Comments on: A Carless culture: The bike, part I, getting there http://greenlagirl.com/a-carless-culture-the-bike-part-i-getting-there/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:13:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: parge http://greenlagirl.com/a-carless-culture-the-bike-part-i-getting-there/comment-page-1/#comment-11150 parge Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:59:25 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/08/16/a-carless-culture-the-bike-part-i-getting-there/#comment-11150 Seil, Thanks for the vote of approval! I've been coming here a while too. I realize that if I'm to be as prolific as you are, I should be as active (as in activism) as you are. You've inspired me. I hope we can both continue to entertain, inform, and expand the network of green, rational people. You keep it up too! :) Seil,

Thanks for the vote of approval! I’ve been coming here a while too. I realize that if I’m to be as prolific as you are, I should be as active (as in activism) as you are. You’ve inspired me. I hope we can both continue to entertain, inform, and expand the network of green, rational people. You keep it up too! :)

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/a-carless-culture-the-bike-part-i-getting-there/comment-page-1/#comment-11032 Siel Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:39:57 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/08/16/a-carless-culture-the-bike-part-i-getting-there/#comment-11032 Thanks gals! I'll add the links as an update to the original post :) parge -- I've been following your blog for a while now, cuz it combines 2 of my passions -- atheism and environmentalism! :) Keep it up -- Thanks gals! I’ll add the links as an update to the original post :)

parge — I’ve been following your blog for a while now, cuz it combines 2 of my passions — atheism and environmentalism! :) Keep it up –

]]> By: parge http://greenlagirl.com/a-carless-culture-the-bike-part-i-getting-there/comment-page-1/#comment-10928 parge Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:37:24 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/08/16/a-carless-culture-the-bike-part-i-getting-there/#comment-10928 I haven't found any app for Vancouver, BC cyclers to plan trips per se, but you can get detailed maps of all of the designated bike routes throughout the Lower Mainland (Vancouver and its suburbs) from the translink site: http://www.translink.bc.ca/Maps/cycling_map_guide.asp Translink is the company that works in cooperation with all of the municipalities in the Greater Vancouver Regional District to improve transportation. They're the ones who are not only in charge of the highways and bridges, but also in charge of mass transit, HOV lanes and bike routes. Also, the city of Vancouver has a map application that, aside from being able to view in-depth detail about city streets and properties, you can superimpose different layers that cyclers can benefit from. I like to use the bike routes layer along with the elevation layer, to see if the route I have chosen has any suicidal hills on it. There are quite a few other map layers that are enlightening in their own right. http://vancouver.ca/vanmap/ If the map doesn't appear, you need to install the viewer. It's well worth it though. I haven’t found any app for Vancouver, BC cyclers to plan trips per se, but you can get detailed maps of all of the designated bike routes throughout the Lower Mainland (Vancouver and its suburbs) from the translink site:

http://www.translink.bc.ca/Maps/cycling_map_guide.asp

Translink is the company that works in cooperation with all of the municipalities in the Greater Vancouver Regional District to improve transportation. They’re the ones who are not only in charge of the highways and bridges, but also in charge of mass transit, HOV lanes and bike routes.

Also, the city of Vancouver has a map application that, aside from being able to view in-depth detail about city streets and properties, you can superimpose different layers that cyclers can benefit from. I like to use the bike routes layer along with the elevation layer, to see if the route I have chosen has any suicidal hills on it. There are quite a few other map layers that are enlightening in their own right.

http://vancouver.ca/vanmap/

If the map doesn’t appear, you need to install the viewer. It’s well worth it though.

]]> By: Kristen Atkinson http://greenlagirl.com/a-carless-culture-the-bike-part-i-getting-there/comment-page-1/#comment-10896 Kristen Atkinson Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:29:04 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/08/16/a-carless-culture-the-bike-part-i-getting-there/#comment-10896 SF Bay Area resource: http://bikemapper.mtc.ca.gov/BikeMapper/ I've used 511.org for mapping out many public transportation routes and have always been pleased. I played around with the bikemapper and I'm pretty stoked...I think I'll be using this now too. Good idea! SF Bay Area resource:
http://bikemapper.mtc.ca.gov/BikeMapper/

I’ve used 511.org for mapping out many public transportation routes and have always been pleased. I played around with the bikemapper and I’m pretty stoked…I think I’ll be using this now too. Good idea!

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