Patty Wiens
@pattybikes.com
Brazilian Queen of the North. Bicycle Mayor of Winnipeg.
There's a great book about this issue, it's called Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. Highly recommend, but be ready for the rage. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Snow Clearance isn’t Gender Neutral. A worthwhile read from @nicoleroach.bsky.social. It's no surprise that "many snow clearing policies prioritize roads" & thus favour men who primarily drive. Whether we prioritize women or take a 8 to 80 approach, most cities need to do better. t.ly/CyPse
Snow Clearance isn’t Gender Neutral — Women in Urbanism Canada
The snow clearing policies in many Canadian cities unintentionally prioritize men through the modes, locations, and methods that their policies state. It’s time to apply a gender-based lens to how we ...
t.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There's a great book about this issue, it's called Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. Highly recommend, but be ready for the rage. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
This is me RIGHT HERE! Also, grab your pitchforks and torches, bitches, WE'RE GOING TO CITY HALL!
Me buying a bike in 2019: "Maybe I'll save a little money on gas."
Me as a bike commuter in 2025: "DESTROY PARKING."
Me as a bike commuter in 2025: "DESTROY PARKING."
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is me RIGHT HERE! Also, grab your pitchforks and torches, bitches, WE'RE GOING TO CITY HALL!
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Check out the rest of the chapter here! islandpress.org/books/if-you...
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Check out the rest of the chapter here! islandpress.org/books/if-you...
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I blame me too. You're welcome! Yesterday was winter cycling payday. The day we pass all drivers stuck in traffic and feel rewarded for choosing the bike - even in winter.
Biking around in the snow is pretty freaking excellent. I blame @pattybikes.com for the fun I’m having. #bikewpg
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I blame me too. You're welcome! Yesterday was winter cycling payday. The day we pass all drivers stuck in traffic and feel rewarded for choosing the bike - even in winter.
You too can own an original Kal Barteski creation and have it shipped to you anywhere in the US and Canada! Order now! pattybikes.weebly.com#/
Who doesn't want MORE PEOPLE BIKING MORE OFTEN?
@bikewinnipeg.bsky.social @ianmccausland.bsky.social
Who doesn't want MORE PEOPLE BIKING MORE OFTEN?
@bikewinnipeg.bsky.social @ianmccausland.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
You too can own an original Kal Barteski creation and have it shipped to you anywhere in the US and Canada! Order now! pattybikes.weebly.com#/
Who doesn't want MORE PEOPLE BIKING MORE OFTEN?
@bikewinnipeg.bsky.social @ianmccausland.bsky.social
Who doesn't want MORE PEOPLE BIKING MORE OFTEN?
@bikewinnipeg.bsky.social @ianmccausland.bsky.social
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Oh my gosh, so cool to see Melissa Bruntlett of @modacitylife.com profiled in this NYT piece!! Well-deserved, Melissa! Hope to cycle in the NL with you again some day. 😊
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
She’s on a Mission to Make the World More Bike-Friendly
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Oh my gosh, so cool to see Melissa Bruntlett of @modacitylife.com profiled in this NYT piece!! Well-deserved, Melissa! Hope to cycle in the NL with you again some day. 😊
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Also shout-outs and thanks to these ace podcasts for entertaining and educating me on #ActiveTravel issues:
Moving Up North from @walkridegm.org.uk
@lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social
That’s Her Problem from @pattybikes.com
and of course the mighty @waroncars.bsky.social
Moving Up North from @walkridegm.org.uk
@lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social
That’s Her Problem from @pattybikes.com
and of course the mighty @waroncars.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Also shout-outs and thanks to these ace podcasts for entertaining and educating me on #ActiveTravel issues:
Moving Up North from @walkridegm.org.uk
@lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social
That’s Her Problem from @pattybikes.com
and of course the mighty @waroncars.bsky.social
Moving Up North from @walkridegm.org.uk
@lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social
That’s Her Problem from @pattybikes.com
and of course the mighty @waroncars.bsky.social
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This is why @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social needs to go all in on street safety, bike lanes, bus lanes, pedestrians plazas and more. The Post – and the Right in general – is going to call anything he does a “war on drivers” no matter what, so why not just do what’s right and go for it?
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is why @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social needs to go all in on street safety, bike lanes, bus lanes, pedestrians plazas and more. The Post – and the Right in general – is going to call anything he does a “war on drivers” no matter what, so why not just do what’s right and go for it?
For today's podcast episode, I interviewed 72 year-old Sao Paulo activist turned city councillor, Renata Falzoni. She's fiery and fierce! Check it out! youtu.be/bPMe0RhSAdI
That's Her Problem! Episose 17 - Renata Falzoni - Sao Paulo’s Fierce & Fiery City Councillor
YouTube video by Patty Wiens - Winnipeg’s First Bicycle Mayor
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
For today's podcast episode, I interviewed 72 year-old Sao Paulo activist turned city councillor, Renata Falzoni. She's fiery and fierce! Check it out! youtu.be/bPMe0RhSAdI
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If you’re outraged at the danger on our roads, come make a plan for how we’ll change them.
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
If you’re outraged at the danger on our roads, come make a plan for how we’ll change them.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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It’s a sad state of affairs when our Justice Department works less well than that of a third world Latin American country.
I do blame Garland, but also the fact that the wealthy are able to gum up the works.
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
I do blame Garland, but also the fact that the wealthy are able to gum up the works.
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It’s a sad state of affairs when our Justice Department works less well than that of a third world Latin American country.
I do blame Garland, but also the fact that the wealthy are able to gum up the works.
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
I do blame Garland, but also the fact that the wealthy are able to gum up the works.
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
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Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w.... This is how democracies deal with leaders who break the law to stay in power. Wait for 47 to try to interfere with Brazil’s actions. It’s a precedent for how he should end up.
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w.... This is how democracies deal with leaders who break the law to stay in power. Wait for 47 to try to interfere with Brazil’s actions. It’s a precedent for how he should end up.
This is the 16th fatality in pedestrian/driver collisions this year. Does anyone at City Hall care or are we too busy locking up garbage cans?
Getting word that the pedestrian hit by a driver at Osborne and Roslyn last week has died.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is the 16th fatality in pedestrian/driver collisions this year. Does anyone at City Hall care or are we too busy locking up garbage cans?
The city of Winnipeg doesn't have the money (read political will) to make our streets safer. Maybe they have money for lawsuits. Stop killing our pedestrians.
Roslyn and Osborne is a deadly intersection because it is built to move cars through it quickly. Every design decision has been made for the convenience of drivers, not safety for the people like Rosalie who lived there.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The city of Winnipeg doesn't have the money (read political will) to make our streets safer. Maybe they have money for lawsuits. Stop killing our pedestrians.
Brazilian justice system showing how it’s done. And let’s just say Bolsonaro said and did far less than the clown in the White House. www.cnn.com/2025/11/22/a...
Brazil’s ex-president Bolsonaro arrested to prevent ‘attempted escape,’ court says | CNN
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was detained on Saturday at his residence in Brazil’s capital to prevent a possible “attempted escape,” days before he was due to begin a prison sentence for ...
www.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Brazilian justice system showing how it’s done. And let’s just say Bolsonaro said and did far less than the clown in the White House. www.cnn.com/2025/11/22/a...
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"I just wanted more bike lanes, safe streets, and a city that allowed women to feel on bikes the way men feel in big trucks:, powerful and invincible. Or at least safe."
👏👏👏 Well said Patty!
👏👏👏 Well said Patty!
How exciting! My book made it to @shifter.info gift guide this year right along with Life After Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social youtu.be/j01meiJyLeI
Cycling Gift Guide 2025: Things I Actually Use
YouTube video by Shifter
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"I just wanted more bike lanes, safe streets, and a city that allowed women to feel on bikes the way men feel in big trucks:, powerful and invincible. Or at least safe."
👏👏👏 Well said Patty!
👏👏👏 Well said Patty!
How exciting! My book made it to @shifter.info gift guide this year right along with Life After Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social youtu.be/j01meiJyLeI
Cycling Gift Guide 2025: Things I Actually Use
YouTube video by Shifter
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
How exciting! My book made it to @shifter.info gift guide this year right along with Life After Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social youtu.be/j01meiJyLeI
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The people want cargo bikes.
Help us ensure we have the resources to grow @mplscargobikelibrary.com sustainably in 2026!
Help us ensure we have the resources to grow @mplscargobikelibrary.com sustainably in 2026!
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 7:05 PM
The people want cargo bikes.
Help us ensure we have the resources to grow @mplscargobikelibrary.com sustainably in 2026!
Help us ensure we have the resources to grow @mplscargobikelibrary.com sustainably in 2026!
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They arrived! Thank you @pattybikes.com @sgoodyear.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social & @mcnallyrobinson.com 🚲 📚 #bikesky #booksky
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
They arrived! Thank you @pattybikes.com @sgoodyear.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social & @mcnallyrobinson.com 🚲 📚 #bikesky #booksky
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Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly—
I hope midterms are a referendum
I hope midterms are a referendum
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly—
I hope midterms are a referendum
I hope midterms are a referendum
Imagine living in a country that thinks like this “You can’t just build a neighbourhood and then figure out how people will get to and from it,” “We have to develop the housing plans and collaborate with the transport sector at the same time. @modacitylife.com ” zagdaily.com/trends/dutch...
Dutch government invests €1bn in cycling for new residential areas
The Netherlands is investing up to €1 billion in cycling infrastructure to connect hundreds of thousands of new homes nationwide.
zagdaily.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Imagine living in a country that thinks like this “You can’t just build a neighbourhood and then figure out how people will get to and from it,” “We have to develop the housing plans and collaborate with the transport sector at the same time. @modacitylife.com ” zagdaily.com/trends/dutch...
Don't get me wrong, I still don't like her, but the implosion of the administration warrants popcorn and wine.
He was her father figure, they drank the brown liquor, he made a deal with this devil, turns out her d!@$'s bigger. He wants a fight, he found it, she's got the place surrounded.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Don't get me wrong, I still don't like her, but the implosion of the administration warrants popcorn and wine.
He was her father figure, they drank the brown liquor, he made a deal with this devil, turns out her d!@$'s bigger. He wants a fight, he found it, she's got the place surrounded.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
He was her father figure, they drank the brown liquor, he made a deal with this devil, turns out her d!@$'s bigger. He wants a fight, he found it, she's got the place surrounded.