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Roy Symons // Rolling in the City
@roysymons.bsky.social
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Professional Engineer & Sustainable Transportation Specialist in Burnaby, BC. Documenting the design of streets and hopefully inspiring others at rollinginthecity.ca. Author of Bike Lanes, Except Bicycles, and Fietspad.
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More Canmore... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/the-roc... #transportation #street #cycling #bicycle #urbanism #roadsafety #streetphotography #documentaryphotography #fujifilm
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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A few more scenes from Canmore… More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/the-roc... #transportation #street #cycling #bicycle #urbanism #roadsafety #streetphotography #documentaryphotography #fujifilm
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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The Rockies Set the Scene, but Canmore’s Streets Are the Focus: Read more in the blog… www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/the-roc... #transportation #street #cycling #bicycle #urbanism #roadsafety #fujifilm
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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More fall bicycle scenes from Vancouver... Read more in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/fall-bi... #cycling #bicycle #transportation #street #streetphotography #documentaryphotography #fujifilm
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Fall Bicycle Scenes in Vancouver including protected bike lanes and intersections, Granville Bridge, local street bikeways and the plazas along them… More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/fall-bi... #cycling#bicycle #transportation #street #streetphotography #fujifilm
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Goodbye Sharrows… Hello Bicycle Street… I’m pleased to say the City of Burnaby now have a bicycle street complete with fietsstraat inspired pavement markings! More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/goodbye... #cycling #bicycle #street #cities #bicyclestreet #fietsstraat #fujifilm
Goodbye Sharrows… Hello Bicycle Street… — Rolling in the City | Streets | Bicycles | Photography
To make riding a bicycle safer and more comfortable for more people, there are many things we can do beyond just protected bike lanes. I’m pleased to say that in the last few days, the City of Burnaby...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Filming Continuous Sidewalks and Bike Paths in Nanaimo with @nicthedoor.bsky.social... Metral Drive is still one of the best examples of continuous sidewalks and bike paths in NA... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/filming... #transportation #cycling #cities #street #urbanism #bicycles #fujifilm
October 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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A trip to Utrecht isn't complete without a ride to Houten... A few bicycle scenes from there... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/trying-... #transportation #cycling #street #cities #urbanism #netherlands #houten #streetphotography #documentaryphotography #fujifilm
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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A few more bicycle scenes from Utrecht... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/trying-... #transportation #cycling #street #cities #urbanism #netherlands #utrecht #streetphotography #documentaryphotography #fujifilm
September 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Vredenburg scenes in Utrecht... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/trying-... #transportation #cycling #street #cities #urbanism #netherlands #utrecht #streetphotography #documentaryphotography #fujifilm
September 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Day 1 @velo-city-conference.com... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/cobbles... #transportation #streets #cities #bicycles #cycling #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Riding to Sopot before @velo-city-conference.com... Big pipes, woonerfs, bike paths, and the beach... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/cobbles... #transportation #streets #cities #bicycles #cycling #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
September 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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First day in Gdansk for @velo-city-conference.com with my bike still on the way, so it was a walk around the centre... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/cobbles... #transportation #streets #cities #bicycles #cycling #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
September 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Cobblestones and Keynotes in Gdańsk for Velo-City: The bike parade photos from @velo-city-conference.com... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/cobbles... #transportation #streets #cities #bicycles #cycling #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
September 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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A productive weekend with @nicthedoor.bsky.social checking out the many good things happening in Nanaimo and Victoria, plus a stop at the Dutch Street Market on Granville to share some LFTD. Keep an eye on Nic's channel for more... #cycling #bicycles #transportation #cities #urbanism #street
September 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Some shots from car free day in Port Moody, more in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/car-fre... #street #carfree #carfreeday #portmoody #transportation #pedestrianization #streetphotography #documentaryphotography #fujifilm
August 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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From Painted to Protected... Take a ride along the new Guildford Way Phase 2 complete street upgrades in the City of Coquitlam with the previous painted lanes somewhat in sync to compare the before and after... What a difference... youtu.be/QWpxPSrjtYY
From Painted to Protected, Guildford Way, Coquitlam
YouTube video by Rolling in the City
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August 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Water Street pedestrianization and more in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/some-ra... #vancouver #bikes #cycling #transportation #urbanism #cities #street #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
Some Random Good Things — Rolling in the City | Streets | Bicycles | Photography
I’ve never seen Water Street in Gastown so lively… That, and a bunch of other good bike and urban realm based things that I’ve captured in photos recently, some new, some less common than they should ...
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August 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Mostly Granville Bridge bike lane scenes in #vancouver #bikes #cycling #transportation #urbanism #cities #street #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
August 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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A few cool bike things from a trip to Victoria yesterday, oceanfront bike paths, NRTOR, transition from uni to bi-directional, and cargo bike parking... #victoria #bike #cycling #cargobike #transportation #urbnaism #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
July 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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A few more bicycle scenes from Valencia... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/an-incr... #bike #cycling #bicycle #street #urbanism #transportation #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
July 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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A few more bicycle scenes from Valencia... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/an-incr... #bike #cycling #bicycle #street #urbanism #transportation #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
July 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Bike and beach scenes from Valencia... More in the blog... www.rollinginthecity.ca/blog/an-incr... #beach #bike #cycling #bicycle #street #urbanism #transportation #fujifilm #streetphotography #documentaryphotography
July 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reposted by Roy Symons // Rolling in the City
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I had a chance to meet up with @roysymons.bsky.social in Eindhoven and seek out some Dutch infrastructure.

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Lessons from the Dutch (Bingo) with Nic Laporte — Rolling in the City | Streets | Bicycles | Photography
For a few years now I’ve been visiting the Netherlands and have been sharing the design elements and techniques they use to make getting around by bicycle the natural choice. I had the opportunity to ...
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July 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Here's a new take on my Lessons from the Dutch... Playing a round of #LFTDBingo with @nicthedoor.bsky.social in Eindhoven, and seeing how many Dutch cycling design elements and everyday cycling behaviours we could tick off... What would your city score in #LFTDBingo?

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Lessons from the Dutch #LFTDbingo
YouTube video by Nic Laporte
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July 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM