Cycling Infrastructure Archives • Average Joe Cyclist https://averagejoecyclist.com/category/commuting-by-bicycle/cycling-infrastructure/ A Blog for Average People who LOVE to ride bikes! Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:01:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 15693361 The Amazing Evolution of Vancouver Cycling Infrastructure https://averagejoecyclist.com/amazing-evolution-of-vancouver-cycling-infrastructure/ Sun, 17 Apr 2022 15:05:27 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=18674 This post presents photos and videos to document key developments in the amazing evolution of Vancouver cycling infrastructure. Located on the west coast of Canada, 200 miles north of Seattle, Vancouver, BC, is a beautiful city with a mild climate well suited for cycling. But until recently, it lacked sufficient user-friendly cycling. Not anymore! This post showcases the key developments in the evolution of Vancouver into a cycling-friendly city.

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]]> 18674 Cycling against Traffic on One-Way Streets https://averagejoecyclist.com/cycling-against-traffic/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 02:54:57 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=37825 Here is a guest post by Mark Cramer, author of the acclaimed Old Man on a Green Bike: Chronicles of a Self-Serving Environmentalist. Cramer writes about his experiences of bike commuting in Paris, where he has experienced cycling against traffic on one-way streets. He also lets us know how cycling in Paris has changed since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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]]> 37825 Green Party’s Policy on Cycling https://averagejoecyclist.com/green-partys-policy-cycling/ Sat, 06 May 2017 22:15:58 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=23063 Jonina Campbell, Green Party candidate in New WestminsterVideo in which New Westminster Green Party candidate Jonina Campbell speaks about the Green Party’s policy on accessible cycling. The 41st British Columbia general election will be held on 9 May, 2017, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Traditionally a two-horse race between the Liberals and the NDP, this year we have a viable third choice in the Greens, led by Andrew Weaver.

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]]> 23063 HUB Cycling works to UnGap the Map in Metro Vancouver https://averagejoecyclist.com/hub-cycling-ungap-the-map-in-metro-vancouver/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:12:47 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=22455 HUB Cycling, the charity behind Bike to Work Week, has launched a new video to raise awareness of their campaign to make cycling safer and more connected for everyone in Metro Vancouver. Read all about their ambitious plans, including cycle highways, and find out how you can get involved by adopting a gap!

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]]> 22455 A Conversation with Peter Walker, Author of How Cycling Can Save the World https://averagejoecyclist.com/interview-with-peter-walker-how-cycling-can-save-the-world/ https://averagejoecyclist.com/interview-with-peter-walker-how-cycling-can-save-the-world/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:08:02 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=22213 how cycling can save the world cover plus peter walker author 2A Conversation with Peter Walker, author of an important, brand new book: How Cycling Can Save the World. In this book, Walker shows the close relationship between infrastructure and the way people get about. Therefore, to create mass cycling you need to create a conducive built environment. Walker discusses bike helmets and high visibility clothing; the misuse of the word accident; roadside intimidation; cycling activism; older people and cycling; business objections to cycling; bike share programs; and the role played by La Monde à Bicyclette and Vélo Quebec in the transformation of Montreal.

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]]> https://averagejoecyclist.com/interview-with-peter-walker-how-cycling-can-save-the-world/feed/ 1 22213 Build it and They Will Come: Key Principles for Building a Cyclist-Friendly Community https://averagejoecyclist.com/key-principles-building-cyclist-friendly-community/ Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:08:42 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=22176 Build it and They Will Come: Key Principles for Building a Cyclist-Friendly CommunityExcerpt from an important, brand new book: How Cycling Can Save the World by Peter Walker. In this book, Walker shows the close relationship between infrastructure and the way people get about. Therefore, to create mass cycling you need to create a conducive built environment. The way to do this is in fact already well known – only the political will is lacking. So what’s the secret? Basically, bikes must be kept separate from motor traffic on busy roads, and the separation must be physical. “A bicycle way that is not safe for an eight-year-old is not a bicycle way.”

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]]> 22176 Give us safe bike routes so that EVERYONE can cycle https://averagejoecyclist.com/safe-bike-routes/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 06:37:58 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=16932 We met these two on the Lochside Trail. Marge and Dennis ride their trikes on this AAA (all ages and abilities) trail every day.We need safe bike routes in every city, so that many more seniors can cycle in safety. All the money spent on cycling infrastructure would be more than made up by the money saved in the healthcare system if more seniors could safely exercise every day.

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]]> 16932 Sentence for Tineke Kraal – who worked tirelessly to harm North Shore Mountain Cyclists – is ludicrously light https://averagejoecyclist.com/sentence-tineke-kraal-north-shore-mountain-cyclists-light/ Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:05:25 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=16335 a LOT of people ride those trails. Any one of them could have ended up in a wheelchair due to Kraal’s tireless nightly efforts.The sentence for Tineke Kraal - who tried to harm North Shore Mountain Cyclists - is ludicrously light. A tap on the wrist for a woman who spent two hours a night for two years trying her best to injure and kill mountain bikers by sabotaging mountain trails on Vancouver’s North Shore!

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]]> 16335 Boycott Victoria Businesses that Oppose Bike Lanes! https://averagejoecyclist.com/boycott-victoria-businesses-opposing-bike-lanes/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:00:14 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=16302 Boycott Victoria Businesses that Oppose Bike Lanes!In Victoria on Vancouver Island, design of its first protected two-way bike lane is taking shape. The design calls for the loss of 32 parking spots. In reaction, local merchants have submitted a petition opposing any protected bike lanes that compromise parking. I am sick of selfish interests compromising cyclist safety - BOYCOTT these businesses!

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]]> 16302 Cyclists are Inconvenienced by Motorists ALL the Time … https://averagejoecyclist.com/cyclists-inconvenienced-critical-mass/ Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:08:13 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=15181 Even bike lanes are commonly blocked by carsCritical Mass cyclists inconvenience drivers by blocking traffic during rush hour. But while Critical Mass cyclists inconvenience drivers once a month for an hour, motorists inconvenience cyclists every single minute, hour and day of the month.

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