Half marathon training
Week 23, run 1/3
Today I ran along #bicipolitana n.3, 8 and 9. I came to a field track and did two loops of the external park alley.
The whole route wasn't flat, there were a couple of underpasses and bridges, but I didn't have to cross the road even once.
It was a very needed physical movement after yesterday's dinner with so much delicious food inside my belly 
The bridge between the North End and Charlestown is getting bike lanes. Which is great. Not sure how long it will take to finish the makeover.
It’s a dangerous world
Be careful, you might step out your front door and be run over #bikeLanes #notOnMyStreet #ldnont
Here's a quick video from Victoria, BC showing the Michigan Street advisory bike lanes which connect the Beacon Hill Park multi-use pathway with the Government Street bike lanes/bicycle boulevard. #yyjbike #biketooter #bikelanes #cycling
New bike lane barriers on 3rd Street
Now we're getting somewhere! I really love these little barriers - they keep cars from encroaching on the bike lane and I'm sure they're very cheap (I still wouldn't let a six-year-old bike on 3rd Street though).
Also I went by Longview this afternoon and they're making good progress on a multi-use path there as well. Very exciting!
El Camino bike lanes are finally here: What you need to know.
El Camino Real is getting a major upgrade, with dedicated #BikeLanes being installed throughout the #MountainView, #LosAltos and #PaloAlto portions of the roadway.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/transportation/2025/05/12/el-camino-bike-lanes-are-finally-here-what-you-need-to-know/
@meganL Thanks for sharing this! We've had a research project investigating practices and options for maintenance of complete streets elements. We expect to have a research report published in the next few months. I'm sharing this with the team working on that.
#BikeTooter #cycling #transportation #TheMaintainers #maintenance #RoadSafety #BikeLanes #trails #RailTrails
https://urbanists.video/w/9VMSjy9GjTczRMJt5n2LKB
Should we start calling bike lanes something else? When it’s all said and done, they are just part of a greater urban redesign.
#urban #urbanism #bikelanes #biking
Ken Paxton’s push for consolidation of state authority in Texas raises important questions. GOP lawmakers are advancing a "Death Star" law that limits local governments from enacting progressive policies, affecting diverse areas from urban planning to poverty alleviation programs. Critics like Steven Pedigo warn it undermines local governance and effective solutions to urban issues. Explore the impact of these legislative shifts in detail. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/05/texas-legislature-republicans-progressive-policies-cities/ #TexasLegislation #LocalGovernance #ProgressivePolicies #KenPaxton #GOP #UrbanPolicy #PublicPolicy #BikeLanes #GuaranteedIncome #LegislativeOverreach
Happy 8th Birthday to the City of Victoria's first protected bike lane! 
#yyjbike #biketooter #bikelanes #bikelane
Family & I went to:
Jane's Walk about density
Free comic book Day @thebeguiling
Walked around #KensingtonMarket
Finished off with groceries for dinner.
All by bike, almost entirely on #bikelanes
This is the safety & freedom #dougford wants to take take away #biketo
From the comments below the #JorgSchlagheck video at (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jER_3vLjXsc):
Plus the petition from @michaeljanz.bsky.social that Jorg mentions:
https://www.michaeljanz.ca/bikeplan
![A YouTube comment below [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jER_3vLjXsc] from @planepower8523 22 hours ago
A 2 lane road is capable of "handling" 14,000 motor vehicles each day. So that could translate to 1400 per hour (based on off-peak and night being slow). The video shows that this street never sees that much traffic. Being in Edmonton since 1992, that road has not changed and has never encountered that volume of traffic. The major arterials are 4 blocks to the North, and 4 blocks to the south. There are numerous school zones limiting speed (and therefore volume capacity) anyways. There have been numerous injuries and collisions due to the schools and road design, but the Province refuses to refer to the facts and traffic studies carried out over the decades. Now that underground infrastructure needs upgrading and also the asphalt is in such poor shape, the city used it as an opportunity to put this area on a "road diet” to make the neighbourhood more inviting. Road diets lower the infrastructure upkeep costs and keeps taxes low.](https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/433/812/928/972/532/original/cb943ea75b024fdc.png "A YouTube comment below [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jER_3vLjXsc] from @planepower8523 22 hours ago
A 2 lane road is capable of \"handling\" 14,000 motor vehicles each day. So that could translate to 1400 per hour (based on off-peak and night being slow). The video shows that this street never sees that much traffic. Being in Edmonton since 1992, that road has not changed and has never encountered that volume of traffic. The major arterials are 4 blocks to the North, and 4 blocks to the south. There are numerous school zones limiting speed (and therefore volume capacity) anyways. There have been numerous injuries and collisions due to the schools and road design, but the Province refuses to refer to the facts and traffic studies carried out over the decades. Now that underground infrastructure needs upgrading and also the asphalt is in such poor shape, the city used it as an opportunity to put this area on a \"road diet” to make the neighbourhood more inviting. Road diets lower the infrastructure upkeep costs and keeps taxes low.")
"The most important transportation official in America thinks bike lanes cause congestion, decrease road safety, and don't even result in more people riding — and questioned whether there's even data to disprove his suspicions, even though his own agencies have reams of it.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's ill-informed answer at the 2025 World Economy Summit came after Semafor White House correspondent Shelby Talcott asked the ultimate Streetsblog question: Why is the U.S. DOT reviewing all bike-related government grants and programs, and is the federal government really trying to reduce bike use?
Duffy grimaced and grumbled the word 'bikes' like it was an expletive, before repeating a string of corrosive myths about bike lanes that are all too common among people who only get around by car."
Checked out the 132Ave #BikeLanes that are being built. There are a few destinations along the route but one bad aspect is I didn’t see a really good #calzone place along the way. Had to make a detour. #BikeTooter #brompton
@ormand.bsky.social It's spotty, that's for sure. There are far too many places in #Edmonton where the #bike lane is right in the #traffic, or marked by #sharrows, or is a glorified shared-use trail, like the new one going up Fort Road. No wonder so many bikers favour sidewalks. But I can now ride from Little Italy to the #UofA on protected #bikelanes. That alone is a remarkable turnaround in the past ten years.
Sorry to hear about the hip.
"There is a perception, even by local residents, that complete streets are only for more affluent neighbourhoods, but people who live in my neighbourhood deserve to have nice #infrastructure nearby, just as much as anyone living on the south side."
Good news! (at least for now).
Judge grants injunction to pause removal of Toronto bike lanes
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontrio-bike-lane-injunction-1.7515518
