Latest Posts From Ridge Meadows
Vancouver to San Diego by bike – blog
Here is a link to a very interesting blog written by one of two women just starting off on a bike tour southward from Vancouver to San Diego. I believe the ride started, Monday June 4, so we can follow the “story” and ride from the beginning.Enjoy…FREESPIRITBICYCLES blog
‘Sea change’ in car culture means fewer parking stalls
New 112-unit condo development on Cordova Street furnished with just 13 parking spaces By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun June 6, 2012 The freshly completed condominium building at 60 West Cordova has 112 living units, but only 13 parking stalls – the lowest amount of parking required for a residential building in the city’s recent history.“A lot […]
Survey Pedestrian and Cycling Master Plan Pitt Meadows/Pitt Meadows Day
The City of Pitt Meadows is in the process of developing a Pedestrian and Cycling Master Plan and wants your input. Please go to the City of Pitt Meadows’ website, where you will find a link to a survey. If you’re planning to attend Pitt Meadows Day on June 2, Urban Systems will have a […]
Welcome to “downtown” Chameleon!
A little bit of “fine urban texture” coming to the fabric of downtown Maple Ridge on 224th Street next to HSBC Bank. Best of luck to Chameleon restaurant.
It’s time to ride!!
If you have not yet hit the roadways and pathways of the regions on your bike, here are a few photos to get you in the mood. All were taken in Vancouver over the gloriously sunny last weekend.If you don’t know it already, Vancouver enjoys a wonderful network of traffic-calmed residential streets and dedicated pathways […]
A great day for a ride around Barnston Island!
A lovely little ferry ride over to the island. A few other cyclists had the same idea to tour the island. A 9.8 kilometer circle of virtually carless, pastoral bliss. Take the whole lane… both of them! Along the route… reminds us of a Saltspring Island scene.
VACC is now ‘HUB: Your Cycling Connection’!
Despite a few raindrops we had a great time riding the Central Valley Greenway to yesterday’s Year of the Bike Party in Vancouver. Met up with some other people on bikes and got to enjoy some of the cherry blossoms along the way (yesterday was also the day of the annual “Bike the Blossoms”). The VACC decided […]
Earth Day 2012 Maple Ridge, April 21
What a gorgeous day we had for this fantastic event! Over the last few months Ridge Meadows Recycling Depot helped us collect 16 bikes that were in good enough shape for our bike-give-away. In the morning Jim Coulter, publisher of The News, drew the names of the lucky new owners, and in the afternoon MLA […]
Birth of world-class cycling infastructure
Latest cycling column in the Maple Ridge News: Published: April 13, 2012 9:00 AM During an unexpected two-week visit to my birth country, the Netherlands, in March, I was once again drooling over the fantastic cycling infrastructure in my parents’ home town, Lelystad. Read more… And here are some pictures: bike/pedestrian bridge in Lelystad Bike path […]
Earth Day Maple Ridge April 21: photos bikes for the give-away!
As promised, here are some pictures of the bikes we’ll be giving away on Saturday. This is so exciting!! Thank you to Ridge Meadows Recycling Society for helping us to save these bikes, and also thank you to any generous donors! If you’re interested in winning one of these bikes, drop by for the draws […]