@chrishk.bsky.social
Bikes. Coffee. Butter tarts. Active transportation proselytizer.
Congratulations on announcing your run for Mayor @neilsara.bsky.social
Let’s back it with people power, not the powerful few🤜
Count me in!
open.substack.com/pub/the613/p...
Let’s back it with people power, not the powerful few🤜
Count me in!
open.substack.com/pub/the613/p...
1,000 People Can Take Back Ottawa
Will you be one of The Thousand? And should I run?
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Congratulations on announcing your run for Mayor @neilsara.bsky.social
Let’s back it with people power, not the powerful few🤜
Count me in!
open.substack.com/pub/the613/p...
Let’s back it with people power, not the powerful few🤜
Count me in!
open.substack.com/pub/the613/p...
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Tragedy exposes weak standards. Canada lags the EU on vehicle size and pedestrian impact safety, and people are dying because of it. Rapid change means opportunity—align our vehicle rules with Europe now
Yet another pedestrian killed by the driver of an oversized pickup. It's time to regulate the size of large pickups and SUVs before they kill more of our neighbours. Vehicles this size offer no practical utility over smaller counterparts.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Tragedy exposes weak standards. Canada lags the EU on vehicle size and pedestrian impact safety, and people are dying because of it. Rapid change means opportunity—align our vehicle rules with Europe now
“We're going to have to give a level of service in terms of the number of people using it... Maybe you don't need a bus every five minutes. Maybe every 10 minutes is fine.”
Wendy Stephanson
Wendy Stephanson
Our cancellation tracker now can filter for peak periods. This is when most people experience the system, and when most cancellations occur
This morning:
On the 15: 63% of trips cancelled
On the 5: 56% of trips cancelled
On the 41: 48% of trips cancelled
bettertransitottawa.ca/tracker/canc...
This morning:
On the 15: 63% of trips cancelled
On the 5: 56% of trips cancelled
On the 41: 48% of trips cancelled
bettertransitottawa.ca/tracker/canc...
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
“We're going to have to give a level of service in terms of the number of people using it... Maybe you don't need a bus every five minutes. Maybe every 10 minutes is fine.”
Wendy Stephanson
Wendy Stephanson
Demolition of a 4M artwork commissioned a decade ago, along with a stadium with decades of life remaining, while Transit and infra renewal are wholly neglected, is peak Sutcliffe council.
Vote them out in 2026.
Vote them out in 2026.
January 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Demolition of a 4M artwork commissioned a decade ago, along with a stadium with decades of life remaining, while Transit and infra renewal are wholly neglected, is peak Sutcliffe council.
Vote them out in 2026.
Vote them out in 2026.
Take note of the Watson/Sutcliffe council for 2026:
Most of the incumbents who voted for starving Transit and infrastructure renewal in favour of Tewin and OSEG handouts are running again.
Consider donating to @strongtownsottawa.ca @horizonottawa.bsky.social to hold those voting records account.
Most of the incumbents who voted for starving Transit and infrastructure renewal in favour of Tewin and OSEG handouts are running again.
Consider donating to @strongtownsottawa.ca @horizonottawa.bsky.social to hold those voting records account.
January 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Take note of the Watson/Sutcliffe council for 2026:
Most of the incumbents who voted for starving Transit and infrastructure renewal in favour of Tewin and OSEG handouts are running again.
Consider donating to @strongtownsottawa.ca @horizonottawa.bsky.social to hold those voting records account.
Most of the incumbents who voted for starving Transit and infrastructure renewal in favour of Tewin and OSEG handouts are running again.
Consider donating to @strongtownsottawa.ca @horizonottawa.bsky.social to hold those voting records account.
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Save the date:
🎈Speed Gun Party on King Edward
📆 3:30-4:30pm January 15th
👉 Losing Speed Cameras made our communities considerably less safe.
📣 Cheer drivers respecting the speed limit and our community (and jeers to those who don’t.)
visionzeroottawa.ca/events/
🎈Speed Gun Party on King Edward
📆 3:30-4:30pm January 15th
👉 Losing Speed Cameras made our communities considerably less safe.
📣 Cheer drivers respecting the speed limit and our community (and jeers to those who don’t.)
visionzeroottawa.ca/events/
Events
Events Join our upcoming events and learn how you can make Ottawa streets safer for everyone through advocacy and action. january action lab Featured Guest: The Biking Lawyer David Shellnut 📅 Janua…
visionzeroottawa.ca
December 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Save the date:
🎈Speed Gun Party on King Edward
📆 3:30-4:30pm January 15th
👉 Losing Speed Cameras made our communities considerably less safe.
📣 Cheer drivers respecting the speed limit and our community (and jeers to those who don’t.)
visionzeroottawa.ca/events/
🎈Speed Gun Party on King Edward
📆 3:30-4:30pm January 15th
👉 Losing Speed Cameras made our communities considerably less safe.
📣 Cheer drivers respecting the speed limit and our community (and jeers to those who don’t.)
visionzeroottawa.ca/events/
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Had a blast at Kidical Mass in Orléans! 🚲
Families out riding together, decorating bikes, and filling the streets with colour and energy. Thanks Convent Glen Orléans Wood Community Association, Matt and Rob, for hosting. I was proud to support this awesome event!
@bikeottawa.bsky.social
Families out riding together, decorating bikes, and filling the streets with colour and energy. Thanks Convent Glen Orléans Wood Community Association, Matt and Rob, for hosting. I was proud to support this awesome event!
@bikeottawa.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Had a blast at Kidical Mass in Orléans! 🚲
Families out riding together, decorating bikes, and filling the streets with colour and energy. Thanks Convent Glen Orléans Wood Community Association, Matt and Rob, for hosting. I was proud to support this awesome event!
@bikeottawa.bsky.social
Families out riding together, decorating bikes, and filling the streets with colour and energy. Thanks Convent Glen Orléans Wood Community Association, Matt and Rob, for hosting. I was proud to support this awesome event!
@bikeottawa.bsky.social
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Speed enforcement cameras work to keep neighbourhoods safe by reducing dangerous speeding. I and @catmckenney.bsky.social ask you to write to your MPP and Premier Ford to oppose legislation that would ban their use in Ontario cities.
September 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Speed enforcement cameras work to keep neighbourhoods safe by reducing dangerous speeding. I and @catmckenney.bsky.social ask you to write to your MPP and Premier Ford to oppose legislation that would ban their use in Ontario cities.
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Some seriously big energy at #KidicalMass from the #BikeHfx crew today! Today was a strong reminder that society undermines the strength of our kids. These kids WANT TO MOVE! But we limit them so aggressively through poor policy & design decisions. Grateful for the organizers & marshalls!
September 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Some seriously big energy at #KidicalMass from the #BikeHfx crew today! Today was a strong reminder that society undermines the strength of our kids. These kids WANT TO MOVE! But we limit them so aggressively through poor policy & design decisions. Grateful for the organizers & marshalls!
Carrying a weapon conveys power over others by threat of lethality.
Being threatened by a driver of a multi-ton vehicle is no different. Change my mind.
Being threatened by a driver of a multi-ton vehicle is no different. Change my mind.
I get the urge to compare road violence and gun violence. It can help people see the ways road violence has been accepted and unquestioned in useful ways.
But a key difference bw road violence & gun violence (in Canada at least) is that it's easy to live everyday life without toting a gun around.
But a key difference bw road violence & gun violence (in Canada at least) is that it's easy to live everyday life without toting a gun around.
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Carrying a weapon conveys power over others by threat of lethality.
Being threatened by a driver of a multi-ton vehicle is no different. Change my mind.
Being threatened by a driver of a multi-ton vehicle is no different. Change my mind.
The Gladstone/Percy cycling study originally proposed contra-flow bike lanes on Percy and bike lanes on Gladstone.
Now, instead of a simple left turn onto Gladstone, the proposal would have a north-westbound biker go from Percy to Flora, Bay, Gilmore, Bronson, Christie, Arthur, THEN Gladstone.
Now, instead of a simple left turn onto Gladstone, the proposal would have a north-westbound biker go from Percy to Flora, Bay, Gilmore, Bronson, Christie, Arthur, THEN Gladstone.
September 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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I will always proceed though a worksite vs risking my life with drivers on a multi-lane road like Preston.
We need a shift in #Ottawa where residents(esp children) are given the same rights as construction workers around car traffic.
Read more below⬇️
#DetoursForPeople
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
We need a shift in #Ottawa where residents(esp children) are given the same rights as construction workers around car traffic.
Read more below⬇️
#DetoursForPeople
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Bike Ottawa Annual Report on Cycling 2021
See the story
express.adobe.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I will always proceed though a worksite vs risking my life with drivers on a multi-lane road like Preston.
We need a shift in #Ottawa where residents(esp children) are given the same rights as construction workers around car traffic.
Read more below⬇️
#DetoursForPeople
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
We need a shift in #Ottawa where residents(esp children) are given the same rights as construction workers around car traffic.
Read more below⬇️
#DetoursForPeople
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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Our letter to @ottawapolice.bsky.social regarding their refusal to provide crash victims w insurance info. Withholding insurance info from injured parties is contrary to the HTA & has harmful affects on peoples' recoveries, especially pedestrians & cyclists. www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/ottawa-...
Ottawa Police Failing Cyclists & Pedestrians
Ottawa Police withhold critical insurance information from injured cyclists, causing delays in treatment and harm.
www.thebikinglawyer.ca
August 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our letter to @ottawapolice.bsky.social regarding their refusal to provide crash victims w insurance info. Withholding insurance info from injured parties is contrary to the HTA & has harmful affects on peoples' recoveries, especially pedestrians & cyclists. www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/ottawa-...
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Great way to relate the impact of a car crash with something people can directly understand!
buff.ly/ANAJuP6
#yegbike
buff.ly/ANAJuP6
#yegbike
August 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Great way to relate the impact of a car crash with something people can directly understand!
buff.ly/ANAJuP6
#yegbike
buff.ly/ANAJuP6
#yegbike
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ICYMI - Our final #KidicalMass bike ride of the season will take place September 27 in Orleans! More details and optional registration: kidicalmassorleans2025.eventbrite.ca
📢 Please help us share the word.
#OttBike #OttEvents #OttCity #Ottawa #OrleansOntario #SafeStreets #SafeStreetsForKids
📢 Please help us share the word.
#OttBike #OttEvents #OttCity #Ottawa #OrleansOntario #SafeStreets #SafeStreetsForKids
August 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ICYMI - Our final #KidicalMass bike ride of the season will take place September 27 in Orleans! More details and optional registration: kidicalmassorleans2025.eventbrite.ca
📢 Please help us share the word.
#OttBike #OttEvents #OttCity #Ottawa #OrleansOntario #SafeStreets #SafeStreetsForKids
📢 Please help us share the word.
#OttBike #OttEvents #OttCity #Ottawa #OrleansOntario #SafeStreets #SafeStreetsForKids
A net-good #Ottawa sidewalk story 🧵1/2
Good news: In time for the school year, new sidewalks! Used by 100’s of Broadview and Nepean HS students daily. Kudos to planners for 2m sidewalks, 3m car lanes, reducing crosswalk distance and slowing down drivers.
Good news: In time for the school year, new sidewalks! Used by 100’s of Broadview and Nepean HS students daily. Kudos to planners for 2m sidewalks, 3m car lanes, reducing crosswalk distance and slowing down drivers.
August 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A net-good #Ottawa sidewalk story 🧵1/2
Good news: In time for the school year, new sidewalks! Used by 100’s of Broadview and Nepean HS students daily. Kudos to planners for 2m sidewalks, 3m car lanes, reducing crosswalk distance and slowing down drivers.
Good news: In time for the school year, new sidewalks! Used by 100’s of Broadview and Nepean HS students daily. Kudos to planners for 2m sidewalks, 3m car lanes, reducing crosswalk distance and slowing down drivers.
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Canada has a #StopDeKindermord history too, complete with stereotypical "sorry".
The difference between Canada and the Netherlands: we didn't see widespread change and action decades ago. We're still asking for it today.
The difference between Canada and the Netherlands: we didn't see widespread change and action decades ago. We're still asking for it today.
Canadians at an illegal street blockade: “Don’t kill our children” / “On strike against death” / “Sorry for any inconvenience.” ...
August 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Canada has a #StopDeKindermord history too, complete with stereotypical "sorry".
The difference between Canada and the Netherlands: we didn't see widespread change and action decades ago. We're still asking for it today.
The difference between Canada and the Netherlands: we didn't see widespread change and action decades ago. We're still asking for it today.
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School is just around the corner. Want to try biking to school with your kids? How about trying our new maps to find the safest routes? Download the Cycling Guide app now. It’s free.
#BikeMaps #Ottawa #OttawaBikeMaps
cyclingguide.org/download-the...
#BikeMaps #Ottawa #OttawaBikeMaps
cyclingguide.org/download-the...
August 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
School is just around the corner. Want to try biking to school with your kids? How about trying our new maps to find the safest routes? Download the Cycling Guide app now. It’s free.
#BikeMaps #Ottawa #OttawaBikeMaps
cyclingguide.org/download-the...
#BikeMaps #Ottawa #OttawaBikeMaps
cyclingguide.org/download-the...
A trip to a museum on transit for a family of 4 would cost $32. Driving and parking $6.
We need to flip the this, make the externality costs of the later pay for the former.
We need to flip the this, make the externality costs of the later pay for the former.
What’s your urbanism take that the general public would absolutely hate?
Mine is that making driving or parking less convenient can be incredibly helpful to public transit and active transportation.
Mine is that making driving or parking less convenient can be incredibly helpful to public transit and active transportation.
August 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A trip to a museum on transit for a family of 4 would cost $32. Driving and parking $6.
We need to flip the this, make the externality costs of the later pay for the former.
We need to flip the this, make the externality costs of the later pay for the former.
Do you think Speed Cameras are a cash grab?
Is doing the local speed limit hard?
Then you want Intelligent Speed Adaptation! Talk to your MP now.
Is doing the local speed limit hard?
Then you want Intelligent Speed Adaptation! Talk to your MP now.
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Do you think Speed Cameras are a cash grab?
Is doing the local speed limit hard?
Then you want Intelligent Speed Adaptation! Talk to your MP now.
Is doing the local speed limit hard?
Then you want Intelligent Speed Adaptation! Talk to your MP now.
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Sign our petition here: www.ecologyottawa.ca/rtor_petition
#VisionZero #OttCity #Ottawa #OttWalk #OttRoll #OttBike
#VisionZero #OttCity #Ottawa #OttWalk #OttRoll #OttBike
Protect pedestrians and cyclists in Ottawa! Protégez les piétons et les cyclistes à Ottawa !
www.ecologyottawa.ca
August 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sign our petition here: www.ecologyottawa.ca/rtor_petition
#VisionZero #OttCity #Ottawa #OttWalk #OttRoll #OttBike
#VisionZero #OttCity #Ottawa #OttWalk #OttRoll #OttBike
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Yes! Make your vouce heard
August 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Yes! Make your vouce heard