By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS – Nov. 30/11 www.tricitynews.com Walking, cycling and public transit are emphasized in an update to Coquitlam’s strategic transportation plan, a document that seeks to increase alternate modes of commuter travel in the municipality. Currently, 82% of trips in the city are made by automobile, a number engineering staff said […]
City ponders making lock–ups for bicycles a requirement of different developments By Gary McKenna THE TRI–CITY NEWS – Nov. 30/11www.tricitynews.com Finding a place to lock up a bicycle could get a lot easier for commuters in Coquitlam if city council adopts a proposal that would require all new developments to provide bike parking. While adequate vehicle parking has long been a part of […]
At several all-candidates meetings in the last few weeks, the term “Complete Streets” was mentioned. When engineers design Complete Streets, they consider the needs of all users: pedestrians, wheelchair users, cyclists, transit, and cars. On some streets with low traffic volumes and speeds cyclists can share the road with cars, on other streets bike lanes […]
Note: this presentation has been canceled. We will try to reschedule. Highlight of this month’s regular B.A.C. meeting – Nov. 21, 7pm, Blaney Room, Maple Ridge City Hall – is a presentation by accomplished transportation specialist Richard Drdul. Richard Drdul is an active transportation specialist with more than 25 years of transportation planning and design experience. He […]
Velo-city Global is the world’s premier international cycling planning conference. The four day event offers delegates from around the world a chance to share best practices for creating and sustaining cycling-friendly cities, where bicycles are valued as part of daily transport and recreation… AND IT’S COMING TO VANCOUVER!www.velo-city2012.com/
1. What modes of transportation do you normally use within your community and within Metro Vancouver? I usually use my personal vehicle. On short errands around town I will walk and if I have to do downtown Vancouver for a day I will take the West Coast Express but that is a rare occassion. I […]
Published in the Maple Ridge News Nov. 11, 2011: According to a recent United Nations report on population growth, research shows that “an extra child born today in the United States, would, down the generations, produce an eventual carbon footprint seven times that of an extra child in China, 55 times that of an Indian […]
World risks being next to unlivable Agence France-Presse November 10, 2011 The world has just five years to avoid being trapped in a scenario of perilous climate change and extreme weather events, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned Wednesday.On current trends, “rising fossil energy use will lead to irreversible and potentially catastrophic climate change,” the IEA concluded […]
On weekday mornings and afternoons people in east Maple Ridge may have had a chance to see Steve Schleicher in his bright yellow velomobile, on his way to or from work. When I mention the word “velomobile”, most people always look at me, wondering: “what on earth is a velomobile?”. It’s a tricycle, either with […]
1. What modes of transportation do you normally use within your community and within Metro Vancouver?I mostly drive my car. I arrange my day so that I can do all my work with one trip. Due to the nature of my contracts I frequently have too much to use a bike. Community Kitchens require too […]