Latest Posts From Ridge Meadows
Lecture: How to Increase Cycling and Walking – Lessons from Cities Across the Globe
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 need […]
Pitt Meadows Transportation Plan
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. […]
Maple Ridge Transportation Plan Update
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 […]
Costly sprawl in Maple Ridge
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 […]
Maple Ridge Transportation Plan Update public input session May 22
HUB needs your help. Maple Ridge is updating its Transportation Plan. There’s a lot of development going on in our community, and still there’s no requirement to consider the needs of cyclists for new developments. A Complete Streets by-law, which requires the developer to provide appropriate infrastructure for cyclists (bike lanes, preferably separated, for busy […]
Help for Students Cycling to School
HUB Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows latest column in The News: Published: May 03, 2013 Throughout Metro Vancouver, HUB provides cycling training programs at elementary schools. For example, in New Westminster all sixth-graders receive cycling education, and Surrey provides training for all fourth- and fifth-graders over two years. In Maple Ridge, HUB wheeled out a successful Bike to […]
Alex Pope, provincial Green candidate Maple Ridge/Mission
I sent an e-mail to all the provincial candidates for our region (see earlier blog post) to ask them about their views on the Cycling Strategy proposed by the BC Cycling Coalition. Alex Pope, Green candidate for Maple Ridge/Mission, responded as follows: “The Green Party of BC is committed to creating and supporting clean, affordable, and […]
Bike to School/Work Week
Just wanted to let you know about some upcoming events: Bike to School Week: May 27 – 31 Here’s a great opportunity for your kids to get active, and have fun at the same time! Which kid wouldn’t prefer to bike to school rather than be driven to school by his parents! Better yet is […]
Pedal power in Budapest
Well, I guess the weather was a little bit better in Budapest on Saturday than in Maple Ridge on Sunday, judging from the photo in this article, which undoubtedly was why they got so many more cyclists out for their Earth Day weekend ride (tens of thousands) than we did for ours to Goodbye Chums (uhm….four). […]
Discovery Bike Ride to “Goodbye Chums”
Four of us – Dave, Barb, Tom and myself – braved the rain and cold today to ride to the Goodbye Chums event and the Grand Opening of the new Bell Irving Fish Hatchery on 256th Street. We started off ready to burn off some calories after the annual volunteer pancake breakfast at Red Robin, […]