COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Counting down to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in December, the people of Copenhagen will be pedalling hard to light up the traditional Christmas tree on City Hall Square. Tradition has it that the big Christmas tree on Copenhagen’s City Hall Square is lit
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Free Bike To Work Presentation, Thursday, Dec. 3
Beat 2010 Traffic. Bike To Work! Getting around the city? It may end up being the toughest event of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Metro Vancouver commuters are facing nearly two months of road closures and traffic challenges. But, there’s one way to avoid the chaos. Consider biking to work. It’s
The New York State of Mind
My latest article is online at the Tyee. Find out who’s behind the Big Apple’s transportation system reboot. Why New York Enticed Translink ChiefWhen Translink CEO Tom Prendergast starts running NYC’s transit system, he’ll have a visionary ally in Janette Sadik-Khan.By Chris Keam Translink’s challenges are once again in the
Paris Offers Subsidies To E-bike Buyers
Paris has long been known as the City of Light. But increasingly, it’s becoming the City of Bikes. The famous French city was at the forefront of the public bike movement with its successful and much-emulated velib program. Now, a subsidy for e-scooters has been extended to e-bikes as part
Friends of Burrard Bridge in the Vancouver Sun
I wrote an editorial appearing in today’s edition of the Vancouver Sun. Although it carries my byline, I must acknowledge the help of Mary Sherlock and Arno Schortinghuis for their help with the raw materials, and Richard Campbell and Rob Wynen for advice and direction with the tone and tack
Vancouver announces date and details of lane reallocation trial.
June 23, 2009 – City of Vancouver communications and neighbourhood transportation staff gave a special media briefing Tuesday, explaining some of the details and logistics surrounding the upcoming $1.4 million cycling lane reallocation trial on the Burrard Bridge. Here are seven things about the upcoming trial cyclists and pedestrians should
Vancouver in Carbusters magazine
The article I co-wrote with Terry Lowe (editor of Momentum magazine) for Carbusters magazine is available online. A two-wheeled tour of Vancouver
Vanier Park Dirt Jumps Move Forward
Glen Eagles skills park, West Vancouver, B.C. (built by Hoots Inc.) I couldn’t make the meeting last week, but the Park Board heard from the public regarding a BMX and dirt jump park in currently vacant land near the Planetarium and Vanier Park. The plan has moved one step closer
Taking Another Step Towards Taking The Lanes
“It will make the chicken debate look calm,†notes Vancouver Councillor Geoff Meggs during the March 18th meeting of the city’s Bicycle Advisory Committee. He’s referring to the expected protestations from drivers, regarding the hoped-for implementation of a two lane reallocation trial on the Burrard Bridge later this year… and
Two Wheels Good, Ted’s Facts Wrong
I sent a letter to the Georgia Straight after Ted Laturnus got the physics of cycling way wrong–in a cruiser bike review he wrote in place of the usual auto-philia. But the editors left out all the good stuff. Below, the de-evolution of a perfectly good ‘pwning‘ Original article here: