column in Maple Ridge News on Velo-city 2012 Conference

Here's our latest column in yesterday's Maple Ridge News, about the Velo-city 2012 Conference held in Vancouver last month:

Not moving fast enough on cycling


In late June, more than 800 delegates from countries around the world, including some from Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge, took part in Velo-city Global 2012, the world’s premier international cycling planning conference, in Vancouver.

It was a place to find inspiration, knowledge and experience for politicians, planners and advocates (those who could afford to attend), who were looking for ways to get more people to bike in their cities.

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