Latest Posts From Ridge Meadows
Bike to Work Week May 30 – June 5
Have the high prices at the pump made you grunt and groan recently? You may want to consider riding your bike for your commute, or at least part of it. It might not be as hard as you think.Did you know that:the West Coast Express stations in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows have bike lockers?there […]
Discovery Bike Ride #2: Pitt Meadows dikes / Barnston Island
During the torrentuous downpour we had this past Saturday afternoon, the Race the Ridge Towncore Criterium race course around Memorial Peace Park got flooded and the course eventually had to be changed. Councilor Linda King showed an admirable sense of duty. Obviously feeling responsible for the one and only drain that wasn’t draining the big […]
In Recognition of Community Contribution Thru Good Design
After having disparaged the owners of the Liquidation World Mall (blog post April 17) for their laughable attempt at parking lot improvements, I would like to highlight a few local businesses that have made great efforts at enhancing their presentation and at the same time improving the urban/built environment to the benefit of us all. Thanks […]
Race the Ridge, May 7/8
Some of you may have heard of the annual Race the Ridge cycling event. This Cycling Stage Race is presented by Local Ride Bike Shop in Maple Ridge. This year it’s confirmed for May 7-8, and it’s on track to be the biggest edition in the event’s nine-year history. This challenging three-stage road cycling race […]
Mainstreaming Green Behaviors Demands Massive New Approach
This from Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world’s leading advertising agencies. NEW YORK, NY, April 18, 2011 – When it comes to motivating the mainstream American consumer to act, the messages and techniques offered by marketers, governments, and NGOs around sustainability have been missing the mark, according to a study released today by OgilvyEarth […]
Discover Downtown Vancouver by bike video launch
You may have heard that Vancouver has made great progress in recent years in becoming a cyclist-friendly city, and you may have been wanting to explore all the new bike routes in Vancouver, and even the new bike lanes in the downtown. Then you’ll want to take a look at this: the Vancouver Area Cycling […]
Federal party policies re cycling
The former President of the VACC, Arno Schortinghuis, has spent some time scanning the various party platforms to see what each party plans to do to improve cycling and walking in our communities. A quick summary: Conservative Party – Nothing Green Party – 1½ pages of policy Liberal Party – Nothing New Democratic Party – […]
The Real Reason Why Bicycles are the Key to Better Cities
We all know the talking points. The benefits of bicycles have been tirelessly elaborated upon; bicycles improve health, ease congestion, save money, use less space, and provide efficient transportation with zero fuel consumption and zero carbon emissions. All of this is great, and the culmination of a population on two wheels can have a drastic […]
Federal election / MR-PM-Mission candidates on cycling
We asked all four candidates for the federal election in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows-Mission riding about about what their party’s platform says about cycling and what they plan on doing to improve cycling infrastructure and promotion. We will be adding their replies to this posting as they come in. Here’s the first reply, from the […]