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The right to bike
1 Comment | Posted by Padraic in Europe, activism, law, organizations, other cities, police
While this blog has waxed ambivalent on Critical Mass before, I have to say I was heartened to see that the British House of Lords has over-ruled attempet at police restrictions on the event. Essentially, the police wanted to require “prior notice of the ride’s date, time and route and the names and addresses of [...]
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Why Belgium does it better (part 2)
2 Comments | Posted by Ben in Europe, activism, bike paths, design, other cities, photos
Part two of this two-part post on why Belgium does it better has to do with bike paths. Or, rather, what we in Canada call bike paths. In Belgium it’s more like a expansive network of exclusive bike roads linking all of the Flemish-speaking region.
Last weekend, my girlfriend and I took off from Brussels for [...]
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Why Belgium does it better (part 1)
0 Comments | Posted by Ben in Europe, activism, events, other cities, road closures
This will be part one of my two-part post on why Belgium does it better. As a quick backgrounder, I’m spending 5 months in Brussels on exchange from my studies at the University of Ottawa. This post is about Car Free Day, and really it’s not just Belgium that does this better, it’s most of [...]
