Patrick
@pbilk.bsky.social
Fietser (Utilitarian Cyclist), Photographer, Videographer, Gamer (PC and Real Life)
Volunteer @cyclewr.bsky.social
Volunteer @cyclewr.bsky.social
Remember when flying WestJet actually felt different? That airline is gone. WestJet’s flight attendants are fighting to bring back the airline you deserve. They need public support to stop the race to the bottom. endunpaidwork.ca
How did we go from WestJet to LessJet? | CUPE 8125 WestJet Component
WestJet’s flight attendants are fighting to bring back the airline you deserve. They need public support to stop the race to the bottom.
endunpaidwork.ca
July 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Remember when flying WestJet actually felt different? That airline is gone. WestJet’s flight attendants are fighting to bring back the airline you deserve. They need public support to stop the race to the bottom. endunpaidwork.ca
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ICE is a menace to democracy and its murderous conduct should be soberly considered. But we should also recognize that these people are weak and sad and ought to be made fun of.
Read more: www.theverge.com/policy/96430...
Read more: www.theverge.com/policy/96430...
July 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ICE is a menace to democracy and its murderous conduct should be soberly considered. But we should also recognize that these people are weak and sad and ought to be made fun of.
Read more: www.theverge.com/policy/96430...
Read more: www.theverge.com/policy/96430...
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I feel like we’ve been protesting ford forever now and I’m starting to wonder what would be truly disruptive enough to get Ford’s attention or reverse course on certain items
March 27, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I feel like we’ve been protesting ford forever now and I’m starting to wonder what would be truly disruptive enough to get Ford’s attention or reverse course on certain items
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If you're in a position to be able to donate, please consider supporting our Give to the Max Day fundraiser.
Any amount helps as we work to scale our program in 2026. Our fleet is at least 4x larger than it was in spring of 2025, requiring more $ for secure bike storage, bike insurance & repairs.
Any amount helps as we work to scale our program in 2026. Our fleet is at least 4x larger than it was in spring of 2025, requiring more $ for secure bike storage, bike insurance & repairs.
Support the Mpls Cargo Bike Library on GiveMN
Park Tool is matching all donations up to $5,000! Help BikeMN reach our $15,000 goal.
www.givemn.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you're in a position to be able to donate, please consider supporting our Give to the Max Day fundraiser.
Any amount helps as we work to scale our program in 2026. Our fleet is at least 4x larger than it was in spring of 2025, requiring more $ for secure bike storage, bike insurance & repairs.
Any amount helps as we work to scale our program in 2026. Our fleet is at least 4x larger than it was in spring of 2025, requiring more $ for secure bike storage, bike insurance & repairs.
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When we think about the big differences between European and North American city-building, a primary turning point was the 1970s Energy Crisis. European cities and nations learned, and took their city-building, urban transportation, and renewable energy development in very different directions. 1/2
March 14, 2026 at 1:54 AM
When we think about the big differences between European and North American city-building, a primary turning point was the 1970s Energy Crisis. European cities and nations learned, and took their city-building, urban transportation, and renewable energy development in very different directions. 1/2
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We’re so grateful to @perennialcycle.bsky.social for helping us with a very exciting new bike day…
Our cargo bike library now has an Urban Arrow!
This bike will be available to members to borrow for FREE when we reopen later this spring.
🚲 ❤️
Our cargo bike library now has an Urban Arrow!
This bike will be available to members to borrow for FREE when we reopen later this spring.
🚲 ❤️
March 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
We’re so grateful to @perennialcycle.bsky.social for helping us with a very exciting new bike day…
Our cargo bike library now has an Urban Arrow!
This bike will be available to members to borrow for FREE when we reopen later this spring.
🚲 ❤️
Our cargo bike library now has an Urban Arrow!
This bike will be available to members to borrow for FREE when we reopen later this spring.
🚲 ❤️
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North America stubbornly didn’t learn from the 1970s Energy Crisis, and largely doubled down on oil and car-dependent suburban growth (and lately, bigger vehicles) built on assumed cheap energy.
As we face another oil shortage and potential lengthy crisis, will North America learn THIS TIME? 2/2
As we face another oil shortage and potential lengthy crisis, will North America learn THIS TIME? 2/2
March 14, 2026 at 2:08 AM
North America stubbornly didn’t learn from the 1970s Energy Crisis, and largely doubled down on oil and car-dependent suburban growth (and lately, bigger vehicles) built on assumed cheap energy.
As we face another oil shortage and potential lengthy crisis, will North America learn THIS TIME? 2/2
As we face another oil shortage and potential lengthy crisis, will North America learn THIS TIME? 2/2
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March 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Here's a great video from Tom Babin @shifter.info and @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social about options to legislate e-bikes. Plenty to think about!
video.canadiancivil.com/w/1Qpvbw7gpa...
video.canadiancivil.com/w/1Qpvbw7gpa...
8 ways to fix e-bike laws before the crackdown comes to you
New Jersey just passed a law that makes a lot of e-bikes illegal. It's a bad law, and need to be fixed. But when it comes to e-bike regulations, there are no easy answers. So I gathered together ei...
video.canadiancivil.com
March 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Here's a great video from Tom Babin @shifter.info and @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social about options to legislate e-bikes. Plenty to think about!
video.canadiancivil.com/w/1Qpvbw7gpa...
video.canadiancivil.com/w/1Qpvbw7gpa...
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This sounds very cool, Toronto.
New ideas need old buildings. In today’s @globeandmail I showcase a vision for Toronto’s Old City Hall as a space for contemporary culture - opening this year. Let’s go.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
How Old City Hall can be Toronto’s new heart
Toronto’s proposed Old City Hall renovation promises a place for gathering and the arts
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
This sounds very cool, Toronto.
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Of course urbanist heaven on earth has to be in Barcelona.
Credit: Tom Holbrook
Credit: Tom Holbrook
March 7, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Of course urbanist heaven on earth has to be in Barcelona.
Credit: Tom Holbrook
Credit: Tom Holbrook
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Waterloo Region relies on this funding to expand its cycling infrastructure. Tell your MP that this is important to you.
🇨🇦 Bike infrastructure is a low cost, high impact solution for housing & health. But $500M in federal funding is now at risk.
If approvals aren't issued now, we lose the 2026 construction season.
TAKE ACTION: Email your MP by March 13!
✉️ EN: bit.ly/VCBatfletterEN
✉️ FR: bit.ly/VCBatflettrefr
If approvals aren't issued now, we lose the 2026 construction season.
TAKE ACTION: Email your MP by March 13!
✉️ EN: bit.ly/VCBatfletterEN
✉️ FR: bit.ly/VCBatflettrefr
March 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Waterloo Region relies on this funding to expand its cycling infrastructure. Tell your MP that this is important to you.
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🇨🇦 Bike infrastructure is a low cost, high impact solution for housing & health. But $500M in federal funding is now at risk.
If approvals aren't issued now, we lose the 2026 construction season.
TAKE ACTION: Email your MP by March 13!
✉️ EN: bit.ly/VCBatfletterEN
✉️ FR: bit.ly/VCBatflettrefr
If approvals aren't issued now, we lose the 2026 construction season.
TAKE ACTION: Email your MP by March 13!
✉️ EN: bit.ly/VCBatfletterEN
✉️ FR: bit.ly/VCBatflettrefr
March 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
🇨🇦 Bike infrastructure is a low cost, high impact solution for housing & health. But $500M in federal funding is now at risk.
If approvals aren't issued now, we lose the 2026 construction season.
TAKE ACTION: Email your MP by March 13!
✉️ EN: bit.ly/VCBatfletterEN
✉️ FR: bit.ly/VCBatflettrefr
If approvals aren't issued now, we lose the 2026 construction season.
TAKE ACTION: Email your MP by March 13!
✉️ EN: bit.ly/VCBatfletterEN
✉️ FR: bit.ly/VCBatflettrefr
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Different cities around the world show us what's possible and how they benefit from cycling infrastructure.
Here's how my own experiences riding around these cities have influenced the way I think about urban cycling.
youtu.be/IkvuMNRGtzI
youtu.be/IkvuMNRGtzI
I rode my bike in 12 different cities. Here's what I learned about cycling
YouTube video by Shifter
youtu.be
February 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Different cities around the world show us what's possible and how they benefit from cycling infrastructure.
I think I am finally about done with Twitter/X. I have made two reports of people, likely from Canada like me, who ended a conversation with hateful remarks, and/or blocked me because they realized that I'm currently abroad, and Twitter seems to make that information public.
1/2 🧵
1/2 🧵
February 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I think I am finally about done with Twitter/X. I have made two reports of people, likely from Canada like me, who ended a conversation with hateful remarks, and/or blocked me because they realized that I'm currently abroad, and Twitter seems to make that information public.
1/2 🧵
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If anyone lives in the UK, I could use footage from around: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds.
It can be as simple as pointing your phone at a skyline, high street, or transit vehicle for 10 seconds a few different times.
It can be as simple as pointing your phone at a skyline, high street, or transit vehicle for 10 seconds a few different times.
Do you live in a city that doesn’t get covered that much by urbanist YouTube?
Or at least a city that *I* haven’t covered that much?
I’m trying to create a crowd-sourced footage archive to let urbanist YouTube cover more places!
Interested in: skylines, buses, trains, bikes, housing, etc.
Or at least a city that *I* haven’t covered that much?
I’m trying to create a crowd-sourced footage archive to let urbanist YouTube cover more places!
Interested in: skylines, buses, trains, bikes, housing, etc.
I need your help to make these videos
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
If anyone lives in the UK, I could use footage from around: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds.
It can be as simple as pointing your phone at a skyline, high street, or transit vehicle for 10 seconds a few different times.
It can be as simple as pointing your phone at a skyline, high street, or transit vehicle for 10 seconds a few different times.
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"When accountability is removed, reckless behaviour increases. The result is not accidental — it is predictable. This is what happens when evidence-based safety measures are dismantled and human life is deprioritized by political choice." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
I fought for safer Toronto streets after my friend was killed five years ago. Now Doug Ford is undoing that work
Premier Doug Ford and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria are actively dismantling the very infrastructure that so many of us fought to put in place.
www.thestar.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
"When accountability is removed, reckless behaviour increases. The result is not accidental — it is predictable. This is what happens when evidence-based safety measures are dismantled and human life is deprioritized by political choice." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Many American engineers responded to my multi-stage ped crossing video saying that they can't do Dutch-style ped green waves with American equipment.
But the City of Madison, WI keeps proving them all wrong. Here's @jerryschippa.bsky.social showing one off:
youtube.com/shorts/ltq2Q...
But the City of Madison, WI keeps proving them all wrong. Here's @jerryschippa.bsky.social showing one off:
youtube.com/shorts/ltq2Q...
E Washington & EB HWY 30 Ramp (SB Ped Crossing)
YouTube video by Jerry Schippa
youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Many American engineers responded to my multi-stage ped crossing video saying that they can't do Dutch-style ped green waves with American equipment.
But the City of Madison, WI keeps proving them all wrong. Here's @jerryschippa.bsky.social showing one off:
youtube.com/shorts/ltq2Q...
But the City of Madison, WI keeps proving them all wrong. Here's @jerryschippa.bsky.social showing one off:
youtube.com/shorts/ltq2Q...
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Here's the video on Dutch pedestrian crossings I was referring to:
youtu.be/LSnSeyG74fw?...
youtu.be/LSnSeyG74fw?...
How multi-stage crossings can be pedestrian-friendly
YouTube video by Ontario Traffic Man
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Here's the video on Dutch pedestrian crossings I was referring to:
youtu.be/LSnSeyG74fw?...
youtu.be/LSnSeyG74fw?...
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When you post residential speed limits on roads that look like highways, you cannot act surprised when society normalizes speeding.
Same goes for putting stop signs at every corner regardless of sightlines.
If it feels unreasonable to obey a law, it will always become normalized to break that law.
Same goes for putting stop signs at every corner regardless of sightlines.
If it feels unreasonable to obey a law, it will always become normalized to break that law.
September 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When you post residential speed limits on roads that look like highways, you cannot act surprised when society normalizes speeding.
Same goes for putting stop signs at every corner regardless of sightlines.
If it feels unreasonable to obey a law, it will always become normalized to break that law.
Same goes for putting stop signs at every corner regardless of sightlines.
If it feels unreasonable to obey a law, it will always become normalized to break that law.
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In Ottawa when a road is reconstructed it's brought up to the current standards. That usually means that cycle tracks get added, as is currently happening on Greenfield Avenue:
September 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Ottawa when a road is reconstructed it's brought up to the current standards. That usually means that cycle tracks get added, as is currently happening on Greenfield Avenue:
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This "priority removal section" for the bike lane on Bloor W demonstrates that Ford and Sarkaria were never serious about finding parallel secondary routes. Where is the parallel route here? They don't care. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
October 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This "priority removal section" for the bike lane on Bloor W demonstrates that Ford and Sarkaria were never serious about finding parallel secondary routes. Where is the parallel route here? They don't care. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
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100% the density around higher order transit locations needs to massively increase density. Back in the day I hated Ron Moeser because he blocked every attempt to increase density near rouge hill.
I'm not anti-Go by the way, I'm just saying many people do not use it due to barriers
I'm not anti-Go by the way, I'm just saying many people do not use it due to barriers
June 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
100% the density around higher order transit locations needs to massively increase density. Back in the day I hated Ron Moeser because he blocked every attempt to increase density near rouge hill.
I'm not anti-Go by the way, I'm just saying many people do not use it due to barriers
I'm not anti-Go by the way, I'm just saying many people do not use it due to barriers
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And if a fourplex burns down and gets replaced with a one unit mansion, no public meeting needed. Classism that calls itself “local democracy”.
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
And if a fourplex burns down and gets replaced with a one unit mansion, no public meeting needed. Classism that calls itself “local democracy”.
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This is an important point that gets overlooked too often. These 'public meetings' aren't needed for every type of housing - they are mostly only required when adding units. A multiplex is almost always going to offer more affordability - which we say we want more of - but do we really?
And if a fourplex burns down and gets replaced with a one unit mansion, no public meeting needed. Classism that calls itself “local democracy”.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is an important point that gets overlooked too often. These 'public meetings' aren't needed for every type of housing - they are mostly only required when adding units. A multiplex is almost always going to offer more affordability - which we say we want more of - but do we really?