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 […]
1) What modes of transportation do you normally use within your community and within Metro Vancouver?I normally use my car within Maple Ridge, and West Coast Express for my commute to work everyday. 2) How would you support and encourage cycling for transportation – for people of all ages and abilities – to promote healthy […]
1. What modes of transportation do you normally use within your community and within Metro Vancouver? My car and my own two feet are my main modes of transport in my community and within Metro Vancouver. As I live out in the country it is often too far to bike and bus service is limited […]
1. What modes of transportation do you normally use within your community and within Metro Vancouver?I use my vehicle to and from work. When I am home, I walk through the Maple Crest trails as well as down town when I am shopping for various items. I am pretty high energy, so I need to […]
