Joe Olson

Planning & improving local mobility travel options for a living.🚶‍♂️ 🚲 🚃 🚗 Exploring city parks, the foothills, and the mountains in my spare time. 🌲🏔️

[Jyoti Gondek @JyotiGondek]

Today, we observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

As a community, we reflect on the profound pain and enduring resilience of Indigenous Peoples across this land. We acknowledge the truths of the long, dark legacy of residential schools and the ongoing impacts of systemic racism that continue to shape the daily lives of so many.

The path to reconciliation demands more than words; it requires action, humility, and an unwavering commitment to justice. I stand with the Indigenous communities of Calgary, Treaty 7, and beyond as we walk this journey together—listening and learning.

To the survivors, families, and those who have carried the weight of these injustices for generations—your courage and strength inspire us to build a future grounded in truth and understanding.

Today and every day, let us commit to creating meaningful change.

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

Which side up?
#larchseason

[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

The economics of it all. . .

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

@mstyczen Steps from an LRT station no less. Did you send in a 311 for signal retiming/botton repostioning?

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

@mstyczen This is great! I provided the planning advice years ago to include that alignment in the design. #connectedcity

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

Insightful thread on climate change playing out. Especially this one:

[Jeff Masters @DrJeffMasters]

Climate change will inevitably stop being a hazy future concern and will someday turn everyday life upside down. At the risk of causing counterproductive doomism, I offer observations and speculations on how the planetary crisis may play out. 1/25 https://t.co/OG3BnGKVL4

[Katie Summers ✨ @katiessummerss]

Are we gonna talk about climate change now? Or is losing #Jasper still not enough???

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

What a night!

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

@mstyczen Only Partly cloudy NW of town! Waiting for more darkness.

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

@DaleCalkins I miss corner stores.

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

People are good for business… especially if you can slow them down to walking speed.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

Montreal's pedestrian streets - in just three years, there are now 11 of them! - are coveted by the Buisness community and touted by the Tourism Board. No one wants to live in or visit a city that is choked with traffic, causing annoyance, air and noise pollution.

But a city rapidly transforming with spaces for walking and linger and cycling? That is a place to go, a place to be. And a much better place to live.

Density isn't our problem, Toronto. Cars are our problem. We need more places for people.

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

@jwhiteyvr Just one day!? That’s not very strategic…but shows your commitment to city building. Enjoy your new adventure.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Sound up. 🔉 When you walk through a forest you connect to something greater.

Nature is amazing. Protect it.

#ActOnClimate #biodiversity #rewilding #natureneedshalf

[Tiny Beaches has moved to BlueSky @TinyBeaches]

This is a great 🧵…
It highlights the issue that time, and specifically how the value of time plays in the decision making process of people’s choices in transportation.
#Calgary #yycBike #yycWalk

[Evan Spencer @EvanSpencerYYC]

https://t.co/LUPwaCkUUs engagement tonight in Ward 12 at the Seton YMCA. Find us in the Evan Hazel theatre. https://t.co/WksS3B7Mn1

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

@DaleCalkins 1891! Now that’s what I call historic.

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

No wonder you don’t see any pedestrians crossing.

[Theinfralab @Logical_Girll]

@HumansNoContext Roads of the world. This intersection in China is next level. 😲

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

Don’t get me wrong, I prefer this over -30s, but really Enviro Canada? Can you work on your 6 & 7 day outlooks?

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

@DaleCalkins Seattle! Been here. ❤️🚲

[Joe Olson @liveablestreets]

@take5tenfour @yyccc @yyctransport @YYCTKW Worth the wait! Looks fantastic.