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Cherry Blossoms and Innovative Right Hook Risk Reduction
A spin around Downtown Vancouver to check out a couple of things… including the cherry blossoms, some seawall and Stanley Park shots, a reasonably new protected bike lane and a neat innovation that helps reduce the risk of right hooks…
First ride in shorts along pathways, trails and through some cushions
We had a few warm days last week, but things got in the way of riding my bike. So with temperatures of 18 degree in the forecast, the shorts were on for a ride through north Burnaby, North Vancouver and back via Vancouver, taking in some old projects and relevant bits of infrastructure along the way… It never got close to 18 degrees…
Canada Flags, Cargo Bikes, Construction, and Continuous Things in Victoria
With a bit of spare time to kill in and around Victoria, I spent some time in the City, along the regional trails, and checking in on early construction work for our ISL project at Uptown in Saanich that will support RapidBus and active transportation…
Nobody Bikes in Winter: Edmonton Edition
In the first week of March I was in Edmonton to share some ‘Lessons from the Dutch’ with the audience at the Consulting Engineers of Alberta Transportation Connects Conference, but I found a bit of time to wander around the city and take some photos of people getting around in the cold, maybe not as cold as prior weeks, but still minus temperatures…
A Guide to Bicycle Photography
Photography can be easy or complicated depending on what you want to get out of it and how fussy you are about the results. This blog post will get into some basics on photography and how that might apply to taking photographs of bicycle infrastructure and the people using it… Hopefully it inspires others to start taking better photographs of the good things happening out there…
Back to Two-Wheeled Tranquility in Nijmegen, Netherlands
With a flight home out of Amsterdam, it would have been rude not to spend the last couple of days in the Netherlands, and after a few weeks in cities that still have a way to go in terms of bicycle infrastructure, it was so good to once again enjoy the ease of getting around the Netherlands by bicycle…
The Award for Best Dressed “Cyclists” Goes to Vienna, Austria
You could say it was mostly just jeans, a nice coat, and maybe a scarf and hat… But it was a symbol that riding a bicycle was clearly just a normal part of daily life, and not something you had to dress differently for… This could be culture, or it could be enabled by the streets and bicycle infrastructure design…
Old Bike Lanes, Beautiful Buildings, and Extortionate Trams in Budapest, Hungary
Just a short bus ride from Croatia, Budapest seemed like a place to tick off the list. It blew us away with it’s buildings, had some decent bike infrastructure, but the transit system left a sour taste as we left the City…
Bike Paths and Promenades in Osijek, Croatia
Most people are probably well aware of the Croatian coast, but what are the inland cities like and do they have any bike infrastructure? With just two nights in Osijek, we get a glimpse of what the fourth biggest city in the country is like for getting around by bicycle...
Exploring Cobblestone Streets and New Boulevards in Belgrade, Serbia
We’ll begin in the modern waterfront neighbourhood before heading into the older parts of the city. Along the way, we’ll take a closer look at people-friendly streets, some great bicycle paths, and others that are (or maybe were) a work in progress.
Bicycle Scenes from Paris
Paris has been getting a lot of press about its bicycle infrastructure for many years now… And for good reason… They’ve been pretty busy… Never having been there before, it was time to take in the sights and some of the bike infrastructure that gets you there…
Greenways and Bikeways in Burnaby and Vancouver
Another local bike ride with the long lens capturing some fresh updates to the Central Valley Greenway on my morning commute, then a few photos from a quick trip to Downtown Vancouver after work taking in some Seawall scenes and neighbourhood bikeways…
A Few Bicycle Scenes from Victoria
Earlier this week, I had a couple of hours to spare in Victoria, so I brought along my long lens to experiment with different perspectives. Here’s what I captured...
The Streets of Utrecht
The final leg of our April 2024 trip takes us back to Utrecht, our favourite city in the Netherlands, for reasons I can’t fully explain. This time, we ride from Amersfoort and dive deeper into one of my favorite routes through the city. Along the way, we explore the usual highlights: protected bike lanes, bus rapid transit, bicycle streets, bike parking, and plenty of people getting around by bicycle, along with a few other interesting sights.
A Quick Loop Around Kelowna
Kelowna bike infrastructure is looking pretty good these days. Join me on a quick loop around the City taking in some protected bike lanes of varying styles, gravel trails, multi-use pathways and open (or closed) streets depending on your perspective…