April 2011

This from Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world’s leading advertising agencies. NEW YORK, NY, April 18, 2011 – When it comes to motivating the mainstream American consumer to act, the messages and techniques offered by marketers, governments, and NGOs around sustainability have been missing the mark, according to a study released today by OgilvyEarth […]

You may have heard that Vancouver has made great progress in recent years in becoming a cyclist-friendly city, and you may have been wanting to explore all the new bike routes in Vancouver, and even the new bike lanes in the downtown. Then you’ll want to take a look at this: the Vancouver Area Cycling […]

The former President of the VACC, Arno Schortinghuis, has spent some time scanning the various party platforms to see what each party plans to do to improve cycling and walking in our communities. A quick summary: Conservative Party – Nothing Green Party – 1½ pages of policy Liberal Party – Nothing New Democratic Party – […]

We all know the talking points. The benefits of bicycles have been tirelessly elaborated upon; bicycles improve health, ease congestion, save money, use less space, and provide efficient transportation with zero fuel consumption and zero carbon emissions. All of this is great, and the culmination of a population on two wheels can have a drastic […]

We asked all four candidates for the federal election in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows-Mission riding about about what their party’s platform says about cycling and what they plan on doing to improve cycling infrastructure and promotion. We will be adding their replies to this posting as they come in. Here’s the first reply, from the […]

Jeff Rubin, former Chief Economist CIBC World Markets talks to CBC’s George Stroumboulopolous about his new book. It’s all about peak oil, the end of globalization and increasing gas prices making the whole world SMALLER AND MORE LOCAL.VIDEO

Planners and politicians from 47 countries recently came together at the 2011 Velo-City Conference in Seville, Spain, from March 23 – 25. This is an international conference on cycling and cycling policies that started in 1980, and has been held in Europe every two years until 2009, after which it has been held annually. In […]

The MR/PM Cyclist would like to take this opportunity to recognize the owners of the “Liquidation World Mall” (living somewhere in Florida – name to come),  for their efforts and achievements in urban, environmental improvement. The lone pine tree in the centre of the vast parking lot, has surely set the standard for civic beautification […]

Construction appears to be close to complete on the bridge over the North Alouette just north of the Equestrian Centre located on 132nd Ave. The approaches and span foundations on both sides of the river appear complete and if the span itself is being pre-fabricated, it looks like a crane could have the job done […]