On Wednesday, June, 18th, the City Standing Policy Committee on Land Use, Planning and Transportation met to debate new cycling and pedestrian policies designed to make Calgary a better place to bike to work. Only two long distance commuters, Dave Fryett and myself, were present out of Calgary’s estimated five thousand commuting cyclists. We were joined by Peter Tombrowski who is a pedestrian commuter and author of the book ‘Urban Camping – a Testament to Living Without a Vehicle’.

By all accounts Bicycle Victoria has ended with another stunningly successful year of operation. Started in the mid-seventies, sometime long ago Melbourne Australia’s largest recreational cycling club forgot it was only a bike club and metamorphosed into an example of one of the world’s most successful non-government organizations. This year marked the first time membership grew by ten thousand members. Bicycle Victoria now has over forty thousand members.