Which Edmonton municipal election candidate are you?

Take the Taproot Edmonton survey to see where you agree and disagree with the candidates in your ward on 30 questions derived from Taproot’s People’s Agenda project. The survey only takes a few minutes, and helps you see at a glance where your candidates stand on issues relating to a range of important issues, including active transportation and urban planning. (You can also just look at candidate responses without taking the survey yourself.)

Paths for People also surveyed candidates specifically on active transportation, including school board trustee candidates.

We have compiled all the active transportation-related responses from both surveys, as well as looked at every candidate’s priorities from their websites (as well as some interviews and social media), and summarized everything for you into comparison tables.

You can see our voter guide here.

Voting

Election day is Monday, October 18. Find your voting station (which also tells you which ward you’re in). One piece of ID showing both your name and current address is required.

Advance voting runs Monday, October 4 to Wednesday, October 13, including specific days at the University of Alberta, MacEwan University, and Norquest College. Find advance voting stations and details here.

Ward maps

Enter your address in the look-up tool to find your City of Edmonton ward (including an audio clip with proper pronunciation), school board ward, and your voting station (including advance voting stations). The look-up tool displays a map showing the ward boundaries, as well as the previous ward boundaries were for reference.

As-is Sidewalk Rummage Sale

Come check out our outdoor sale in front of our downtown shop (10612 105 Ave) on Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 11am-1pm.

We have a lot of one-off and unusual items that would be gems in the hands of the right person.

We have BMXs, vintage cruisers, and a lot of bikes and bike frames that we don't have the capacity (or parts) to refurbish.

We also have quite a few pairs of cycling shoes (many were never worn), obscure items, collectibles, etc., and they will all be priced to move!

Bike Edmonton 2021 Annual General Meeting

The Bike Edmonton Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held Sunday, November 7, 2021, from 1-3pm virtually on Google Meet.

To register, please RSVP here. RSVPing is strongly encouraged so that we can verify your membership status and issue your secret ballot for voting.

If you wish to participate but do not have the technical means to participate via Google Meet, please contact us so we can make arrangements for your participation.

Everyone is invited to attend, meet our new Executive Director, hear updates about the past year, where we're headed in the future, and vote on important business. Only members-in-good-standing are eligible to vote: check your membership status (and renew your membership) here.

If you are interested in helping to set the direction of our growing organization, or know someone eager to help build Edmonton as a better city for cycling and walking, please visit our board of directors nominations page for details about the roles and responsibilities. Candidates can also be nominated from the floor at the AGM. Directors will be elected by our membership at the AGM.

Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/kik-nyyq-ufm

Or dial-in: +1 647-734-0020‬ ‪(this is a California phone number: your phone plan rates for calling USA will apply)

PIN: ‪381 549 084‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/kik-nyyq-ufm?pin=4122609860697

Casino volunteers needed Sunday and Monday

We are in need of a few volunteers to help run our casino on Sunday and Monday! The casino has implemented vaccine passports (aka the restrictions exemption program, REP), so all patrons and volunteers will be required to present proof of vaccination or a negative, privately purchased COVID-19 test completed in the previous 72 hours..

Sunday, September 26, 2021

• Daybanker: 10am-7pm

Monday, September 27, 2021

• General Manager: 6:15pm-3:45am

• Evening Banker: 6:15pm-3:45am

• Cashier: 6:30pm-3:30am
  

If you aren’t interested in and of the above roles, please consider signing up to be on-call for any other position of your choice. Having volunteers on-call is especially important this year.

For more information and to sign up, please click here and we’ll contact you shortly.

Bike Edmonton uses licensed charitable casino events to raise funds for our activities. Approximately once every 22 months, we provide volunteers to help staff a casino event. Pooled funds from several casinos over several months is shared by charitable organizations: we generally receive over $70,000. Faced with significant financial impacts from the pandemic, this coming casino is critical for Bike Edmonton's financial stability.

Date: Sunday September 26, and Monday September 27, 2021
Location: Starlight Casino (West Edmonton Mall), 8882 170 St NW

Bike Edmonton's tune up session at the Repair Café by Edmonton Tool Library

The Edmonton Tool Library is holding a Repair Café on Saturday, Auguast 21, 10am to 3pm and Bike Edmonton will be there!

7308 112 Ave NW, behind the Bellevue Community Centre

What is a Repair Cafe?
The Repair Café concept comes from the Netherlands. It was formulated in 2009 by Martine Postma, who was at the time an Amsterdam-based journalist/publicist. Postma hit on the idea of setting up low-key meeting places nationwide where neighbours could repair their broken items themselves, supported by specialists and in a relaxed atmosphere.

This means on August 21, you'll be able to bring broken items to the parking lot of the Edmonton Tool Library to have them assessed and repaired, if possible, and learn about repair along the way. We will have volunteer experts on site specializing in:

• Bicycle care & repair

• Sewing & upholstery

• Household electronics

• Tool maintenance & repair

Why?
The Edmonton Tool Library wants to reduce waste. We'd rather see broken items get repaired than replaced and we know how frustrating it is that the cost to repair is often much higher than buying new. We want to champion a repair culture in Edmonton in addition to our mission to strengthen the local sharing economy, to make the most of valuable resources and reduce our impact on the environment. We also hope that you wish to be part of this culture, by learning from our repair experts and passing on the repair knowledge.

To find out more about the Repair Café, visit http://www.edmontontoollibrary.ca/

Free minor tune ups at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, August 13 and 20, 5pm -8pm, 2021

Bike Edmonton is providing free minor tune up services at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival on August 13 and 20, 5pm to 8pm. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Two friendly bike mechanics be just South of the Cosmopolitan Music Society, 8426 Gateway Blvd NW on both Friday, August 13 and Friday, August 20 from 5pm -8pm. You don’t have to have a ticket to the Fringe grounds in order to come and get a minor tune up. Stop by to get your bike safety checked and adjusted or just to ask the knowledgeable volunteers about cycling in Edmonton or finding cycling resources.

For more information about the Fringe visit https://www.fringetheatre.ca/festival/

Two volunteers are still needed for August 20, 5-8pm. For more information or to sign up, please visit
Fringe Festival 2021 volunteer sign-up form

Free supervised bike parking and bike adjustments at Heritage Fest this weekend, August 31 to Sept 2

If you’re riding to Heritage Fest this weekend, Bike Edmonton is supervising two bike compounds from 9am to 9pm all three days of the festival. Please bring your lock. On each evening between 5pm and 7pm, at compound #1 by Hawrelak Park’s main gate, our volunteer mechanic is offering free bike inspections and adjustments. You don’t need to have a ticket to Heritage Fest to get into compound #1. If you are headed into the festival, you’ll need a free Heritgae Festival ticket, which you can get through their website heritagefest.ca Donations to Bike Edmonton for cycling services are greatly appreciated at either compound.

Volunteers needed: charitable casino event

Volunteer with us on September 26 and 27! No knowledge or experience of casinos, gambling, or bicycles is needed. By volunteering at this event, your 4-8 hour shift is equivalent to a donation of thousands of dollars to Bike Edmonton.

Bike Edmonton uses licensed charitable casino events to raise funds for our activities. Approximately once every 22 months, we provide volunteers to help staff a casino event. Pooled funds from several casinos over several months is shared by charitable organizations: we generally receive over $70,000. Faced with significant financial impacts from the pandemic, this coming casino is critical for Bike Edmonton's financial stability.

Date: Sunday September 26, and Monday September 27, 2021
Location: Starlight Casino (West Edmonton Mall), 8882 170 St NW

To volunteer, and to see more details (including volunteer roles, perks, schedule, and transportation), please click here.

Free passes to Symphony Under the Sky 2021

From August 26 to September 6, 2021, Bike Edmonton is providing supervised bike parking at Symphony Under the Sky in Hawrelak Park so staff, musicians, and festival attendees can bike and park securely. We need volunteers to help monitor the bike parking.

No prior experience or knowledge needed. On-site training is provided. This role involves sitting at the bike parking compound, greeting people and answering questions relating to the bike parking and Bike Edmonton, and ensuring that bikes aren't stolen. Bring a snack, a book or volunteer with a friend, and enjoy. You can often hear the music from the compound.

Each volunteer will receive a pair of complimentary tickets to another day of Symphony Under the Sky. Two volunteers are required for each shift. Priority is given to existing volunteers and volunteers who have helped at other events, especially those who have previously volunteered for roles without ticket or cash incentives like this year’s Heritage Festival or Casino events.

For more information, including schedule, and to sign up for the bike monitor role, please visit the volunteer sign-up form.

Community Garden Bike Tour, August 15, 2021: ride marshals needed

Do you love gardens and cycling?

Help out with the Community Garden Tour on Sunday, August 15! This easy paced on-street bike tour is organized by Sustainable Food Edmonton (SFE). Bike Edmonton is an enthusiastic partner in this unique urban adventure, which is also an opportunity to connect with people who have little or no urban cycling experience. It's a beautiful way to find out about communities, gardens, and how to get places by bike! By volunteering, you'll help participants get to each community garden safely and you get to share the joy of easy cycling to fun destinations.

Be a ride marshal! Five volunteers are needed. The route is not physically challenging for someone who rides their bike fairly regularly. Bike Edmonton staff will lead the tour and you'll help ensure that the group stays together as much as possible. If you haven't done this role before, all the training you need will be provided in an email sent to you before the ride, and at the volunteer check-in just before the ride.

Date: Sunday, August 15, 2021
Location: Millwoods area

For more information about the Community Garden ride marshal role and to sign up, please visit the volunteer sign-up form.

Free tickets to UP+DT Music Festival: Purple City, volunteers needed

This year the Up+Downtown (UP+DT) Festival is moving outside with the one-day Purple City festival in Hawrelak Park on Saturday, August 7! Since 2013, the festival has transformed Downtown Edmonton into the grounds of a massive music festival, featuring bands, DJs, and comedians. This year they are moving outdoors to the amphitheatre in the park for one glorious day of local independent entertainment outdoors!

Bike Edmonton is providing supervised bike parking so festival attendees can bike and park securely. Volunteers will receive a free ticket to the festival!

No prior experience or knowledge needed. We provide training on-site. This role involves sitting at the bike parking compound, greeting people and answering questions relating to the bike parking and Bike Edmonton, and ensuring that bikes aren't stolen. Volunteer with a friend and enjoy!

For more details and to sign up, please visit the volunteer sign-up form.

Pedego Palooza e-bike rentals and group ride and Bike Edmonton fundraiser

Bike Edmonton will be joining Pedego Electric Bikes Edmonton for a day of e-bike rentals and guided e-bike tours this Thursday, July 29, 2021 just outside Café Bicyclette (8627 91 St). Pedego is generously donating all proceeds from this event to Bike Edmonton.

One or two volunteers are needed to stay at the Bike Edmonton table and answer questions about Bike Edmonton and cycling in Edmonton. Volunteers will receive a gift card to buy food and drinks from Café Bicyclette, and enjoy live music. You don't have to be an expert to fill this role. We provide tips for answering the most common questions.

For more information and to sign up to volunteer for this event, please visit the volunteer sign-up form.

If you want to rent an e-bike and participant, please visit the Eventbrite page.

Heritage Festival volunteers needed, no experience necessary

Volunteers are needed to help monitor bikes at the Heritage Festival supervised bike parking compounds this Saturday, July 31 to Monday, August 2, 2021 in Hawrelak Park.

No experience is needed: as a bike monitor, you’ll be welcoming people to lock their bikes up and answering questions.

We also need a few volunteer mechanics. Mechanics will be be safety checking bikes and performing minor adjustments. We also need help transporting portable bike racks to and from the site.

The Heritage Festival has been one of our most effective outreach and fundraising events in the past. Many people who arrive on bicycles over the course of the weekend are fairly new to cycling. By volunteering, you get to enjoy seeing many new riders who are learning that cycling in the city is fun and rewarding!

For full details, please visit the volunteer sign-up form.

Bike Repair 101 course, Saturday July 17, 9am - 12pm, 2021

In our hands-on Bike Repair 101 workshop, our most popular class, you will gain confidence and save money by doing simple repairs yourself as well as preventing expensive parts from wearing out. Bring your bicycle so you can learn techniques specific to your components, or you can work on one of Bike Edmonton's bikes. This is a great place to start if you have little or no experience working on bikes, and will cover:

• drivetrain cleaning and lubrication,

• flat tire repair,

• basic brake and gearing adjustments, and

• how to spot small problems before they become big problems.

Registration is required. These classes tend to fill up, so register early to reserve your spot. For more information and to register, please visit https://apps.bikeedmonton.ca 

Bike Edmonton members receive a $10 discount. Masks are required during our courses. #yegbike

Full 2021 schedule for Ever Active Schools children's' cycling clinics

Are you looking for cycling education for your children, grades 4 to 12? We’re partnering with Ever Active Schools to make cycling a fun and an effective, safe transportation option for students.

BRINGING CITY CYCLING STRATEGIES TO LIFE FOR EDMONTON STUDENTS

PROJECT OBJECTIVE:

To support active transportation and acknowledge Edmonton's emerging cycling infrastructure,

Ever Active Schools is recruiting students to participate in our Bringing City Cycling Strategies to

Life for Edmonton Students project. This initiative aims to make cycling fun and an effective, safe

WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT:

Free one day cycling clinic that will cover: helmet and bike knowledge, bicycle handling, signals and safe, secure locking methods, navigating intersections, signage, and routes, cycling etiquette, basic bicycle maintenance, on-road guided riding

Program perks: bicycle checks by a certified bicycle mechanic, connecting young cyclists with knowledgeable, experienced, enthusiastic members of Edmonton’s cycling community, small session sizes, with a lead and sweep, 2.5 hour guided on-road riding to practise skills, visits to interesting and informative bike stops, certificate of course completion, free snacks and lunch!

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a learn to bike program. This program is intended to teach students

about the cycling infrastructure in Edmonton and we will be doing a 10km on road ride.

CLINIC DATES, LOCATIONS, AND REGISTRATION LINKS

July 11, 10am - 4pm, John A. McDougall School: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/161039382127

July 18, 10am - 4pm, Parkdale Cromdale Community League: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/161039783327

July 25, 10am - 4pm, Parkdale Cromdale Community League: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/161040112311

August 22, 10am - 4pm, John A. McDougall School: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/161040359049

Funded by: Edmonton Community Foundation

Free Cycling Clinics for Grades 4-12 Students in Edmonton

Ever Active Schools, in partnership with Bike Edmonton, is running free City Cycling Strategies Clinics for Grades 4-12 Students in Edmonton communities!

This initiative aims to increase the cycling knowledge, community awareness, safety, and confidence.

To register or find out more about the upcoming clinics, please visit the registration links for various dates:

Clinic Registration

• June 15 and 17

• June 22 and 24

• June 29

Free Online Presentation, Cycling In the City, Getting Around Comfortably

Ritchie Community League is hosting Bike Edmonton’s free live presentation, Cycling In the City, Getting Around Comfortably this Saturday, June 12, 2021, 10am - 11pm. We'll cover the ABCs of basic bike mechanics, and what to do to safely venture beyond our neighbourhoods and multi-use paths. The presentation is 45-minutes, leaving 15 minutes to answer your questions. While the presentation is geared to people relatively new to cycling, it is an excellent refresher for experienced cyclists who who are asked for advice by family and friends. To register, visit the Ritchie Community event webpage https://ritchie-league.com/special-events/2021/6/4/cycling-secrets-a-bike-edmonton-online-presentation….