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Jan. 22, 2016 / Gordon Price

Marking a Million Cycling Trips – San Francisco and Vancouver

By way of Michael Alexander:   Ever since the Market Street Bike Counter was installed at Market and 10th Streets in…
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Nov. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Count: October rides on the Burrard Bridge up by 8.8 percent

Ken Ohrn:  . Met up with Arno Schortinghuis this morning to check the Burrard Bridge trip counter and feast on…
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Oct. 05, 2015 / Gordon Price

Count: The Mysterious Burrard Bridge Bike Decline

From Ohrn: . Another puzzling result. For the third month in a row, the number of counted bike rides has…
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Sep. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

The National: “Bike Lane Battle”

The title is needlessly provocative, since this in-depth piece on cycling in Vancouver by CBC’s ‘The National’ covers the story…
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Sep. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn CountUp – Triva

Ken Ohrn keeps track: . For those still interested after the hoo-hah over Burrard’s millionth bike ride, August was another puzzle: Rides…
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Aug. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn CountUp to One Million: The Unknown Cyclist

Ken Ohrn: . Today, August 22, 2015 at 11:15 am. The actual millionth ride took place on the east side…
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Aug. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn CountUp: 1,500 to go

Ken Ohrn: . At midnight, there were about 100 or so per hour — with 1,500 to go to the…
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Aug. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn CountUp: The Millionth Trip … today

Ken Ohrn: . Went to the Bike Vancouver pre-million celebration station today, and had a great time with friends old…
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Aug. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: Rush Hour

. 53,986 to go.…
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Aug. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: Decline

From Ken Ohrn: The July numbers are odd.  Here they are: Bike trips in July 2015    190,332  (A 2.4% decrease…
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Aug. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Diary: The Pink Piano

Dianna is seeing things: Did you know that there’s a pink piano in the middle of the Burrard Bridge? Either…
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Jul. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: Tribes

Ken Ohrn: Burrard’s counter, registering 832,060 rides.  I often overhear passersby on foot and on bikes when they look at the…
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Jul. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

Politics and Engineering on the Burrard Bridge

Well, that only took two decades: Vancouver approves Burrard Bridge upgrade … On Wednesday, after listening to contradictory, but equally impassioned, views…
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Jul. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Cycling in Copenhagen and Vancouver: What really counts

I was curious to see the busiest cycle route in Copenhagen – Norrebrogade – said to be used by 36,000 cyclists a…

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