aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

I have recently returned from a week in San Francisco. I went for the streetcars really but the highlight turned out to be a bike ride, over the Golden Gate bridge. This is now heavily promoted by a number of companies, is exceedingly well organize...

topics: richmond, translink

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

According to the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, the installation of bike lanes on the Dunsmuir Viaduct and street has been a success. The city has stated that the number of cyclists on Dunsmuir has increased from 500 to 2,000 on the street. I gues...

topics: cycling, downtown

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Business do not want bike lanes. We all know how it is -- those damn, dirty cyclists keep mucking things up with their healthy, environmentally-friendly transportation. Now they're out to take jobs away from honest downtown businesses. That's the imp...

topics: business, cycling, downtown

aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom

Ah, Dinotown. I remember you more fondly as the late, lamented Bedrock Village, with Fred and Barney headlining the daily parade. Now you re closing, but The Aldergrove Star reports that the Greater Vancouver Zoo may be interested in pick...

topics: agriculture, langley, transit

aggregated from: Tourism British Columbia Blogs

July 2010 adventure in B.C. with sea kayaking around JohnstoneStrait, camping, hiking, over 900 km of cycling between Campbell Riverand Kelowna, plus some whitewater rafting too. ...

topics: camping, cycling, hiking, kayaking

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

David Suzuki is doing his best to convince us about climate change, and I think there's little argument against it. Nevertheless, there are a lot of stubborn people out there. Still, I like climate change. We're not going to destroy the earth. Th...

topics: city-of-vancouver, cycling

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

There's no doubt that it's been a good year for cyclists in Vancouver: the Burrard Bridge lanes are going to be permanent, the Dunsmuir bike lane has been installed, a protected lane on Hornby is being discussed and trips made by bicycle within the c...

topics: bicycle, cycling

aggregated from: Tourism British Columbia Blogs

I've recently started cycling to get some exercise while taking advantage of the great weather lately, and I think I've got the best route in the province! I've been heading north on Ospika Boulevard in Prince George and I follow it until it turns i...

topics: cycling, ski

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

After allegedly turning right without stopping or looking while cycling on the Dunsmuir bike lane last week, Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson was nearly run over by Coast Mountain bus driver Michele MacDonald. Talk about the irony. Though it should b...

topics: cycling, mayor

aggregated from: Live at Five

The Canadian government today announced a $9 billion dollar plan to upgrade their Air Force with state-of-the-art fighter jets. The order was reportedly greenlit after the successful Empire Field flyover at the BC Lions opener last weekend. TOUR DE F...

topics: bc-lions, lions