Josh
@joshtwowheels.bsky.social
🇨🇦 husband & father of 👧🏼👧🏼🧒🏼
🧪 environmental engineering technologist
🚲 cyclist
🌎 reforest the cities, reclaim the roads, restore nature
💚 libraries, community gardens, 3rd spaces
🌱 plant-based for the planet
🧪 environmental engineering technologist
🚲 cyclist
🌎 reforest the cities, reclaim the roads, restore nature
💚 libraries, community gardens, 3rd spaces
🌱 plant-based for the planet
I just sent a letter urging the government to act on Canada’s wildfire crisis. Join me in demanding a real plan to protect communities, nature, and our future!
act.naturecanada.ca/page/173783/...
act.naturecanada.ca/page/173783/...
Add your voice to confront Canada’s wildfire emergency.
I just sent a letter urging the government to act on Canada’s wildfire crisis. Join me in demanding a real plan to protect communities, nature, and our future!
act.naturecanada.ca
July 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I just sent a letter urging the government to act on Canada’s wildfire crisis. Join me in demanding a real plan to protect communities, nature, and our future!
act.naturecanada.ca/page/173783/...
act.naturecanada.ca/page/173783/...
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I'm a member of the War On Cars because I want cities to be more like this.
May 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm a member of the War On Cars because I want cities to be more like this.
Brain: sleep
Also brain: hmm what variety of raspberry should order?
Also brain: hmm what variety of raspberry should order?
December 17, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Brain: sleep
Also brain: hmm what variety of raspberry should order?
Also brain: hmm what variety of raspberry should order?
Spotted in the wild
December 17, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Spotted in the wild
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While people struggle to afford groceries, make rent, or find a doctor this government is spending billions of tax dollars to enrich corporations.
It's time for a government that puts people over the profits of billionaires.
It's time for a government that puts people over the profits of billionaires.
December 3, 2024 at 5:50 PM
While people struggle to afford groceries, make rent, or find a doctor this government is spending billions of tax dollars to enrich corporations.
It's time for a government that puts people over the profits of billionaires.
It's time for a government that puts people over the profits of billionaires.
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You don’t have to be a “cyclist” to support safe bike infrastructure in your city. You don’t have to ride bikes at all. You just have to understand the FACT that bike infrastructure makes getting around easier & safer for EVERYONE, saves us all public money, & makes cities generally more successful.
November 29, 2024 at 8:07 PM
You don’t have to be a “cyclist” to support safe bike infrastructure in your city. You don’t have to ride bikes at all. You just have to understand the FACT that bike infrastructure makes getting around easier & safer for EVERYONE, saves us all public money, & makes cities generally more successful.
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Did you know that a “kissing canopy” is when trees above a street or sidewalk grow to touch overhead, creating a cool, shaded place? Despite it being colder and darker these days, let’s remember the beauty and value that #StreetTrees add to our cities, IF we design for them. #KissingCanopies
November 29, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Did you know that a “kissing canopy” is when trees above a street or sidewalk grow to touch overhead, creating a cool, shaded place? Despite it being colder and darker these days, let’s remember the beauty and value that #StreetTrees add to our cities, IF we design for them. #KissingCanopies
My current Hamilton Bike Share (locally called SoBi) stats. Bike share is not all of my bike trips, but it does make up a good amount of them, simply because it is so convenient and I’m exceptionally bad at doing maintenance on my own bikes.
I’m hoping to break 10,000 km total next year!
I’m hoping to break 10,000 km total next year!
November 29, 2024 at 9:07 AM
My current Hamilton Bike Share (locally called SoBi) stats. Bike share is not all of my bike trips, but it does make up a good amount of them, simply because it is so convenient and I’m exceptionally bad at doing maintenance on my own bikes.
I’m hoping to break 10,000 km total next year!
I’m hoping to break 10,000 km total next year!
Tire microplastics are bad enough, but research shows very troubling consequences when these microplastics interact with other forms of pollution.
One component, 6PPD, has been found to interact with ground level ozone, forming a toxin, 6PPDq, that kills fish.
e360.yale.edu/features/tir...
One component, 6PPD, has been found to interact with ground level ozone, forming a toxin, 6PPDq, that kills fish.
e360.yale.edu/features/tir...
Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires
Researchers are only beginning to uncover the toxic cocktail of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals hidden in car and truck tires. But experts say these tire emissions are a significant source ...
e360.yale.edu
November 29, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Tire microplastics are bad enough, but research shows very troubling consequences when these microplastics interact with other forms of pollution.
One component, 6PPD, has been found to interact with ground level ozone, forming a toxin, 6PPDq, that kills fish.
e360.yale.edu/features/tir...
One component, 6PPD, has been found to interact with ground level ozone, forming a toxin, 6PPDq, that kills fish.
e360.yale.edu/features/tir...
I could only dream of the day where this type of infrastructure would even enter the realm of possibility here in Canada.
But that doesn’t mean I won’t stop working towards that future.
But that doesn’t mean I won’t stop working towards that future.
"The Hovenring is a futuristic suspended roundabout for cyclists and pedestrians, linking the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Veldhoven. Hovering above a highway, this 1,000-tonne steel structure is supported by 24 cables attached to a towering 70-meter pylon."
www.welovecycling.com/wide/2024/11...
www.welovecycling.com/wide/2024/11...
November 28, 2024 at 1:27 PM
I could only dream of the day where this type of infrastructure would even enter the realm of possibility here in Canada.
But that doesn’t mean I won’t stop working towards that future.
But that doesn’t mean I won’t stop working towards that future.
If someone doesn’t support libraries, that person needs to be kept away from any position of decision making
November 28, 2024 at 1:15 PM
If someone doesn’t support libraries, that person needs to be kept away from any position of decision making
It’s not just good transportation policy or economic policy. It’s also great health policy.
“A new cost-benefit study in New Zealand finds that investments in cycling and walking facilities outweigh the costs of building them by 10 to 1. The research found that the most important economic benefits were health gains from use of active transport.” ebikes-international.com/new-study-in...
November 28, 2024 at 1:36 AM
It’s not just good transportation policy or economic policy. It’s also great health policy.
I wish BlueSky had the option to ‘pin’ Starter Packs.
There’s so many good packs out there but I can’t handle following several thousand accounts.
There’s so many good packs out there but I can’t handle following several thousand accounts.
November 28, 2024 at 1:01 AM
I wish BlueSky had the option to ‘pin’ Starter Packs.
There’s so many good packs out there but I can’t handle following several thousand accounts.
There’s so many good packs out there but I can’t handle following several thousand accounts.
“Build it and they will come”
#Bikeshare is booming in #Montreal —even though it's a winter city.
There were over 13 million BIXI bike trips in Montreal this year, up 15 percent.
(It helps when you don't tear out bike lanes. Looking at you, Doug Ford in #Ontario.)
montreal.citynews.ca/2024/11/26/b...
There were over 13 million BIXI bike trips in Montreal this year, up 15 percent.
(It helps when you don't tear out bike lanes. Looking at you, Doug Ford in #Ontario.)
montreal.citynews.ca/2024/11/26/b...
November 28, 2024 at 12:44 AM
“Build it and they will come”
Many great recommendations here.
Would love to hear of any others!
Would love to hear of any others!
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 28, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Many great recommendations here.
Would love to hear of any others!
Would love to hear of any others!
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The facts don’t lie even as this government tries it’s best to do and say otherwise.
Fantastic deconstruction of Bill 212 in the @theglobeandmail.com via @sarahelton.bsky.social and @mbonsma.bsky.social
h/t @uoft.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Fantastic deconstruction of Bill 212 in the @theglobeandmail.com via @sarahelton.bsky.social and @mbonsma.bsky.social
h/t @uoft.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
November 27, 2024 at 7:06 PM
The facts don’t lie even as this government tries it’s best to do and say otherwise.
Fantastic deconstruction of Bill 212 in the @theglobeandmail.com via @sarahelton.bsky.social and @mbonsma.bsky.social
h/t @uoft.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Fantastic deconstruction of Bill 212 in the @theglobeandmail.com via @sarahelton.bsky.social and @mbonsma.bsky.social
h/t @uoft.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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"The bike lane debate is a war on data."
True. But it's *also* a War on Bikes. (Both things can be true at once...)
Important op-ed in @theglobeandmail.com about Doug Ford government's attack on bike infrastructure in cities of #Ontario.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The bike lane debate isn’t a war on cycling – it’s a war on data
Ripping up bike lanes based on misplaced frustration is bad policy
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
"The bike lane debate is a war on data."
True. But it's *also* a War on Bikes. (Both things can be true at once...)
Important op-ed in @theglobeandmail.com about Doug Ford government's attack on bike infrastructure in cities of #Ontario.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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“The most exciting form of transportation technology is more than 100 years old — and it’s probably sitting in your garage. It’s the bicycle.”
The vehicle of the future (& the present) has 2 wheels, Via @WIRED (2018):
Still accurate. #multimodalcities #driverlesscars
www.wired.com/story/vehicl...
The vehicle of the future (& the present) has 2 wheels, Via @WIRED (2018):
Still accurate. #multimodalcities #driverlesscars
www.wired.com/story/vehicl...
The Vehicle of the Future Has Two Wheels, Handlebars, and Is a Bike
The future of transportation looks to be merging with sci-fi. But the bike-tech revolution reminds us that innovation isn’t always about the totally new.
www.wired.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
“The most exciting form of transportation technology is more than 100 years old — and it’s probably sitting in your garage. It’s the bicycle.”
The vehicle of the future (& the present) has 2 wheels, Via @WIRED (2018):
Still accurate. #multimodalcities #driverlesscars
www.wired.com/story/vehicl...
The vehicle of the future (& the present) has 2 wheels, Via @WIRED (2018):
Still accurate. #multimodalcities #driverlesscars
www.wired.com/story/vehicl...
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.”
I’d add infrastructure too, since I maintained paths are dangerous (especially when not separated).
I’ve biked year round to work (and other destinations) for over a decade now - rain, snow, hot, cold…
I’d add infrastructure too, since I maintained paths are dangerous (especially when not separated).
I’ve biked year round to work (and other destinations) for over a decade now - rain, snow, hot, cold…
The Dutch have a saying: 'You are not made of sugar, you won't melt in the rain!'.
When you use a bicycle for practical purposes, the weather becomes less significant. Whether you commute to work on a bicycle, you do so both on sunny days and when it's raining.
When you use a bicycle for practical purposes, the weather becomes less significant. Whether you commute to work on a bicycle, you do so both on sunny days and when it's raining.
November 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.”
I’d add infrastructure too, since I maintained paths are dangerous (especially when not separated).
I’ve biked year round to work (and other destinations) for over a decade now - rain, snow, hot, cold…
I’d add infrastructure too, since I maintained paths are dangerous (especially when not separated).
I’ve biked year round to work (and other destinations) for over a decade now - rain, snow, hot, cold…
Riding my bike to work helps me get into the right headspace.
Riding my bike home is a great way to destress and wind down from what can be very busy and demanding days.
Riding my bike home is a great way to destress and wind down from what can be very busy and demanding days.
November 27, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Riding my bike to work helps me get into the right headspace.
Riding my bike home is a great way to destress and wind down from what can be very busy and demanding days.
Riding my bike home is a great way to destress and wind down from what can be very busy and demanding days.
Cyclists as a sacrifice to the gods of motoring
“It is so much easier to prevent road trauma than it is to treat it,” Christopher Yarnell @uoft.bsky.social’s Dept of Medicine
When it comes to prevention, the research is clear: Bike lanes reduce collisions between vehicles & bicycles.
- @mattbubbers.bsky.social apple.news/ApMQ6qyg_ThK...
When it comes to prevention, the research is clear: Bike lanes reduce collisions between vehicles & bicycles.
- @mattbubbers.bsky.social apple.news/ApMQ6qyg_ThK...
November 27, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Cyclists as a sacrifice to the gods of motoring
Absolutely bonkers.
It’s crazy to me that we let people drive these large vehicles with standard licenses and insurance.
I dare say most people can’t handle this size of vehicle. And they should be heavily restricted, require upgraded licensing, and carry higher insurance premiums.
It’s crazy to me that we let people drive these large vehicles with standard licenses and insurance.
I dare say most people can’t handle this size of vehicle. And they should be heavily restricted, require upgraded licensing, and carry higher insurance premiums.
November 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely bonkers.
It’s crazy to me that we let people drive these large vehicles with standard licenses and insurance.
I dare say most people can’t handle this size of vehicle. And they should be heavily restricted, require upgraded licensing, and carry higher insurance premiums.
It’s crazy to me that we let people drive these large vehicles with standard licenses and insurance.
I dare say most people can’t handle this size of vehicle. And they should be heavily restricted, require upgraded licensing, and carry higher insurance premiums.
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The choice to bike is not determined by the shoes you wear at work, or if there’s a shower there, or if you care about climate - it’s our tolerance for fear, and whether that risk-tolerance is higher than the safety-level of the engineering and design of the bike lane:
November 25, 2024 at 1:20 PM
The choice to bike is not determined by the shoes you wear at work, or if there’s a shower there, or if you care about climate - it’s our tolerance for fear, and whether that risk-tolerance is higher than the safety-level of the engineering and design of the bike lane:
In almost all my conversations with people about biking in the city, safety is by far and away the #1 reason people are hesitant.
Yes, it’s a bit of a chicken and egg scenario - you need people riding to justify the infrastructure, but people won’t ride unless the infrastructure is there.
Yes, it’s a bit of a chicken and egg scenario - you need people riding to justify the infrastructure, but people won’t ride unless the infrastructure is there.
Making your city bike-friendly has so many strategic advantages, not the least of which is positioning the city well against its economic competition. But it’s not just about quantity of bike infrastructure —it’s about QUALITY too. Read my @FastCompany.com article www.fastcompany.com/90361034/if-...
If only experienced cyclists feel safe in a bike lane, then is it a bike lane at all?
What is AAA or "Triple A" bike infrastructure? It stands for bike infrastructure that's not just safe, but comfortable, for "all ages and abilities."
www.fastcompany.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:46 AM
In almost all my conversations with people about biking in the city, safety is by far and away the #1 reason people are hesitant.
Yes, it’s a bit of a chicken and egg scenario - you need people riding to justify the infrastructure, but people won’t ride unless the infrastructure is there.
Yes, it’s a bit of a chicken and egg scenario - you need people riding to justify the infrastructure, but people won’t ride unless the infrastructure is there.