June 13, 2012

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DUCKS FIND NEW DIGS IN UPTOWN

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GREENHOUSE GAS GOALS SAY GOODBYE WEDNESDAY

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WHAT TO DO WITH THE DOGGY DO?

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It was a swinginggood time at the Sapperton Day Street Festival on Sunday. Photos Page A31

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Pattullo debate points the way: Price Chris Bryan editor@newwestnewsleader.com

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Karen Ageson teaches cyclists how to ride safely on busy city streets through the Streetwise course put on by HUB.

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To get to Queensborough Middle School in New Westminster, Karen Ageson cycled from her Vancouver home to the Broadway SkyTrain station where she climbed aboard transit to the 22nd Street stop, then pedaled over the Queensborough Bridge to her destination. She arrived smiling and relaxed. Which is just the point of the Streetwise cycling safety courses she gives to school kids and neophyte

cyclists. Riding on city streets doesn’t have to be a fearsome teeth-gnashing, white-knuckle turf war with cars and trucks. A little knowledge and respect from both sides go a long way says Ageson, who’s ridden her bike in busy urban centres around the world. “Driving a car is actually one of the most unsafe things you can do,” says Ageson. “But on a bike, you’re not dealing with the same traf¿c as a car.” That’s because Metro Vancouver

has almost 1,700 kilometres of designated bikeways, including multi-use paths, separated street paths, low-traf¿c neighbourhood routes and marked lanes. Still, the prospect of sharing pavement with speeding cars and menacing trucks leaves many would-be cyclists glued to the couch. The Streetwise courses, put on by HUB (formerly the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition) help give cyclists the knowledge and con¿dence to hit the road safely.

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“We try to make cyclists feel comfortable on the road,” says Ageson. That includes giving them tips on what to wear to stay warm and dry when the weather isn’t, basic bike maintenance and bike handling techniques and covering the rules of the road from a cyclist’s perspective. It’s the latter that often leads to conÀict between motorists and cyclists. Please see REWARDS, A8

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It was touted as a chance to explore what could be done with the old Pattullo Bridge once a new bridge was completed. The event, last week at New Westminster’s River Market, was organized by local residents Keith Mackenzie and Daniel Fontaine, who hoped to discuss visionary ideas such as a bridge re-purposed for restaurants and cafés, a linear park, or even housing—judging by the preview posts on the event’s Facebook page. Instead, the event was gripped by what are perhaps the more pressing questions of how will the Pattullo be replaced, where, and should it be scrapped altogether. TransLink wants to build a new, six-lane bridge near the old span’s current location by 2018. New Westminster residents have voiced strong concerns about the impact this larger bridge could have on livability, while the City of Surrey is clear that a six-lane bridge is needed. At the event, Gordon Price, director of The City Program at SFU compared the current situation to the opening of the ¿ve-lane Port Mann Bridge in 1964, which paved the way for rapid development in the Fraser Valley.

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