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Civic Tech Toronto is a vibrant and diverse community of Torontonians engaged in understanding and creating solutions for civic challenges through technology, design, and other innovative means.

About Grin - About Us

Based in Vancouver BC, Canada, we are a team of electric bike enthusiasts eager to change the face of modern transportation...

ale, today › One year of cargo biking

Some random notes from my first year with an electric cargo bike, and why you should (maybe) get one

ale, today › One year of cargo biking

Some random notes from my first year with an electric cargo bike, and why you should (maybe) get one

Geheimtipp fürs Bike: Trick verhindert Werkstattbesuch und spart Geld

Mit dieser Anleitung erfahren Sie, wie Sie Ihre Fahrradschaltung einfach selbst einstellen können, um rasselnde Ketten und hakende Gänge zu vermeiden.

Hike, Bike, Drive Offline – Navigate with Privacy

Discover more of your journey - Powered by the community

Taking imagery of bike lanes at risk and using it to help fix bike parking

We took street-level imagery on Bloor St, Yonge St, University Ave, Queen’s Park Cres, and Avenue Rd to create a digital record of bike lanes at risk from Ontario Bill 212 and to help analyze and improve bike parking

Real men don't bike: How cars became the symbol of American manhood

Inside the Trump administration's campaign to sell a vision of masculinity rooted in speed and strength — and what it means for people who walk, bike and ride the bus.

Taking imagery of bike lanes at risk and using it to help fix bike parking

We took street-level imagery on Bloor St, Yonge St, University Ave, Queen’s Park Cres, and Avenue Rd to create a digital record of bike lanes at risk from Ontario Bill 212 and to help analyze…

Building Roundabout: A Pro-Social Platform for Local Communities

A conversation with the team behind New_ Public's Roundabout.

Citizenfund: Doughnut Design Case Study | DEAL

The Citizenfund is a participatory citizen investment fund that uses collective intelligence to support impact projects.

Bike Routes to Look Forward To | Offprint

A hopeful view toward the future of biking in the Bay

The curb-cut effect

The curb-cut effect illustrates how when we design to benefit disadvantaged or vulnerable groups we end up helping society as a whole. Angela Glover Blackwell explains how campaigning by students with disabilities in Berkeley in the early 1970s led to adding curb cuts to the Berkeley sidewalks to make access easier for those in wheelchairs. Yet it wasn't just people in wheelchairs that it helped. Curb cuts also made life easier for people pushing children in strollers, people using trolleys for deliveries, people pulling a suitcase, those wheeling bikes or on skateboards, and it also helps save lives by guiding people to cross at safe locations. Another example is adding closed captioning to TV that helps anyone watch in a noisy bar, a waiting room, or watching an airline safety video. Or a classic example of universal design in the OXO Good Grips range originally made to be comfortable for holding a peeler even if you have arthritis. It's also a useful analogy for "how laws and programs designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all," (PolicyLink) whether that be increasing broadband access, improving public transport or taking cuts out of curbs. Here's a short, fun video of Gary Karp explaining the curb-cut effect. Thanks to my patron Quintin Balsdon for sharing it with me.