At the Haney Farmers Market, HUB volunteers will be teaching basic bike repair and maintenance to whoever wants to learn! Where: Bandstand, Memorial Peace ParkWhen: Saturday, May 10Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Just drop by! Update April 28: the first 25 people to arrive by bike at the market will receive a $5 coupon, […]
Do you know the annual Art Studio Tour in Maple Ridge is coming up? It’ll take place on May 10th and 11th. This year you have the option of joining members of our local HUB committee on our first Art Studio Bike Tour. Date: Sunday, May 11 Time: 10:00 am Where: The ACT, Memorial Peace […]
HUB will be back at Maple Ridge Earth Day 2014 with our Cycle Recycle. The Earth Day event happens this year on April 26, from 10 am to 2 pm. It looks like we may have more than 10 used bikes to give away. Some kid’s bikes, some adult bikes; a great selection. I just […]
My parents in the Netherlands sometimes send me articles about cycling, thinking that I can use it in my cycling advocacy efforts here in Maple Ridge. I just received the latest one, a big, 2-page article in one of the national newspapers, the Algemeen Dagblad, with an interview with Saskia Kluit of the Dutch Fietsersbond […]
My latest column in the Maple Ridge News: Posted Mar 27, 2014 As I was parking my bike in front of municipal hall recently, an elderly lady was unlocking her bike. As I often do with fellow riders, we had a little bike talk. She told me she could no longer drive her car because […]
Often people claim that we can’t afford to build bicycle infrastructure. This myth is busted in this Treehugger blog post by Zachara Shahan: 1 mile of a protected bike lane is 100x cheaper than 1 mile of roadway, with an article from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and a mindblowing chart from PeopleForBikes.
My latest column in the Maple Ridge News: Since the installation of the multi-use path along Lougheed Highway between 216th and Laity streets, I’ve heard various comments from cyclists about its design and safety. The strong-and-fearless-type road cyclists mostly said they’d rather be on the road with the cars than on the path, which actually […]
At Council Workshop on March 3 – after receiving an excellent staff report based on feedback by the RCMP and the Social Planning Advisory Committee – Council discussed whether it was a good idea to follow up on Coun. Hogarth’s suggestion back in November to start cracking down on cyclists who don’t wear a helmet […]
I looks like the “improvements” that the District has so far made to 132nd Ave. between 232nd and 224th Streets are not making everyone happy. A gravel path, to be separated from the roadway by a fence, doesn’t work for wheelchair users and road cyclists. Once the fence is in place, the narrower car lane […]
Alex and Barb Pope were interviewed this morning on CBC Radio One: The Early Edition by Michelle Eliot in her series on ‘the Daily Commute’. You can find the interview here: Feb. 11, at the 1:10 mark. Barb explains how her e-bike allows her to partake in the family outings by bike despite suffering from […]