Monday, November 26, 2007

ride warm critical mass novemburrrr

it's that time of the month again! finallycelebrate the last great big ride of the yearcycle, skate, walk, run, swim but don't drive tocritical mass novembrrrfriday, nov 30, 2007gather starting at 5pmdeparting at 6pm, to heat up the nightfrom downtown vancouver at The art gallery lions sidethis city is what we share with each otherlet's keep it public and imaginativeand work to make it safer to

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Upcoming ride for Old-Growth!!

The BC Liberal government has announced a new plan for BC's coastal forests, the "Coastal Forest Action Plan". This “Log it All” and “Export the Logs” plan places no new restrictions on the logging of Old-Growth forests, provides misleading old-growth forest statistics, and will lead to an overall increase in raw log exports.The old-growth forests of Vancouver Island are among the most

Friday, November 16, 2007

bc transport budget planning

this is the final report in PDF of the BC budget consultation, that we asked you to engage in against the gateway last month.Some good things got in there: Starting around printed page 14 (26 of 114 on the pdf) is the transport stuff, and the cycling is on page 16 (28 pdf). Not much though. Rail for the Valley was quoted!Stuff about Gateway on page 47 (59 pdf) and Tannis was quoted! Despite 3 of

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

But bicycles DO fly!

Mean Automakers Dash Nation's Hope For Flying CarsIts funny the car advert that is bundled with the video, they really are trying to make people feel warm and fuzzy about the latest version of green cars, aka 'hybrid.' They even mention a bicycle in the SUV advert, as if somehow having the hybrid branding makes the private auto behemoth less detestable...McDonald's TM promoting human powered air