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Monthly mass bike ride that takes place on the last Friday of every month in Calgary. Let's take up space and ride! 🤠
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We've been good all month let's get together and be silly ✨festively✨ #yycbike
It's honestly so infuriating that the city thinks this is acceptable. The roads were dry though!
I biked to work today… except for this part. Seemed a bit risky being an icy downhill and slightly off camber. Walked the unplowed side no problem.

On the ride home this section had improved but still not great.

When will Calgary become serious about winter maintenance?
#yycBike
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
uh it's wack out there! Be safe everyone #yycbike
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Santa Scramble 2025 was super fun - lots of friends old and new! Very cold day - happy for the fire pits around the City @seumasb.bsky.social 🎅🏻🚲 #santascramble2025 #yycbike
December 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Another excellent Santa scramble!
I still feel a little scrambled.
Hell yeah #yycbike
December 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Gonna go for a bike ride today
December 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Reminder - happening tomorrow! #yycbike
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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YIKES! Under Edmonton Trail @calgary.ca @mykeatkinson.bsky.social #YYCBIKE
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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🌎 December 10 is Human Rights Day, and our rights are under attack.

Trans rights are human rights.

If you would like to help us in our fight against discriminatory government policies & legislation here in Alberta, please donate to our legal fund: www.skippingstone.ca/legalfund
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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These MLA recall campaigns are a pretty signal that a growing number of Albertans are unhappy with the UCP and want to do something about it. This should be a big wake up to the opposition NDP that it’s time to start nominating candidates who can try to harness some of this volunteer power.
Recall petition targeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith approved | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, along with two additional members of her cabinet, are now the latest MLAs to face a recall petition from constituents.
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Calgary has had a record year… in pedestrian deaths.😔

Other cities have had zero and they attribute “that milestone in part to 30 km/h speed limits, redesigned streets, and reliable public transit”

Will #yyccc be brave and do the right thing?
#Calgary
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In a record year for pedestrian deaths, here’s what Calgary can learn from other cities | CBC News
Calgary has seen 14 pedestrian fatalities this year. It’s the highest number of pedestrian deaths on Calgary Police Service records, which date back to 1996. According to police, it’s a death toll onl...
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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How to make public transit free? Charge for parking.

"After three-quarters of a century, the policy of charging for mass transit while providing free storage for car owners is overdue for some fresh thinking." - @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social
Vital City | How Mamdani Can Deliver Free Buses — and Subways, Too
Start charging for street parking
www.vitalcitynyc.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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If this is you or someone you know, I can connect you with Alice, the fellow working on the story!

Please boost and share to your networks!
Call for sources from one of our @xtramagazine.com fellows:

"Are you a teacher, ed worker, or librarian in Alberta? I’m writing about how education workers are working with/around the recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and book bans. Reach out to alicep.boyle@gmail.com if you're open to speaking."
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Drive slower.
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#YYCBike alert: 12th Ave cycle track at Centre Street: no construction signs or barriers, just an open trench.

View in front and behind. @natefor8.bsky.social @mykeatkinson.bsky.social @jeromyyyc.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We've been good all month let's get together and be silly ✨festively✨ #yycbike
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Hopeful news!
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"... the evidence showed that increasing fares actually increases ridership" can someone point me in the direction of the actual study that says this? And don't just tell me more cops is the "increase in service". $4 for a bus ticket in this city is deplorable.
livewirecalgary.com/2025/12/01/c...
Calgary Transit fares likely to bump up to $4 a ride - LiveWire Calgary
Calgarians will likely have to dig deeper in 2026 to ride Calgary Transit, though the downtown free fare zone and free transit for youth survived the chopping block. The decisions were made as an amen...
livewirecalgary.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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#yyc: not only do we think people don't bike in winter, we want to make sure they feel like they shouldn't!

Pathway report: with fresh snow today, be aware there is tons of ice in spots underneath.

The roads past sunalta school are the snirtiest I've seen this year. Side roads bad!

#yycbike
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A the war on bike lanes continue in this country, the people will always ride bikes and help each other ride bikes. That's the beauty of bikes!
Chaîne humaine pour protéger les enfants qui vont à vélo après que l'administration municipale d'Outremont, soutenue par la mairesse de Montréal Soraya Martinez Ferrada, l'a démentelée pour l'hiver.
#velomtl #polmtl
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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SCOOP
Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers deployed to the UofC anti-genocide protest on May 9, 2024.

Among the evidence was camera footage from senior officers that should have been examined during an internal investigation.
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Calgary police withhold evidence of brutality as final UofC protest charges fall
New documents reveal Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers at the University of Calgary on May 9, 2024. Among this was camera footage from senior officers that should hav...
drugdatadecoded.ca
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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In a separate but related announcement: I plan to send every one of these lil’ guys I find in a bike lane to robot hell.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Upcycled clocks are back and available for order in time for Christmas! 🎄
made to order in the colours of your choice or in a clean raw-metal style. Other custom options are available.
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Another closure for Ramsay/Inglewood, thankfully only for the week #yycbike
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Small but mighty crew last night 💙🩵 #yycbike
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Another pedestrian death on the streets of Calgary. 😔
#Calgary
Pedestrian seriously injured in southwest collision
UPDATE: The pedestrian involved in this collision died on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. So far this year (as of Nov. 27, 2025), there has been a total of 35 fatal collisions, including 14 fatal pedestrian...
newsroom.calgary.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM