Latest Posts From Ridge Meadows
35,000 kms of bike paths, almost around the world
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 […]
Column The News: ‘I have more money in my pocket and am healthier, too’
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 […]
The cost of bicycle vs. car infrastructure/transit/bridges
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.
Column The News: Help designing a better ‘multi-use’ path
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 […]
RCMP advises against helmet/lights enforcement
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 […]
132nd Ave. Recreational Roadway
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 […]
Radio interview on CBC Radio One The Early Edition with the Popes today
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 […]
Petition for truck sideguards
Please sign this petition by MP Olivia Chow for sideguards on trucks to improve cyclists’, pedestrians’ and motorcyclists’ safety: http://www.oliviachow.ca/truck_sideguards_petition Thanks! Jackie
Help wanted for Bike Tune-up Workshop
Our Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows HUB committee is planning a Spring Bike Tune-up Workshop and is looking for people who feel they have some skills to share. If you know how to fix a flat, adjust/fix brakes, change brake pads, lube and do other minor bike repairs and would like to teach others, we’d love to […]
Radio interview on CBC Radio The Early Edition, In Your Neighbourhood
Margaret Gallagher of CBC Radio The Early Edition, In Your Neighbourhood, was in Maple Ridge at the Port Haney WCE station/Billy Miner Friday Jan. 17 to talk to people about transportation issues. I found an interview with Graham Mowatt about transit at about 0:34, and I talked about cycling at about 2:19. Here’s the link.