Category Archives: Cycling
Metro column: Robertson should play nice with rivals
08 December 2008 Gregor Robertson is on quite a roll these days. The mayor-elect in the city of Vancouver, who takes office today, has parlayed a successful entrepreneurial background into high-profile political stints at the provincial and municipal levels. Already, … Continue reading
Filed under British Columbia, Commuting, Cycling, Politics, Transportation
Burrard Street Bridge: Here we go again.
With the Vision Vancouver-dominated council about to be sworn in within days in the City of Vancouver, the controversy over bike lanes on the Burrard Street Bridge is already heating up. This time, it seems, a plan is in the … Continue reading
Filed under Commuting, Cycling, Transportation, Urban Planning
Vancouver Province column: City must address theft, safety issues before peddling bike rental program
September 15, 2008 Peter Ladner, the Non-Partisan Association mayoral candidate in the upcoming Vancouver municipal election, has a transportation vision for the Lower Mainland that goes beyond public transit and private vehicles. Ladner, a long-time cycling advocate, would like to … Continue reading
Vancouver Province column: It’s time we paid more attention to the troubling side of two-wheeling
Monday, August 18, 2008 Forget about beach yoga, kiteboarding or the Grouse Grind. The hippest outdoor activity in Metro Vancouver this summer is riding a bike. The weekend warriors and the tourist hordes are, of course, a regular sight along … Continue reading
Vancouver Province column: Don’t let this traffic mess ruin the region’s appeal and drive us crazy
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 During a recent summer afternoon, I spent a painful 90 minutes trying to drive from Vancouver’s west side to a beer league hockey game at a Burnaby ice rink. In ideal conditions, the trip takes about … Continue reading
Filed under Commuting, Cycling, Industry, Politics, Transportation, Urban Planning
Province column: It feels like we’re being taken for a ride with this bridge roller-coaster
Call me old-fashioned, but I still consider $63 million to be a whole lot of money — even in an era of billion-dollar mega-projects, million-dollar condominiums and $1.35-a-litre gasoline. So I was both surprised and disturbed to recently hear that … Continue reading
Price Tags Turns 100
Gordon Price, who heads up the Cities program at Simon Fraser University, commemorates the 100th issue of his Price Tags publication with a terrific resource — an index that spans the publication’s existence. This includes urban journalism and photography covering … Continue reading
Filed under Academia, Architecture, Commuting, Cycling, Journalism, Neighbourhoods
Vancouver Province column: If we really want to go green, why don’t we solve this bike-theft mess?
The Province Monday, October 22, 2007 Just over a year ago, I fell victim to an all-too-common Vancouver crime. I walked out of my office one afternoon to realize that my trusted commuter bike had been stolen in broad daylight. … Continue reading
Filed under Cycling, Environment, Law and Order, Transportation, Vancouver, Vancouver Province Columns
