In a unanimous vote at Mar 9th Committee meeting, Brampton Council said yes to the 2022 implementation schedule of the Active Transportation Master Plan. This includes $8.6 million budget for education, programs, bike lanes, pedestrian crossings, counters, initiating a bicycle friendly business program, updating the city’s cycling map, and supporting Bike the Creek signature cycling…

Cycling Chronicles Vol 11 What makes a memorable bicycle ride? Most people think only of epic rides as being memorable. However, cycling being what it is, an up close and personal way to travel, lends itself to the pleasure of seeing things and talking to people you normally just pass by in a car. As…

Variations in speed are felt to a much greater degree on a bicycle than any other form of transportation. When you have the “hammer down”, using human power to propel yourself faster than a horse and rider, and even some of the early automobiles, you feel at one with your bicycle and the road. At…

You may not think that physics has much to do with bike riding. Staying upright on a bicycle is a lesson in physics and mastering of balance points. The amazing thing is that once these principles are learned, usually as a young child, they become ingrained and are never really forgotten. This universal truth is…

What has psychology of brain function during stress have to do with cycling? I wonder how the fight or flight instinct relates to what happens at the time of survival decision making. It has everything to do with cycling, especially cycling in an urban environment. Whether you realize it or not, you are making many…