Asad Chaudhary 🇨🇦
@asadc.bsky.social
(he/him) Lawyer who knows just enough engineering to get in trouble, Twitter refugee, Taekwondoist, e/cargobike dude, toddler parent (Calgary)
I keep saying we’ve elected folks who take dystopian novels as manuals not warnings
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I keep saying we’ve elected folks who take dystopian novels as manuals not warnings
Same thing that makes bike lanes and transit controversial many places
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Same thing that makes bike lanes and transit controversial many places
That bikes are allowed on roads is a default / leftover of bikes having been around decades before motor vehicles … if asked to decide, how many legislatures would explicitly permit them today? I’m not optimistic. And any state / province can ban easily with stroke of legislative pen
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 AM
That bikes are allowed on roads is a default / leftover of bikes having been around decades before motor vehicles … if asked to decide, how many legislatures would explicitly permit them today? I’m not optimistic. And any state / province can ban easily with stroke of legislative pen
Locker at Crowfoot was my go to for a year when I was articling and living w/ family in Rocky Ridge. 80 m 5 km climb to the house but mornings were fun, easily beat the feeder bus time (direct route via cat walks and Stoney overpass). At one point the Stoney overpass was planned to be for buses too
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Locker at Crowfoot was my go to for a year when I was articling and living w/ family in Rocky Ridge. 80 m 5 km climb to the house but mornings were fun, easily beat the feeder bus time (direct route via cat walks and Stoney overpass). At one point the Stoney overpass was planned to be for buses too
For it but without more infra and better SNIC I’d only rely on it seasonally.
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 AM
For it but without more infra and better SNIC I’d only rely on it seasonally.
We’re riding the coattails of the 1980s though
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 AM
We’re riding the coattails of the 1980s though
This is why we need a provincial police force
February 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
This is why we need a provincial police force
No, and I agree that’s needed - good rules / definitions are just the start.
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
No, and I agree that’s needed - good rules / definitions are just the start.
Ontario already disallows under 18s as passengers on bikes. BC’s current rules are decent: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
E-bike requirements
E-bikes, or motor-assisted cycles, must meet certain requirements to be legal and allowed for use on public roads in B.C.
www2.gov.bc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Ontario already disallows under 18s as passengers on bikes. BC’s current rules are decent: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
It’s tough when you don’t have a government that will engage in good faith on bike infra. If you did - advocacy for limits on e-motos and education about pedelecs vs e-motos would be a good idea
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It’s tough when you don’t have a government that will engage in good faith on bike infra. If you did - advocacy for limits on e-motos and education about pedelecs vs e-motos would be a good idea
This is a very real danger. Nothing would stop Canadian provincial governments from banning anything electric + bike entirely from all public infrastructure.
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
This is a very real danger. Nothing would stop Canadian provincial governments from banning anything electric + bike entirely from all public infrastructure.
Reposted by Asad Chaudhary 🇨🇦
Reposted by Asad Chaudhary 🇨🇦
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
Mind you in the last decade we redid the Bow-Crowchild spaghetti multiple times including to build Blue Line through there and did… nothing to allow a gentle grade for active modes from Sunalta / Scarboro up to Shaganappi Park / Killarney
February 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Mind you in the last decade we redid the Bow-Crowchild spaghetti multiple times including to build Blue Line through there and did… nothing to allow a gentle grade for active modes from Sunalta / Scarboro up to Shaganappi Park / Killarney
I've never understood how, between 10th St NW ROW and that entire hillside, there is *nothing* there for people walking or wheeling. If only we had built our LRT more recently than the 80s and had a path going up that hill alongside the tracks - but still, tons of room now and lots of solutions
February 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I've never understood how, between 10th St NW ROW and that entire hillside, there is *nothing* there for people walking or wheeling. If only we had built our LRT more recently than the 80s and had a path going up that hill alongside the tracks - but still, tons of room now and lots of solutions
Why? Is that temporary?
February 8, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Why? Is that temporary?
Yeah, strange but true. French moved away from the connoisseur spelling at some point which is now used only in English: www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/writing-tips...
connoisseur, connaisseur – Writing Tips Plus – Outils d’aide à la rédaction – Ressources du Portail linguistique du Canada – Canada.ca
Article anglais sur la différence entre « connoisseur » et « connaissseur ».
www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Yeah, strange but true. French moved away from the connoisseur spelling at some point which is now used only in English: www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/writing-tips...
Strangely, though connoisseur is obviously a French loan word, the modern French spelling is… connaisseur
February 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Strangely, though connoisseur is obviously a French loan word, the modern French spelling is… connaisseur
It’s like the lizard people are real and we’ve put them in power
February 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
It’s like the lizard people are real and we’ve put them in power
67 kWh usable on a heavy truck with heavy battery and heavy V6 engine… is more like a PHEV … not really innovative 🤷🏽♂️
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
67 kWh usable on a heavy truck with heavy battery and heavy V6 engine… is more like a PHEV … not really innovative 🤷🏽♂️
Gonna miss it so bad when they’re too big for this
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Gonna miss it so bad when they’re too big for this
Exactly right. That whole conspiracy made no sense to me (as to why anyone would bother) until…
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Exactly right. That whole conspiracy made no sense to me (as to why anyone would bother) until…
« Just drive » as solution again
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
« Just drive » as solution again
What happened to the number 3?
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
What happened to the number 3?