Latest Posts From Ridge Meadows
Column The News: Teach your children to ride safely
Latest column in the Maple Ridge News by Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Chapter of HUB:
Studies show bike commuting is one of the best ways to stay healthy
From http://www.resilience.org (formerly the Energy Bulletin) by Jay Walljasper, originally published by peopleforbikes.org It’s always a pleasure when scientific studies confirm your own long-held opinions, especially when what you think flies in the face of all conventional wisdom. For instance, who knew that chocolate éclairs and triple fudge caramel brownies actually contain fewer calories than a 12-ounce […]
Advocacy groups call for focus on cycling ahead of B.C. election
The last few years have been amazing, seeing the rapid growth in cycling for transportation in communities in North America and all over the world. Things don’t move quite so fast in suburbs like Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. But the momentum is there and we need to step up our efforts. While about 60% […]
A Cycling Adventure in Pitt Meadows – Spring Break camp!
Hey kids! Parks and Leisure is offering a Spring Break cycling camp this year. You can learn more about bike safety and have fun touring Pitt Meadows, seeing all the sites, and picnicking along the way. The program is offered during two weeks: March 18-22 and March 25-28. You can sign up for just a […]
Design multi-use cycle track Lougheed Highway between 216 & Laity
If you didn’t have a chance to visit the Open House last week, you can see the drawing of the project here and the display boards here. The Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Committee sent the letter below to the Maple Ridge Engineering Dept.:Mr. Pollock,Thank you to you and the other engineering team members for taking the time to talk to […]
Cycling: Just try shopping on your bike
The latest column in the Maple Ridge News by our Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Committee of HUB: Your Cycling Connection:Published: February 22, 2013 8:00 AM Our HUB members are quite excited about the wonderful news that we’re finally going to have a safe cycling connection along Lougheed Highway between 216th and Laity streets, now that funding has […]
Bike donations for Rwanda
Russ Carmichael, Director of Operations with the District of Maple Ridge, asked us to post this message, requesting bike donations for Rwanda: The Rwanda PREFER Society of Canada is making a call for donated items to any and all who have shown support for PREFER in the past. We will be collecting items for Cathy […]
Bike rides in Vancouver area
I just added a link to Vancouver Bicycle Rides under “Great Cycling Sites”. If you like to go for group rides throughout Metro Vancouver you can sign up for ride alerts on this site, so you’ll get an e-mail three days before the ride happens. It’s fun exploring different areas in the Vancouver area by […]
The Determination to Keep Cycling
This month’s column in the Maple Ridge News by HUB Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows: Published: January 11, 2013 One of the first people – and one of the most inspiring – I met after moving to Maple Ridge almost seven years ago, is my good friend Betty. I remember the first time I ran into her, on the […]
Spend on cycling close to home
Latest HUB column in Maple Ridge News:Published: December 13, 2012We’ve been warned multiple times in recent months that Canadian household spending is causing us to be ever deeper in debt. But would that warning have any effect on this year’s spending by Canadian families? According to a Bank of Montreal survey, holiday shoppers are planning to spend on […]