Another article in The Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows News about cycling, by Matthew Shields, a researcher for the Maple Ridge Museum. Published: August 13, 2013 It was in May 1937 that Maple Ridge’s own Margery Saunders clinched the victory in the Vancouver Daily Province’s annual Bike Race. The race course looped around Stanley Park, in the year […]
There are some really good English language cycling blogs based in the Netherlands with lots of useful information and ideas. One of them is Bicycledutch. Here is an interesting post about how a car-centered neighbourhood can be redesigned to make it more bike- and pedestrian (= people-) friendly and safer. As an example, the Overvecht […]
Columnist Bob Groeneveld writes about cycling in the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times: JULY 29, 2013 Add cycling to learning cycle Practically every day I see cyclists pedalling along the highways and byways that take me from home to work and back. Practically every day I see them breaking the rules of the road – […]
Here’s the latest column in The News by HUB Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows: Published: July 21 At the upcoming Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention in September, the City of Victoria is putting forward a resolution proposing a reduction of the maximum speed limit on all B.C. residential roads from 50 to 40 km/h. This initiative is […]
Love to ride? In conjunction with Bike Month in June, the City of Port Coquitlam is looking for people who like to get around on two wheels for its new Cycling Advisory Group, which will help set the direction for future cycling-related projects in the city. The application deadline is July 14. The group, whose […]
Latest column by HUB in The News: Published: June 14, 2013 Both Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are working on transportation plans. The City of Pitt Meadows is conducting an on-line survey to get input on its plan, which builds on the pedestrian and cycling master plan that was completed last year. Meanwhile, Maple Ridge held an open house […]
You don’t want to miss this: if you’re not able to attend the lecture by John Pucher at SFU Vancouver Campus on June 14 in person, it will be webcast! He’s very inspiring, and it’s absolutely worth listening to what he has to say. For all those of us in Maple Ridge who sometimes really […]
Pitt Meadows is presently developing a Transportation Master Plan, which builds on the Pedestrian and Cycling Master Plan finalized in 2012. The Transportation Master Plan will provide direction on how the City can achieve better transportation facilities today and over the next thirty years for all modes of transportation, including roads, transit, walking and cycling. […]
For those of you who didn’t have a chance to attend the public input session of the Maple Ridge Transportation Plan Update last week, May 22, the display boards can now be viewed on-line. Apparently the Transportation Plan of 2003/4, which is now being updated, was never adopted by Council, which is why it is […]
When hubbie Ivan and I went to the last HUB AGM about a week ago, Ivan, as one of our local HUB committee’s co-chairs, gave a little summary of what’s been happening in Maple Ridge cycle-land. When he took the stage, people started laughing – just like at last year’s AGM: “ha-ha-ha…. Maple Ridge? Where’s […]