Bicycle Mayor of Guelph
@bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social
Andrea Bidgood - Guelph’s first Bicycle Mayor
Transforming cities through cycling, care & community
Part of the global BYCS network
https://linktr.ee/BicycleMayorGuelph
Transforming cities through cycling, care & community
Part of the global BYCS network
https://linktr.ee/BicycleMayorGuelph
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When I speak about affordability, safety, or mobility, I’m not just speaking as an observer. I speak as someone who has lived and is living through gender inequity, queerness, neurodivergence, chronic pain, trauma, poverty, and instability.
I’m good in emergency mode. What’s harder is what comes after... when the flames are out and you’re standing in what’s left. Many of us are only an accident, illness, or a few missed paychecks from losing our footing. I’m still building, with care, grief, and deep gratitude for a community
February 1, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I’m good in emergency mode. What’s harder is what comes after... when the flames are out and you’re standing in what’s left. Many of us are only an accident, illness, or a few missed paychecks from losing our footing. I’m still building, with care, grief, and deep gratitude for a community
Winter reminds us that accessibility isn’t optional, it’s essential!
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Winter reminds us that accessibility isn’t optional, it’s essential!
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
Community work doesn’t disappear when disruption hits — it rebuilds.
I’m restoring the capacity to keep doing accessible, people-powered transportation work after a major loss.
Grateful for any support or shares.
gofund.me/a7e9f5f8f
I’m restoring the capacity to keep doing accessible, people-powered transportation work after a major loss.
Grateful for any support or shares.
gofund.me/a7e9f5f8f
Donate to Community Builder Rebuilding After A Residential Fire, organized by Andrea Bidgood
Hi, I’m Andrea: a community builder, community leader, and the Bi… Andrea Bidgood needs your support for Community Builder Rebuilding After A Residential Fire
gofund.me
January 26, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Community work doesn’t disappear when disruption hits — it rebuilds.
I’m restoring the capacity to keep doing accessible, people-powered transportation work after a major loss.
Grateful for any support or shares.
gofund.me/a7e9f5f8f
I’m restoring the capacity to keep doing accessible, people-powered transportation work after a major loss.
Grateful for any support or shares.
gofund.me/a7e9f5f8f
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Read @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social & my short stories reimagining Guelph with great pedestrian, cycling, and transit in winter! Was a really fun project!
@bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social on Bluesky
https://open.substack.com/pub/bicylemayorguelph/p/imagining-a-wintry-guelph-where-the?r=5zqvqb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#WinterCities #ActiveTransportation #TransitMatters #CityForPeople #MobilityJustice #CanadianUrbanism #TransportationEquity #CompleteStreets #VisionZero #UrbanPolicy #ClimateResilience #WinterMaintenance #WinterCycling #FutureCities #PolicyThroughStory
bsky.app
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Read @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social & my short stories reimagining Guelph with great pedestrian, cycling, and transit in winter! Was a really fun project!
Policy tells us what exists.
Storytelling lets us imagine what could.
When we can’t picture a future, we default to survival mode with short-term decisions, false trade-offs, “good enough for now,” "save a few dollars where we can." Cities do this too.
Storytelling lets us imagine what could.
When we can’t picture a future, we default to survival mode with short-term decisions, false trade-offs, “good enough for now,” "save a few dollars where we can." Cities do this too.
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Policy tells us what exists.
Storytelling lets us imagine what could.
When we can’t picture a future, we default to survival mode with short-term decisions, false trade-offs, “good enough for now,” "save a few dollars where we can." Cities do this too.
Storytelling lets us imagine what could.
When we can’t picture a future, we default to survival mode with short-term decisions, false trade-offs, “good enough for now,” "save a few dollars where we can." Cities do this too.
For many of us mobility devices, chronic pain, sensory overwhelm, low-car households, winter maintenance determines whether we can leave home at all.
If you notice a snow barrier that blocks someone’s movement, report it.
Those calls change routes, timelines, and priorities.
If you notice a snow barrier that blocks someone’s movement, report it.
Those calls change routes, timelines, and priorities.
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
For many of us mobility devices, chronic pain, sensory overwhelm, low-car households, winter maintenance determines whether we can leave home at all.
If you notice a snow barrier that blocks someone’s movement, report it.
Those calls change routes, timelines, and priorities.
If you notice a snow barrier that blocks someone’s movement, report it.
Those calls change routes, timelines, and priorities.
Reposted by Bicycle Mayor of Guelph
I’m rebuilding from scratch after losing everything in a fire. That includes the materials and tools I have built up over the years to run free, inclusive community spaces as Bicycle Mayor and as a 2SLGBTQIA community leader.
If you’ve got capacity, here’s where support is landing right now:
If you’ve got capacity, here’s where support is landing right now:
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I’m rebuilding from scratch after losing everything in a fire. That includes the materials and tools I have built up over the years to run free, inclusive community spaces as Bicycle Mayor and as a 2SLGBTQIA community leader.
If you’ve got capacity, here’s where support is landing right now:
If you’ve got capacity, here’s where support is landing right now:
I’m rebuilding from scratch after losing everything in a fire. That includes the materials and tools I have built up over the years to run free, inclusive community spaces as Bicycle Mayor and as a 2SLGBTQIA community leader.
If you’ve got capacity, here’s where support is landing right now:
If you’ve got capacity, here’s where support is landing right now:
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I’m rebuilding from scratch after losing everything in a fire. That includes the materials and tools I have built up over the years to run free, inclusive community spaces as Bicycle Mayor and as a 2SLGBTQIA community leader.
If you’ve got capacity, here’s where support is landing right now:
If you’ve got capacity, here’s where support is landing right now:
WINTER WEDNESDAY: SAFE ROUTES DON’T DISAPPEAR IN WINTER
Kids walking, rolling, or bussing to school still need clear ramps, safe crossings, and accessible bus stops — even when the snow piles up.
If you see a spot that’s unsafe or blocked: report it.
It helps keep your school route connected.
Kids walking, rolling, or bussing to school still need clear ramps, safe crossings, and accessible bus stops — even when the snow piles up.
If you see a spot that’s unsafe or blocked: report it.
It helps keep your school route connected.
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
WINTER WEDNESDAY: SAFE ROUTES DON’T DISAPPEAR IN WINTER
Kids walking, rolling, or bussing to school still need clear ramps, safe crossings, and accessible bus stops — even when the snow piles up.
If you see a spot that’s unsafe or blocked: report it.
It helps keep your school route connected.
Kids walking, rolling, or bussing to school still need clear ramps, safe crossings, and accessible bus stops — even when the snow piles up.
If you see a spot that’s unsafe or blocked: report it.
It helps keep your school route connected.
Winter reminds us that accessibility isn’t optional, it’s essential!
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
January 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Winter reminds us that accessibility isn’t optional, it’s essential!
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
For many of us mobility devices, chronic pain, sensory overwhelm, low-car households, winter maintenance determines whether we can leave home at all.
If you notice a snow barrier that blocks someone’s movement, report it.
Those calls change routes, timelines, and priorities.
If you notice a snow barrier that blocks someone’s movement, report it.
Those calls change routes, timelines, and priorities.
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For many of us mobility devices, chronic pain, sensory overwhelm, low-car households, winter maintenance determines whether we can leave home at all.
If you notice a snow barrier that blocks someone’s movement, report it.
Those calls change routes, timelines, and priorities.
If you notice a snow barrier that blocks someone’s movement, report it.
Those calls change routes, timelines, and priorities.
WINTER WEDNESDAY: SAFE ROUTES DON’T DISAPPEAR IN WINTER
Kids walking, rolling, or bussing to school still need clear ramps, safe crossings, and accessible bus stops — even when the snow piles up.
If you see a spot that’s unsafe or blocked: report it.
It helps keep your school route connected.
Kids walking, rolling, or bussing to school still need clear ramps, safe crossings, and accessible bus stops — even when the snow piles up.
If you see a spot that’s unsafe or blocked: report it.
It helps keep your school route connected.
December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
WINTER WEDNESDAY: SAFE ROUTES DON’T DISAPPEAR IN WINTER
Kids walking, rolling, or bussing to school still need clear ramps, safe crossings, and accessible bus stops — even when the snow piles up.
If you see a spot that’s unsafe or blocked: report it.
It helps keep your school route connected.
Kids walking, rolling, or bussing to school still need clear ramps, safe crossings, and accessible bus stops — even when the snow piles up.
If you see a spot that’s unsafe or blocked: report it.
It helps keep your school route connected.
Reposted by Bicycle Mayor of Guelph
Oh, you’re upset there’s a cyclist taking the lane?
Wait till you hear how they feel about it.
Wait till you hear how they feel about it.
December 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Oh, you’re upset there’s a cyclist taking the lane?
Wait till you hear how they feel about it.
Wait till you hear how they feel about it.
Reposted by Bicycle Mayor of Guelph
Yes. In addition to long-term street redesigns, we need to enforce traffic laws.
We currently have a culture that doesn’t consider road rules (like speed limits) to be legitimate or real.
Some jurisdictions — Ontario, Alberta — have banned/restricted automated speed enforcement. That’s bonkers.
We currently have a culture that doesn’t consider road rules (like speed limits) to be legitimate or real.
Some jurisdictions — Ontario, Alberta — have banned/restricted automated speed enforcement. That’s bonkers.
Is enforcement the answer to a deadly year on Calgary roads?
YouTube video by CBC News Alberta
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Yes. In addition to long-term street redesigns, we need to enforce traffic laws.
We currently have a culture that doesn’t consider road rules (like speed limits) to be legitimate or real.
Some jurisdictions — Ontario, Alberta — have banned/restricted automated speed enforcement. That’s bonkers.
We currently have a culture that doesn’t consider road rules (like speed limits) to be legitimate or real.
Some jurisdictions — Ontario, Alberta — have banned/restricted automated speed enforcement. That’s bonkers.
“I am sorry” matters, especially when paired with action.
But it’s also important we’re honest about what was reversed: a shared winter safety service, not a niche perk.
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #GuelphPoli #BikeLanes #WinterCycling
But it’s also important we’re honest about what was reversed: a shared winter safety service, not a niche perk.
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #GuelphPoli #BikeLanes #WinterCycling
December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“I am sorry” matters, especially when paired with action.
But it’s also important we’re honest about what was reversed: a shared winter safety service, not a niche perk.
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #GuelphPoli #BikeLanes #WinterCycling
But it’s also important we’re honest about what was reversed: a shared winter safety service, not a niche perk.
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #GuelphPoli #BikeLanes #WinterCycling
If the money we "saved" meant that on street parking, transit approaches, and drainage we're also unmaintained, then blaming bike lanes is how you turn basic maintenance into a culture war.
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #GuelphPoli #BikeLanes #WinterCycling
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #GuelphPoli #BikeLanes #WinterCycling
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If the money we "saved" meant that on street parking, transit approaches, and drainage we're also unmaintained, then blaming bike lanes is how you turn basic maintenance into a culture war.
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #GuelphPoli #BikeLanes #WinterCycling
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #GuelphPoli #BikeLanes #WinterCycling
New Substack - It hurts everyone to pit vulnerable groups against each other.
December 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
New Substack - It hurts everyone to pit vulnerable groups against each other.
Proceeds go to our friends at Freehub with the Guelph Tool Library!
This Cheeky Hi-Vis Vest Helped Score a Win for Winter Bike Lanes in this Town.
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This Cheeky Hi-Vis Vest Helped Score a Win for Winter Bike Lanes in this Town
Speed River Bicycle’s “I’d Rather Be in the Bike Lane” Hi-Vis Vest is exactly that kind of quietly effective protest.
momentummag.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Proceeds go to our friends at Freehub with the Guelph Tool Library!
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Cyclists ride through downtown Guelph to protest seasonal bike lane closures
Cyclists ride through downtown Guelph to protest seasonal bike lane closures
Council is expected to meet Tuesday morning to discuss the motion.
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Cyclists ride through downtown Guelph to protest seasonal bike lane closures
Reposted by Bicycle Mayor of Guelph
Cam Guthrie uses Strong Mayors powers to reinstate snow removal service for bike lanes
Cam Guthrie uses Strong Mayors powers to reinstate snow removal service for bike lanes
Cam Guthrie is using his Strong Mayor powers to increase the City of Guelph’s operating budget by $650,000 and reinstate snow removal services for bike lanes.
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Cam Guthrie uses Strong Mayors powers to reinstate snow removal service for bike lanes
Reposted by Bicycle Mayor of Guelph
It turns out vehicular traffic does something else, too, more subtle but equally pernicious: It changes the way children see and experience the world by diminishing their connection to community and neighbors.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Kids Who Get Driven Everywhere Don't Know Where They're Going
A new study suggests vehicular travel affects children's ability to navigate their neighborhood and connect to their community.
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It turns out vehicular traffic does something else, too, more subtle but equally pernicious: It changes the way children see and experience the world by diminishing their connection to community and neighbors.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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We narrowly regained our bike lanes
Seeing the Whole Street: A Winter Case Study from Guelph, Ontario
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #StrongMayorPowers #OnPoli #WinterCycling #BikeLanes
open.substack.com/pub/bicylema...
Seeing the Whole Street: A Winter Case Study from Guelph, Ontario
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #StrongMayorPowers #OnPoli #WinterCycling #BikeLanes
open.substack.com/pub/bicylema...
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We narrowly regained our bike lanes
Seeing the Whole Street: A Winter Case Study from Guelph, Ontario
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #StrongMayorPowers #OnPoli #WinterCycling #BikeLanes
open.substack.com/pub/bicylema...
Seeing the Whole Street: A Winter Case Study from Guelph, Ontario
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #StrongMayorPowers #OnPoli #WinterCycling #BikeLanes
open.substack.com/pub/bicylema...
Reposted by Bicycle Mayor of Guelph
We narrowly regained our bike lanes
Seeing the Whole Street: A Winter Case Study from Guelph, Ontario
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #StrongMayorPowers #OnPoli #WinterCycling #BikeLanes
open.substack.com/pub/bicylema...
Seeing the Whole Street: A Winter Case Study from Guelph, Ontario
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #StrongMayorPowers #OnPoli #WinterCycling #BikeLanes
open.substack.com/pub/bicylema...
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We narrowly regained our bike lanes
Seeing the Whole Street: A Winter Case Study from Guelph, Ontario
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #StrongMayorPowers #OnPoli #WinterCycling #BikeLanes
open.substack.com/pub/bicylema...
Seeing the Whole Street: A Winter Case Study from Guelph, Ontario
#GuelphMunicipalBudget2026 #StrongMayorPowers #OnPoli #WinterCycling #BikeLanes
open.substack.com/pub/bicylema...
Winter reminds us that accessibility isn’t optional, it’s essential!
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
December 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Winter reminds us that accessibility isn’t optional, it’s essential!
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday
Blocked ramps, snowed-in bus stops, and buried crosswalk buttons can completely cut people off from daily life.
If you spot an accessibility barrier report it
519-837-5648 | operations@guelph.ca | guelph.ca/snow
#WinterWednesday