now mass sept 29

Do you believe in Global Warming?Do you really have to?Breath the air, walk the street, try to talk in the street.There are plenty of angles towards carfree cities.........................................Critical Mass is but one approach. We need more and many. We need to have mass rapid transit that is affordable, focused on moving people, and mayors that ride their bikes, as in Bogotà. Toronto

Bike lanes prevent over-correction by drivers...

This is an interesting study. Actually looking at bike lanes in use!? It is interesting to see the goals of the project: more lawful compliance, less disruptions to the path of the car, seem to be the primary goals of the project. The aspect of safety - not riding on the sidewalk - is not really studied but previous ideas are reinforced about it. I think a norrow lane for cars at the side of the

LEESIDE 360: A GATHERING OF THE ELEMENTS

Darn it, I missed this when I was out of town. Anybody go? Stay tuned forfuture events I'm sure.Anti-violence hip-hop showcase in honour of Lee Matasi, featuring CurtisClearsky, In:Stead, Brigee K, Tameem Barakat, Influents Crew, and 49thPeril, with graffiti artists, DJs, and breakdancers. Sept. 24, 1-6 pm,Leeside Tunnel (east of PNE in Hastings Park, underneath Hastings St.).Free admission, info

free animation workshop @ PT!

with animation, one can actualize an imagined utopia, inspiring new worlds:we need more bicycle/car-free animation!(It is an intense but satisfying process, these are good teachers)THE PURPLE THISTLE WILL BE HOSTING YET ANOTHER !!**FREE**!! ANIMATION COURSE!this is the third of a series of free workshops organized by rickie leaowens and stephen wichuk which promote and facilitate the makin

Conference done

Still the problems with the 0000s and 1111s does anyone know of a good file recovery solution for mac OSX [like undelete style, but not manually reconstructing unix inodes], or for that matter, a linux or even wine compatible utilify to undel a vfat flash drive?I'll put up my stories here soon. Bogota is amazing!ciclovia total des días(meaning car-free-cycling-sundays every day!)<<

a wonderful long first day

I`m too pooped to write much. But I figgured out how to post photos!I didn`t get much sleep as we went to bed at 2 and got up at 6am because the time zone confused us and we thought it was 7am. Also, no luggage! Continental is a bad airline for just dropping you with nothing! Other than that, things are awesome. I think fear of Columbia is overstated. Also much has improved since 1995 when they

Safe in Bogota

Well, here I am. The journey was fine except that my bags didn´t make it! I`m glad that I didn`t bring my bike and have them lose that. I have to phone the airport tommorrow and then go back there tommorrow night and hopefully they will have my stuff.I got there extra early because of all the toothpaste paranoia at the airport. But it turns out the check in gate wasn`t open until 6am anyways. The

towards world car free day

September 22nd is World Carfree Day. In Vancouver, it means almost nothing. Because nothing has been organised to make it happen. Again. I thought things were going in the right direction when the city project OneDay took up the cause. But they dropped the ball. People really should complain!As a cyclist however, there is lots of fun to be had with the Bike Love Weekend climaxing in the

The First International Alley Kitten challenge!

Hello bike loving friends.I'm here to bring you word of much wonder and excitement soon to be taking place. Thursday the 21st of september to Sunday the 24th will be four days of bikelove as vancouver bikers come together for the Velomutation weekend. We're even throwing an extra midnight mass that weekend to keep the love flowing! (that's right kids, 3 midnight masses in september! plan on

Early September Bike Events

Back to school and work for cycling commuters.If you are new to this and want tips or support with your cycle commute try calling BEST 604-->669-2860. They do have a program of supporting workplaces becoming more bike friendly. Though it's not the most sociable organisation.If you are a UBC student: check out the nonprofit Bikecoop Bike Kitchen in the basement of the SUB, ph 604*827=7333At SFU:

Call To Worship--Saturday Bike Church Worship Service--sponsored by Ted and Kyle. Come for Cider Floats, wheel truing contests, and backwards riding

This is from Ted Buehler in Davis California, but it is so funny I had to put it here... Lest ye worry that the jokes are only for ex-Xians, notice the "Rabbi Tai" leading the group too.Tomorrow's worship service might be a bit sleepy with so many people out of town. So here's the deal. In addition to the usual Blessing Of The Bicycles we'll have some other activities to entice any homebodies