Board members Dave and Florence went to the Winter Cycling Congress earlier this year, hosted in Edmonton. Excited as we are about riding through the summer, we’re also thinking hard about what they learned.
Come Visit Us for Earth Day
Biking and other forms of active transport are great ways to contribute to a healthy planet and to our own health. Whether it’s air pollution or wildfire smoke, we have thoughts about how to prevent it and how to stay active despite it. We’ll be at two Earth Day events this Saturday: come by and […]
worried about April’s carbon tax increase?
Ride a bike! For every 5 km ride I take by bike instead of driving a car, I prevent little over 1 kg of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere. I’m not paying the carbon tax because I’m not buying gas. And I’ll get my Canada Carbon Rebate, so I’ll come out ahead […]
The Percy Street / 417 underpass as an exclusive active-transportation route
A small section of Percy Street has been fully closed to cars for its Highway 417 bridge replacement (detailed design here) for over a month. The prolonged underpass closure and subsequent terrible cycling detour routes have led me to do some thinking about this simple but important piece of infrastructure.