Darcy R

@geodarcy

Doctor of Human Geography and Urban Planning, rider of bikes, and YouTuber at the intersection of the two.

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Darcy R@geodarcy· 6d

I believe @skipischris.bsky.social qualifies! Could he have just signed as the Oilers EBUG? The Oilers have two goalies with a history of injuries so this could be his chance. Also, if the EBUG comes in, does that count as an NHL game so the team has to find a new one before the next game?

Screen capture of the criteria to be an EBUG in the NHL.

Darcy R@geodarcy· 7d

Quiz time! Which vehicle is parked legally? Bonus: who do you think was parked there first? If it was the car driver, do you think the truck driver still thought parking in the bike lane was less illegal? @michaeljanz.bsky.social @edmontonanne.bsky.social @andrewknack.bsky.social

White car parked on the sidewalk, where it’s supposed to be parked, and a black pickup parked illegally in a bike lane

Darcy R@geodarcy· 7d

We’re now up to 43 days since the street was resurfaced and no traffic markings have been painted. Is that because all the markings are for people walking and biking? There was no yellow line just for SUVs before that needed immediate replacing.

Sign pointing to a painted bike gutter but there’s no painted bike gutter on the street 43 days after it was resurfaced

Darcy R@geodarcy· 15d

Is it bad timing to pick up Frostbike in July? Not in YEG where the anti-bike crowd assures me there’s 13 months of winter.

The book, Frostbike, perched on a pannier on the back of a yellow bike

Darcy R@geodarcy· 18d

Tell me you hate bikes and don’t know the joy of riding them without telling me you hate bikes and don’t know the joy of riding them. (The image is a response to my previous post about using one bike to transport a second bike)

Reply guy reply saying I should own just one bike

Darcy R@geodarcy· 18d

Fortunate that I own more than one bike. When one needs servicing, I can take it to the shop with another bike. That how I continue to fight @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Folded Brompton bike in the front of a bakfiets

Darcy R@geodarcy· 25d

As a person with a disability so I cannot drive but I can bike with my children and huge loads of groceries, I find that the Rev isn’t making a good argument for why everyone has to drive everywhere.

Darcy R@geodarcy· 27d

Well, @andrewknack.bsky.social might have missed my offer for ice cream but @ashleysalvador.bsky.social was happy to join a group of people who ride bikes for some ice cream.

Two people holding ice cream and smiling

Darcy R@geodarcy· Jul 3

No one else thought my labelling of this evening’s dinner was a bad attempt at a math joke. It was my daughter who told me which buns were pastrami and not pastrami

Four buns wrapped in tin foil. The two in the foreground are labelled P and NP

Darcy R@geodarcy· Jul 1

Someone moved one of the Toronto barriers in my favourite modal filter to make the gap for drivers even wider. Wouldn’t want to hurt drivers’ feelings by preventing them from driving everywhere

A residential intersection with concrete barriers as a modal filter. One is askew leaving a larger gap for vehicles to pass through. Sign says do not enter except bicycles

Darcy R@geodarcy· Jun 24

Place your bets! After resurfacing is finished, how long until the bike lane is repainted? What per cent of trips before the bike lane is painted will I encounter vehicles parked where the lane should be? #yegbike

Street with incomplete asphalt resurfacing. A painted bike gutter can be seen in the incomplete section

Darcy R@geodarcy· Jun 21

Baking cookies this morning nearly went horribly wrong. I’m well aware nutmeg isn’t white but I put a lot of trust in the label.

Two nearly identical bottles both labelled “ground nutmeg”. One is nutmeg while the other is white pepper

Darcy R@geodarcy· May 27

@skipischris.bsky.social There’s an alumni band and we weren’t invited!

Darcy R@geodarcy· May 11

New Bike Day! I needed another bike to carry one of my other bikes. Actually, it’s mostly for 老婆 or my daughters to carry me in the future or ride further with me for groceries in the present. @ternbicycles.com

Yellow Tern long-tail cargo bike with a folded Brompton strapped on the rear rack

Darcy R@geodarcy· May 9

Captured some enemy territory in @thewaroncars.bsky.social with this sweet parallel parking right in front of the ice cream shop. The ice cream was sweet too.

Bakfiets parallel parked between two cars directly in front of an ice cream shop

Darcy R@geodarcy· May 7

They kept driving until the needle was well below E.

Darcy R@geodarcy· May 7

Two rides down 105Ave, driver parked in the bike lane each ride RIGHT BESIDE WHERE THEY COULD LEGALLY PARK ON THE SIDEWALK. Whoda thunk drivers would be confused by the only legal sidewalk parking in the city?

Black truck parked in a bike lane right beside where they could legally park on the sidewalk

Darcy R@geodarcy· Apr 5

Checked out the modal filters on 124Ave. Not sure at all what they’re supposed to filter. All the drivers I watched passed through with no difficulty. #yegbike

Residential street with Toronto barriers across the intersection. There is a no entry sign and obvious SUV tracks passing through the gap in the barriers

Darcy R@geodarcy· Mar 22

Any advice from Bluesky about what to read next? Options are Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, beginner Marxist Geography, Dark PR, something recent about bikes or urbanism, or catch up on academic papers about cargo bikes. My recent reads are in the photo.

Books lined up on a shelf. Mostly recent urbanism books.

Darcy R@geodarcy· Feb 8

I posted this earlier today. I think the City paused for the weekend but leaving the snow in the painted door zone bike lane was a choice

Darcy R@geodarcy· Feb 6

Fighting #Blindness Canada is trying to connect people with similar eye diseases IRL. One in #yeg is at an #inaccessible rec centre. The closest bus stop is 2.5km away. If you go, you must be driven there. #motonormativity #disability #VisuallyImpaired

Bus directions showing a 19 minute walk from the closest bus stop to the destination

Fighting Blindness Canada invite to a meetup. ACT rec centre is inaccessible if you don’t drive

Darcy R@geodarcy· Dec 21

Collected air quality data today on a residential street that’s packed with SUVs due to the Xmas light display. It was -24°C so a fine night for a walk. @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Me in a yellow War on Cars toque with an air quality monitor on a pole above and to the right

Darcy R@geodarcy· Dec 6

Amateurs. Edmonton police block the bike lane when there’s an actual, available parking spot right beside where they parked. Yes, Edmonton has bike lane-protected sidewalk parking. Just installed last year.

Darcy R@geodarcy· Nov 14

Too bad there isn’t a junction so TWO paths could be obstructed at once. 111Ave has six more poles in the path though it’s possible they will be moved

Darcy R@geodarcy· Nov 5

Guy covered his licence plate with a cloth grocery bag when I moved to take a picture of the back of the car. Guess he actually knew driving the wrong way down a big lane then parking isn’t allowed

Car pointing the wrong way parked in a bike lane

Darcy R@geodarcy· Nov 4

My city could hire me part-time as a parking bylaw officer and I’d make it millions during my usual riding around

Darcy R@geodarcy· Oct 30

Encountered five illegally parked vehicles along about 500m of bike lane. If only there was someone nearby to enforce the laws.

Police SUV parked, facing the wrong direction, in a bike lane with actual SUV parking right beside it

Darcy R@geodarcy· Oct 29

Yes, the City did completely tear up the side of a road, build completely new active transportation infrastructure, and still decide to place a pole in the middle of two shared use paths.

Pole for traffic lights installed in the middle of two shared use paths

Darcy R@geodarcy· Oct 19

My pre-ordered copy of Life After Cars arrived at my local bookstore. The framings I use in my urbanist/biking YT videos will likely evolve after reading. Thanks for writing this, @thewaroncars.bsky.social

A book, Life After Cars, tucked in the straps of a bag mounted on a Brompton bike

Darcy R@geodarcy· Oct 18

The 103 Ave detour due to LRT construction will have protected bike lanes. I don’t know if they’ll be permanent but it’d be a pity to rip these up. #yegbike