Unveiling cycling infrastructure plans for Maple Ridge

This coming Saturday, July 28, at 10:30 am, the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Bicycle Advisory Committee will unveil the cycling infrastructure plans for Maple Ridge at the Haney Farmers Market in Memorial Peace Park. Transportation planners are looking for input from people who like to bike, of all ages and abilities. Is the route to your school not safe for your kids, do you feel there's too much speeding on our roads, do we need more bike racks at downtown stores? Please drop by and give your input.

The market is from 9 am to 2 pm. The BAC booth will be there when the market starts.

Cycling is Safer with Separate Lanes

Here's September's cycling column in The News:

Published: September 13, 2011

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are working on an updated transportation plan, including an update of the 1994 bikeways plan. The bikeways plan was based on the assumption that cyclists are safest if they behave as if they’re driving a car. In North America, separated bike paths were for decades considered to be more dangerous for cyclists than sharing the road with cars. Statistics seemed to show that cyclists were more likely to be involved in collisions with cars at intersections when using separated bike paths. Read more...