Robin Richardson she/her
@canadarobin.bsky.social
Doing everything I can to help people bike more and drive less. Obsessed with cargo bikes. Organizer, Yonge4All; Leader, KidicalMassTO; Contributor, ebikes-international.com.
Proud 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 mom.
Still COVIDing 😷💉
Proud 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 mom.
Still COVIDing 😷💉
Reposted by Robin Richardson she/her
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
Do you pronounce "graphics" with a soft g?
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Do you pronounce "graphics" with a soft g?
It's only dangerous if you don't wait for a large enough gap in oncoming traffic. We all get frustrated waiting behind slower vehicles - learner drivers, tractors, buses, Amish buggies, etc., etc. - but the answer is always to wait at a safe distance until you can pass. Bikes are no different.
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's only dangerous if you don't wait for a large enough gap in oncoming traffic. We all get frustrated waiting behind slower vehicles - learner drivers, tractors, buses, Amish buggies, etc., etc. - but the answer is always to wait at a safe distance until you can pass. Bikes are no different.
You are absolutely correct.
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You are absolutely correct.
For sure. We all need to keep ourselves and each other safe - not just on the road, but everywhere. That philosophy is too rare nowadays.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For sure. We all need to keep ourselves and each other safe - not just on the road, but everywhere. That philosophy is too rare nowadays.
So have I. I've also had drivers yell at me that I'm a terrible mother for cycling with my kids and that they are going to report me to child protective services. I've had drivers deliberately swerve at me (and my son) to scare us, and honk or rev their engines as they passed me to the same effect.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
So have I. I've also had drivers yell at me that I'm a terrible mother for cycling with my kids and that they are going to report me to child protective services. I've had drivers deliberately swerve at me (and my son) to scare us, and honk or rev their engines as they passed me to the same effect.
As a driver, I would rather pass two riders abreast than two in a line. I can get past them more quickly, with less time spent in the oncoming traffic lane. And it's easier to see them.
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
As a driver, I would rather pass two riders abreast than two in a line. I can get past them more quickly, with less time spent in the oncoming traffic lane. And it's easier to see them.
I think you mean well, Will, and I am going to assume you're posting in good faith. So I would ask you to consider whether the behaviour you're describing as dangerous really is so - or if it's simply inconvenient for drivers.
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I think you mean well, Will, and I am going to assume you're posting in good faith. So I would ask you to consider whether the behaviour you're describing as dangerous really is so - or if it's simply inconvenient for drivers.
Just remember Uncle Ben's words to Peter Parker/Spiderman: "with great power comes great responsibility." In my examples, drivers have the responsibility to be able to see other road users. If they can't, they shouldn't get behind the wheel. That's what I was taught in Driver's Ed - weren't you?
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just remember Uncle Ben's words to Peter Parker/Spiderman: "with great power comes great responsibility." In my examples, drivers have the responsibility to be able to see other road users. If they can't, they shouldn't get behind the wheel. That's what I was taught in Driver's Ed - weren't you?
The important difference is the consequence when a mistake turns into a crash. Someone who is exercising the privilege to drive a multi-thousand pound box of metal and glass has more potential to harm themselves and others, and needs to be more careful as a result.
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The important difference is the consequence when a mistake turns into a crash. Someone who is exercising the privilege to drive a multi-thousand pound box of metal and glass has more potential to harm themselves and others, and needs to be more careful as a result.
I agree that all road users have a responsibility to keep themselves safe and keep other road users safe as well. However, none of the behaviours you describe here are against the law or unsafe - nor are they unique to cyclists. Drivers do all of these also.
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I agree that all road users have a responsibility to keep themselves safe and keep other road users safe as well. However, none of the behaviours you describe here are against the law or unsafe - nor are they unique to cyclists. Drivers do all of these also.
Assuming by "MA" you mean Massachusetts, yes they can: malegislature.gov/Laws/General...
"Operators of bicycles shall be subject to the following regulations:
(1) Bicyclists riding together shall not ride more than 2 abreast"
"Operators of bicycles shall be subject to the following regulations:
(1) Bicyclists riding together shall not ride more than 2 abreast"
General Law - Part I, Title XIV, Chapter 85, Section 11B
malegislature.gov
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Assuming by "MA" you mean Massachusetts, yes they can: malegislature.gov/Laws/General...
"Operators of bicycles shall be subject to the following regulations:
(1) Bicyclists riding together shall not ride more than 2 abreast"
"Operators of bicycles shall be subject to the following regulations:
(1) Bicyclists riding together shall not ride more than 2 abreast"
I've said that so many times. But their hearing isn't much better than their eyesight...
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I've said that so many times. But their hearing isn't much better than their eyesight...
Obviously!
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Obviously!
Can confirm.
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Can confirm.
Great advice!
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Great advice!
I think we all know the answer to this!
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I think we all know the answer to this!
I have never heard of fruit quark! It sounds unpredictable.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I have never heard of fruit quark! It sounds unpredictable.