March 28, 2024

Vancouver moving ahead with bike share program

Plans for a public bike share program in Vancouver are forging ahead, despite opposition from commercial bike rental companies.  Staff are reporting the total cost over ten years is expected to be about two-million dollars, but similar programs in other cities have failed, with taxpayers forced to bail out private contractors. Two companies … [Read more...]

City staff say “keep the bike lanes”

Vancouver's bike lanes should stay. That's the recommendation from city staff to council. Staff say the separated bike lanes on Hornby and Dunsmuir streets and the Dunsmuir viaduct as well as connecting streets should remain in place as part of the city's regular street infrastructure. A staff report going to council says the bike lanes have had … [Read more...]

05/31/2012 – Bike to Work Week- Stop By Whole Foods Market Robson

We want to thank you if you're taking part in the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition's Bike to Work Week!Swing by the Whole Foods Market on Robson parking lot for some coffee and snacks while your bike gets a FREE tune up. You can also enter our raffle for a gift basket full of delicious food that will fuel you for the rest of Bike to Work … [Read more...]

Take a bike tour to Windsor Castle in Windsor, England

Consider taking a bike tour to Windsor Castle in the English countryside. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Vancouver mayor may pay the political price for bike lanes

Cyclists make their way over the Burrard Bridge bike lane Sunday afternoon. The bike lane has had over one million riders in less than a year, an estimated 200,000 more bicycle trips than without ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]

Vision Vancouver stands by bike lanes

Vision Vancouver will not be abandoning its hotly debated downtown bike lanes, even though a new economic-impact study estimates that the 150 businesses along the lanes will likely lose $ 2.4-million ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]