Join the VACC for a leisurely ride from downtown Maple Ridge to Osprey Village in Pitt Meadows for the official opening of the South Bonson Community Centre. Participate in the ceremonies and tour this beautiful, LEED Certified building which is sure to become the centre of activity for this part of Pitt Meadows. Riders meet […]
Mark Gorton is perhaps best known for founding the peer-to-peer service LimeWire. But his real passion is transportation — specifically bicycles, and making cities friendlier to them.Gorton makes no bones about his disdain for the automobile and its impact on cities, and he’s used his passion, and money, to promote more-equitable transportation policies. He founded OpenPlans, […]
You may wonder what this is all about: “GETI Fest”. What is GETI? It stands for “Golden Ears Transition Initiative“. GETI tries to raise awareness in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows about global warming, peak oil and the impact of our continued unsustainable lifestyles on our planet, and help to prepare ourselves for a less […]
Members of the Bike Advisory Committee, the VACC and interested citizens met Tuesday night to begin the process of updating the Municipal Bike Map. With the direction of Russ Carmichael from the District of Maple Ridge about 15 people from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows attended a meeting to clarify the strategy for rating existing […]
Our second column in the Maple Ridge News: Nice to see kids riding bicycles Published: August 12, 2011 7:00 AM It was quite inspiring to read in last week’s article Hill Street blues: must keep barriers, (The News, July 29) about how residents on Hill Avenue are trying to convince the District of Maple Ridge […]
Our next Discovery Bike Ride will be on Saturday, Aug. 20, to the Greenest Household in Maple Ridge. This will be an 18 km ride, with some hills, but we’ll take it easy. There is a short stretch of horse trail included in the route as well where we may have to walk, so don’t […]
Here’s the first one: Go Dutch: start riding your bike The dikes in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge are pretty awesome, built by the Dutch after the Second World War. I think they are one of the best things that ever happened to our area north of the Fraser River.Apart from the valuable farmland that […]
The Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Bicycle Advisory Committee will have a table at Sunday’s Rotary Duck Race between 10 am and 3 pm. There will be draft bicycle maps, with routes and potential destinations for cyclists. The BAC would like people to drop by and let them know where they would like to cycle. The cycling […]
Watch this video to get an impression of what cycling is like in the Netherlands. It’s just a very normal way of getting around: Did you notice the absence of car noise? Did you see any fat people?
The Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) is holding a summer photo contest. For more info on rules, categories, prizes and other details click here.The deadline for entries is noon on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 and winners will be determined on Wednesday, September 14, 2011.
