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Canada Line - 3 Years Ago

Submitted by RA on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 00:09

Three images of the Canada line taken in April 2008 - just under three years ago. This is the junction at 10th cycle route and Cambie.

East Van Crown 2010 Bike Polo Tournament Videos

Submitted by RA on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 19:18

The East Van Crown went off as well as we could have dreamed. It rained, but mostly overnight and the courts at New Brighton Park dried through each morning under a brightening sky.

East Van Crown 2010

Submitted by RA on Sat, 09/11/2010 - 12:52

It's only a week until the two-day East Van Crown bike polo tournament. Vancouver has some of the best hardcourt bike polo in the world, with teams regularly cropping up in the top places in North American and World Bike Polo championships.

Bike polo is also a great spectator sport - so come join us in the annual tournament next weekend at New Brighton Courts.

On Friday, there's also a less competitive "Dirty Threesome" polo championship.

Driver Shot Dead on 10th Avenue Cycleway

Submitted by RA on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 20:05

Vancouver notched up its second reported homicide of 2010, on the busy 10th Avenue bike path between Clarke and Commercial Drive. The CBC is reporting that an Asian male in his early 20s was shot in the torso shortly after 1pm and then crashed into a white commercial van. He was rushed to hospital, where he died a short time later.

Survey Shows Support For Burrard Bike Lane Trial

Submitted by RA on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 00:35

The Burrard Bridge bike lane trial looks set to become permanent after the Olympics in February - a Vancouver City survey found bike traffic was up, accidents were down, and there was general support (45% supported the bridge changes versus 21% against) for the single-lane compromise.

Vancouver Police Department: "Critical Mass Has Reached Critical Mass"

Submitted by RA on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 11:16

It's official: Critical Mass has reached Critical Mass. At least, so say the VPD.

Darah Hansen of the Vancouver Sun quotes Vancouver police Insp. Rick McKenna:

“The fact of the matter is that Critical Mass has reached a critical mass of civil disobedience."

A New Pedestrian-cycle Bridge For Vancouver?

Submitted by RA on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 05:32

As a post-script to my previous post about the Burrard Bridge, I was at CBC Radio 1's mayoral candidates meeting last night and it was interesting to hear both Gregor Robertson and Peter Ladner say they would look at building a new bridge. Robertson seemed much more emphatic about it. Ladner mentioned it as a possible solution in a non-committal way.

Burrard Bridge - A Bridge Too Far

Submitted by RA on Tue, 05/31/2005 - 17:00

It’s a balmy June evening and a river of colour is flowing South up the three lanes of the Burrard bridge. Bicycles, hundreds of them, are jingling and swaying. They ride on mountain bikes, racers, tandems, cruisers, crazy choppers, kiddie bikes with their training wheels, bike-powered music machines, a bicycle-shopping cart hybrid, in-line skates, and skateboards. It’s bike month and this is the biggest of the year’s Critical Mass rides that start off from outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on the last Friday of every month.

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