Let's think of some fun (possibly 🏳️🌈🌈) things we can bring to the next #KidicalMassOttawa ride:
- flags
- pinwheels
- popsicles?!
- face paint
- hair chalk
- stickers
- musical instruments, brass or otherwise
What other ideas have you got Ott?
The video that sums up today's ride. It was wet, but still so much fun.
Thanks for coming out and see you again in July (🤞🏼 for a nice sunny day)!
#OttBike #StreetsForKids #KidicalMass #KidicalMassOttawa
A rainy pathway from Hurdman train station
We ride rain or shine (though not 🌩️🌪️). So yes, we are still going this morning after storms end which should be soon!
We're going to start at 10:15 instead of 10 to accommodate.
Hope to still see you there.
#KidicalMassOttawa
A photo of a group of people biking including a number of kids, the one closest to the camera has two balloons on the back of their bike. At the top is the Kidical Mass logo and at the bottom a pink and orange paint swoosh and text that says Join us on Saturday!
It's a Kidical Mass Ottawa week!!
Saturday morning we meet at Alta Vista Park at 9:30am to decorate bikes followed by a fun ride together at 10am. More details: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kidical-ma...
Hope to see you there!
#OttBike #KidicalMassOttawa
A kid wearing a pink helmet bikes up a pathway through a park. Other kids and adults follow for quite a distance.
I'm still buzzing after our great #KidicalMassOttawa event yesterday. Kidical Mass feels like transporting into the future. A future that is greener, slower, happier, more caring. It is a future that those who gather share and are actively creating together and in other parts of their life. 1/2
👋🏼 Hi BlueSky, #BikeSky, #OttBike,
We are #KidicalMassOttawa - a bike ride with a purpose: safe streets for kids 🚲👧🏼🎉👦🏽🚴🏽♀️👧🏿🎶👦🏻.🚵🏻♂️
Our 2025 season is starting soon. Join us May 3rd in #NewEdinburgh KMONewEd.eventbrite.ca
Yes, so many important things for wellbeing and dignity are seen as extras. When we plan #KidicalMassOttawa trying to find places with a playground, unlocked bathroom, shelter, and safe routes nearby is a real challenge. But really shouldn't these things always be together 🙇🏼♀️
Do you have a kids list too @envirojen.bsky.social? We were thinking about doing a #KidicalMassOttawa x Queer Bike Club drag storytime at some point this summer and I have some books in mind, but could always use more!
I know we have a massive snowstorm forecast for tomorrow, but there must also be a bit of spring in the air - I'm hearing a lot of interest in #KidicalMassOttawa rides and bike buses.
A group is people are looking at a screen and Cassie standing against a wall with many hanging bikes. On the screen is a picture of a baby in a bike trailer and text that says Warning, text you can't read in the photo and has an icon of a stroller. It's a Tom Flood Rovelo Creative classic
Last week I had a chance to tell a room full of bikes & bike lovers a bit of my story going from bike-curious new parent to e-cargo enthusiast with #KidicalMassOttawa. It was a fun night and a great chance to talk about all things bikes. Thanks to @bikeminds.bsky.social for making this space!
I'll be there and happy to chat with folks about the book as well as biking with kids, cargo bikes, #KidicalMassOttawa, eating vegan with kids, and more. Thanks For Our Kids for making space for these conversations 💚
A slide that says For Our Kids Ottawa: Kidical Mass and has a poster and 4 photos of the events - people on bikes and holding signs about safe streets.
So happy and proud to join parents from across the country tonight to celebrate For Our Kids 5th birthday. It's such an inspirational group of people 💚💚💚. I had the chance to share our @forourkidsog.bsky.social #KidicalMassOttawa journey.
A colourful group of people biking on a street closed to cars and open to people.
It's so important to focus on those glimmers of hope. We'd love to have you join us for a #KidicalMassOttawa bike ride next year: we pack all of our climate and road safety worry into a joyful bike ride and celebration/protest.
The poster very roughly coloured in by a 3 year old is pinned to a board with other posters.
I don't know how many actually got put up or if they stayed legible (lol!), but it was kind of fun and a lot of people mentioned enjoying them. #KidicalMassOttawa
Definitely just sourced from the internet. It’s amazing what you can find when you google “bike” + “colouring pages”. Lots of popular characters on bikes: Bluey, Peppa Pig, Sesame Street, etc. Related, @cassiesmith.sky.social had a great colouring page designed for #KidicalMassOttawa!
On a green background there's the Kidical Mass Ottawa logo and the words Share your Thoughts and an !. There's also a picture of an adult wearing a helmet hugging two kids and another of a group of people including a kid with balloons riding on a street.
We participated in 5 #KidicalMass bike rides this year. Whether you joined us or not, please share your feedback (5 mins!) on our activities to raise awareness about safe streets for kids (and everyone else too)! #StreetsForKids #OttCity #KidicalMassOttawa
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Ottawa's draft budget removes free transit for kids 11 & 12 & the youth discount pass. This is going to hurt families finances now and transit ridership & GHG emission reductions longterm. If this has you riled up, FOK, #KidicalMassOttawa, & Free Transit Ottawa want to help share your frustration 1/
Having the kind of day where I'm glad I've found/built a community of parents who want better mobility options - but also really disappointed that I now need to rally them to try and save both bike lanes and youth transit passes 🙃 #KidicalMassOttawa
Cassie smiles with a group of happy people on bikes
Cassie with her degree and bike
A presentation - the slide is about children's active travel being low and declining.
5 speakers on stage
I've been quiet here because I've been too busy! This week I spoke on the opening panel @ the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals conference, attended a workshop about safe streets for kids, received my master's degree at convocation, and had 50+ people join our #KidicalMassOttawa Ride
I am certain she has made note of all the dates for this year’s #KidicalMassOttawa! We are seeing lots more kid-carrying bikes around #BikeHfx this spring too!
Yay! I hope she'll come out to a #KidicalMassOttawa ride and show that beauty off. One of my friends got a Yuba last week. The cargo bikes are multiplying here 😎😎😎
