Latest Posts From Ridge Meadows

Great perspective and analysis of Maple Ridge by a couple of locals, Ian McLeod and Claus Andrup. Get your copy today (printed or digital .pdf versions) HERE.

Maple Ridge Cycle already moved 2 months ago, but I’ve been too busy to write about it. Owner Troy has had some time now to get things organized, so today was a good day to go see his new store and talk to him. That’s Troy in his new shop I hope he’s going to […]

Do you feel that it’s not safe for your kids to bike to school? Does it make you feel nervous if grandma is biking to the store? Is there too much speeding on our roads? Here is an opportunity for everyone who likes to bike – or who would like to see improved safety and […]

This coming Saturday, July 28, at 10:30 am, the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Bicycle Advisory Committee will unveil the cycling infrastructure plans for Maple Ridge at the Haney Farmers Market in Memorial Peace Park. Transportation planners are looking for input from people who like to bike, of all ages and abilities. Is the route to your […]

Another non-biking post: I know it has been bubbling away for a year or so now but today I sent a letter to Mayor and Council as well as to The Maple Ridge News on this “important” matter which has been picking me for some time… oh, so persnickety, I am. I’m wondering if anyone else […]

Sorry, this is not a bike story, nor planning, nor transportation, but an ENERGY story that I thought was rather encouraging, speaking to the surging alternative energy sector. From the Vancouver Sun, July 13:Renewable energy has come of age. That’s how Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency, explained to reporters […]

Here’s our latest column in yesterday’s Maple Ridge News, about the Velo-city 2012 Conference held in Vancouver last month: Not moving fast enough on cyclingIn late June, more than 800 delegates from countries around the world, including some from Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge, took part in Velo-city Global 2012, the world’s premier international cycling […]

On most Saturday mornings, I awake at about 7am, quietly dress, grab my bike and leave my still sleeping family to “hit the road”. As I live at the top of Silver Valley Road, the first 2.5 kilometers of my ride is an exhilarating, awakening and speedy dash down this long hill that reminds me […]

Latest article of HUB Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows in the Maple Ridge News:  Many of us are already frustrated driving on our congested roads, as more car-dependent subdivisions are added east and north in Maple Ridge. Long gone are the days that the drive home gave us the opportunity to relax after a busy day’s work. […]