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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 2d

Great to see strong support for these five #SchoolStreets in #Oxfordshire, and that @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social propose to make them permanent. 👍

Traffic ban outside schools in Oxford and Didcot set to become permanent

The school streets scheme for four schools in Oxford and one in Didcot is set to be made permanent next week.

uk.news.yahoo.com

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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 2d

Bikes are good for business, health and more. We know it. Now we need to convince our federal politicians to keep funding active transportation.

Come in great numbers. Support @velocanadabikes.bsky.social’s message. The more people come, the stronger the message.

Tomorrow! Register now. 👇

Vélo Canada Bikes @velocanadabikes.bsky.social · 29d

🇨🇦 Join parliamentarians, local and national leaders, and fellow cyclists in for a non-partisan celebration of everyday cycling in Canada. Let us know if you can be there in Ottawa on Wednesday, October 8th at 5 p.m. for Bike Day on the Hill 2025!

Register here: simpli.events/e/bikedayont...

Bike Day on the Hill 2025 | Simpli Events

Bike Day on the Hill is back! Join parliamentarians, local and national leaders, and fellow cyclists in a non-partisan celebration of everyday cycling in Canada. This year we will be highlighting cycl...

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 2d

Wear bright clothing. Use the crosswalk. Look both ways. It doesn’t matter.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 2d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 7d

Great podcast from @thewaroncars.bsky.social

* Children are an indicator species for the health of our cities

* Playgrounds shouldn’t be age-specific reservations for kids

* Doorstep: When kids come out their front door, they should be able to find space to play👇

www.patreon.com/posts/140000...

EPISODE 158: Cities for Children with Tim Gill | The War on Cars

www.patreon.com

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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · Sep 7

In the press coverage that I have reviewed (French and English), I have found no trace of parent blame. Children’s right to the safe use of their own local streets was a well recognized value that we have since lost. The mobility gains of some have been the mobility losses of others.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 10d

New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 9d

40 years later and still children are out collecting signatures and begging leaders for safe neighborhoods 😢

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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 16d

While the Premier threatens to end Ontario’s speed camera program, a 10-year-old girl from #Stittsville collects 200 signatures on a petition in support of more cameras in her neighbourhood. 🙌

ottawacitizen.com/news/girl-st...

How a 10-year-old girl is advocating to make a Stittsville school zone safer

Japnam Bharaj has collected 200 signatures from people calling to install a speed camera in front of her Cope Drive school.

ottawacitizen.com

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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 9d

Like many Canadians, Tammy MacDonald fought for walkable streets.

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Matt Gagnon @orleansfietser.bsky.social · 12d

Video of the Kidical Mass in Orléans this morning along Jeanne D'Arc Boulevard. Thank you @robattrell.bsky.social for leading the event. Thank you @lauradudas.bsky.social and @jleiper.bsky.social for attending. #bikeottawa
youtu.be/LNUS-enIASI

Orléans, Ontario Kidical Mass Ride 2025

YouTube video by OrléansFietser

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Laura Dudas @lauradudas.bsky.social · 12d

Had a blast at Kidical Mass in Orléans! 🚲
Families out riding together, decorating bikes, and filling the streets with colour and energy. Thanks Convent Glen Orléans Wood Community Association, Matt and Rob, for hosting. I was proud to support this awesome event!
@bikeottawa.bsky.social

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Matt Gagnon @orleansfietser.bsky.social · 13d

Bike is ready for Kidical Mass Orléans!!! #bikeottawa #kidicalmass #strongtowns

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · 12d

J'ai adoré le trajet jusqu'à Orléans ce matin pour participer à la Mass Kidicle à Convent Glen, mon ancien terrain de jeu ! Ravie de revoir Cassie, Matt et tous les bénévoles, et de saluer @lauradudas.bsky.social. Belle matinée !

Ride participants view a Bike Ottawa display / Les participants à la randonnée regardent une exposition de Bike Ottawa

The Kidicle Mass ride on Jeanne D’Arc / La balade Kidicle Mass sur Jeanne D’Arc

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · 12d

I enjoyed the ride to Orleans this morning to join the Kidicle Mass ride in Convent Glen - my old stomping grounds! Great to see Cassie, Matt and all the volunteers, and say hi to @lauradudas.bsky.social. Beautiful morning!

A photo of ride volunteers / Une photo des bénévoles du manège

Laura and Jeff pose for a selfie / Laura et Jeff posent pour un selfie

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 12d

A beautiful morning for biking in Orleans. Thanks to everyone who joined us for #KidicalMassOttawa

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.

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 14d

* enough is enough (an extra safe just snuck in there)

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 14d

What can you do about it?

Show up on Saturday. We are riding bikes and gathering in a park to demand real action on safe streets for kids. The silent majority of people fully support these measures. Stop being silent! Show up - safe enough is enough - we must do better for kids. #OttBike #OttWalk

Kidical Mass Family Bike Ride – Orleans 2025

Join us for a fun bike ride through Orleans with Kidical Mass - perfect for families who love to pedal together!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 14d

Making it easier and safer for kids to walk to school. Surely everyone is in favour of that right.... Right?!

Yesterday: 🙆🏼‍♀️😢

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ottawacitizen.com/news/manor-p...

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Three Manor Park residents demand the city build sidewalks in lawyer letter

Rideau-Rockliffe ward Coun. Rawlson King exceeded his authority as a city councillor by deferring the sidewalk construction, they argue.

ottawacitizen.com

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Clean Cities @cleancitiescampaign.org · 16d

📈 Cargo bike use in London has doubled over two years!

🚲 A win for clean air - but diesel vans are the #1 source of NOx in central London.

💡 Authorities must back residents & small businesses with grants and secure storage for cargo bikes to keep momentum rolling.

cleancitiescampaign.org/carg...

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 16d

"The Premier rejects speed cameras and protected bike lanes, municipal staff are handcuffed by outdated provincial traffic manuals, and families on my street and many others like it are left waiting for the next tragedy"

Opinion: Children’s safety matters more than shaving a few seconds off someone’s commute

Doug Ford complains that speed cameras target people going just 10 km/h over the limit, but that’s enough to make the difference between life and death

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Metzger Bike Bus @metzger-bike-bus.bsky.social · 18d

We love these #BikeBus signs spotted in Portland this weekend!

A blue yard sign reads "Creston School Bike Bus" with a QR Code and an Eagle.
Butterflies butterflies clouds and bikes.

A blue yard sign reads " creston elementary, we love our neighborhood school!" Three eagles in the center.

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 18d

6 more days until our next #KidicalMass Ottawa ride! 🎉🥳🪅🎈

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 25d

What fun!!

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 27d

This change has happened so incrementally you might not have noticed, but cities, streets, and vehicles have made our children's world completely different from the one we grew up in.

Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 27d

"I cycled to school when I was a kid, and we didn't need fancy cycle lanes."

Yeah, but there's three times more traffic than there was in 1973..

Twice as many cars as there was in 1982..

..36% more traffic on urban minor roads than there was in 1994..

..and cars were *way* smaller, and lighter.

A graph of long-term traffic levels in the UK since 1949. It's gone up. Lots.

A graphic showing that cars have got wider, and this leaves less space for road users including cyclists

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Messy Urbanisms @messyurbanisms.bsky.social · 29d

On the value of school streets, by @taras-grescoe.com (gift link)

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a8faa90...

To make school safe for children, close down streets

Under a variety of names, from ‘school exclusion zones’ to piazze aperte, versions of the ‘school street’ have spread across Europe. But Canadian versions of the concept have been timid affairs

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 29d

This is so incredibly sad. No words.

1 child killed, 6 more hurt after vehicle drives into Richmond Hill, Ont., daycare: police | CBC News

One child has been killed and six other children were injured after a vehicle drove into a daycare in Richmond Hill, Ont., on Wednesday, police say.

www.cbc.ca

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