Are you comfortable biking home at night through the river valley? Have you been the target of catcalls or other verbal harassment while riding to work? Do you worry about being run off the road or injured while running mundane errands? Tell us your stories of being the target of harassment, threats, or aggressive driving, while riding your bicycle. And tell us about any other safety concerns you have had. Many people don't realize the adversity faced in just trying to bike somewhere: help us paint a clearer picture. Very few people will intentionally endanger another person on the road, but how do those rare instances impact your desire to ride?

You may not have the opportunity to speak to Council at a committee meeting or, but if you tell us about it, we can make sure that Council hears your story.

Share your story with us

Share your story to help us advocate for better bike infrastructure in downtown Edmonton. Please submit your incident or concern by September 9, 2016.

Additionally, if you're willing to record a short video clip of yourself (around 1-2 minutes) telling your story, we will present a compilation to Council. Upload your video to your choice of service (e.g. YouTube, Dropbox, MegaFileUpload, Facebook) and e-mail the link to [email protected].

Stantec is currently conducting a technical study of a minimum grid of physically separated bike lanes in downtown Edmonton. They will present the report to City Council's Urban Planning Committee in September 2016. The report examines using inexpensive, temporary infrastructure, such as bollards and mobile concrete curbs, to build a network of protected bike lanes, similar to Calgary’s wildly successful downtown cycle track network.

We need dedicated bike routes to provide safe, equitable, and efficient transportation through Edmonton's core. Edmonton is the only major city in Canada without any dedicated bike infrastructure downtown.

Designating space for cyclists ensures that more people have safe transportation choices and reduces conflicts between users, such as the abhorrent recent incident of racism and road rage.