Latest Posts From Ridge Meadows
Youth Vision Film Festival: cycling part of the solution to a better world!
The theme for yesterday’s Youth Vision Film Festival, organized by Cinema Politica Ridge Meadows, was “Working Together – A Better World is Possible”. Out of four excellent entries, one participant, Elina Blomley, had chosen “cycling” as the way to a better world.I loved all four entries. Two had chosen to tackle homelessness, which was very […]
Bike to Work Week May 25 – 31
Bike to Work Week in Metro Vancouver is only a few weeks away. Do you want to be part of it? This is how it works. Make sure you register and log your trips. Every day you’ll have a chance to win a brand new bike!
Art Studio Bike Tour 2015
On Sunday, May 10th we’re planning to do our 2nd annual Art Studio Bike Tour. The Art Studio Tour is an annual 2-day event on Mother’s Day weekend. We’re hoping for a nice sunny day so that more people may consider trying out a tour by bike this year. If it rains (i.e. more than […]
Column: “Water theme for Earth Day”, and: MRBERT!
My column in the Maple Ridge News of April 10, 2015 is about our 4th annual Cycle Recycle and about the launch of MRBERT: “At the upcoming Earth Day event on April 18, HUB is going to have lots of bikes to give away! We saved some bikes from the Recycle Depot, and we’ve also […]
Referendum: Hold your nose, vote ‘yes’
Below is the unedited version of my latest column in the Maple Ridge News. It’s about the Referendum, of course. Any day now you’ll find the referendum ballot in your mail box and you’ll finally have your say. Now before you angrily mark a “no” on your ballot, please reflect on what it is that […]
Column: Elephant feet allow cyclists to keep riding
Here is the unedited version of my column that appeared today in the Maple Ridge News: At several locations in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows some new pavement markings called “elephant feet” have appeared in recent years. I suspect that few people know what they mean. The markings are confusing, and so is the name. […]
128th Ave. widening
An Open House was held on January 28 about the widening of 128th Ave./Abernathy corridor.You can find more info about the project here. Click on the link on the City’s info page to view the display boards that were used at the Open House. Our HUB committee provided the following recommendations to the City: Rather […]
River Road barriers / E-mail to City of Maple Ridge
Our HUB committee just sent the following e-mail to the Maple Ridge Engineering Department (David Pollock)(cc’d to Mayor Read and Councilors Speirs and Duncan) Hi David, We at HUB were unaware that neighbourhood consultation on traffic calming for River Road had taken place in November 2014, until someone posted some photos on our HUB Maple […]
Open House road improvements 203rd Street: Feb. 17
The long-awaited Open House for improvements on 203rd Street (Dewdney to Golden Ears Way) is imminent: mark it on your calendars for Tues. Feb. 17, 4 – 8 pm. I’ve been told we’ll see some innovative road design here, new for Maple Ridge. Click here for more info.
Column Maple Ridge News: Bike centre makes it easy to ride
My latest column in the Maple Ridge News of Jan. 31, 2015 is about Vancouver General Hospital’s Cycling Centre. Here’s the unedited version with some photos (the link to the actual column is added below): I often wonder why health authorities and cities are not more actively working together to encourage and promote active transportation, […]