Pogies though. Some wear pogies 💛

2/8 The logic is seductive: let those who can pay exit the public queue, shortening it for everyone else.

But this fails the laws of physics.

👉 The number of doctor hours is finite. You aren't adding capacity; you're just reshuffling the line based on a wallet biopsy rather than medical need. 👈

Edmonton is a winterbike town!
For example:

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#bikesky
#winterbike

Share that video to @yegwinterbike on Insta!?

Another snow-groomer gnome spotted on 83rd:
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In Edmonton, we have bike lane snow-groomers, and heros who voluntarily tow them through fresh snow to help smooth other cyclists' paths. Snow-groomer gnomes, of a sort.

O-day'min does have pretty good bike lockup capacity.

The problem, we are learning, with the Copenhagenizer Index is that they only evaluate cities that pay to be rated. So the N is already skewed. The indicators are great for comparing cities, but not for ranking any of them.

#Edmonton's next 4-year budget planning starts soon. We hope YegCC takes a VERY hard look at how #autonormativity is costing everyone, in taxes & lives. We’re grateful to the @yegbike.bsky.social for this report card! Share it with your local city councillor: open.substack.com/pub/yegbike/...

Edmonton has been paying lip-service to public safety; adopting babysteps, but eschewing decisions that wld shift stats for seniors, children, women, & anyone living in the $under-privileged neighbourhoods. #YegCC are debating the current 4-yr budget’s adjustments edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

We like Helsinki as a comparator:
HEL vs YEG:
Pop: 1.6M vs 1.2M
PopDensty: 3,050-3,217 vs 1,320.4km2
Avg Rent 2brm: €800–€1,100 vs $1,679|€1,036.51
LRT: 43km/2 lines vs 9.6km/3 lines
🚲paths: 1200km vs 210km (lanes+MUPs)
🚗: 736K vs 727.3K
Size: 213.75km2 vs 765.61km2
Budget: €5.2B|$6.84B vs $10.8B

We picked our favourites (the Sara series):
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YUP. It's time to start recognizing, publicly, that #Edmonton is a #bikecity.
We're not Amsterdam-Copenhagen-Montréal-Paris-Oulu yet. But we're on our way, and the electorate is providing the momentum. Our mayor, and the majority of elected councillors use bicycles as active transportation.

Eg: from north of the river, east of the Wellington bridge (closed), options include: car-based detour many blocks north, plus mostly sharrows/car infrastructure, or raised sidewalks to End-of-the-World & unlit river valley, or unlit UofA farm, with more iffy river, hwy & suburbs to cross.