UPDATE: For those who can't play the Viddler flash version of the movie below, here's the original MPEG-4 movie
I have a brand new shiny Nokia N95-1 phone for a week and have been tasked with recording my commute.
So here's part of my East Van to Gastown commute from yesterday (I would have done the whole thing but I accidentally forgot to turn the recording on).
Download full res 65 Megabyte MP4 file
Shaky video shot on my Nokia N93 live from my bicycle handheld as I ride from The Tyee school in East Van to Bryght in Gastown.
How do we learn from the lessons of the cycling network in the City of Vancouver to the rest of Metro Vancouver? Check out Paul Hillsdon's Surrey Cycling Initiative for some ideas.
ICYCLE.CA and Moving Pictures Film Festival present a Bike Month screening of Vancouver-set documentary You Never Bike Alone. Q&A follows screening.
Tickets $8 ($6 for Moving Pictures members).
About the film
Drawing on footage filmed in the city over the course of the last decade and through interviews with people from all backgrounds, feature-length documentary You Never Bike Alone captures the fun, the road rage, the camaraderie, and the freakiness of riding a bike in Vancouver.
You Never Bike Alone charts the history of Vancouver's Critical Mass rides from the early “Tame the Lions” rides, that helped bring about better bike facilities on the Lions Gate Bridge, to the wild spectacle of Vancouver's freak bike collective and the World Naked Bike Ride in more recent times.
As well as a humourous and entertaining look at how cyclists are mobilizing, the documentary looks at the implications of transportation decisions by politicians at municipal and provincial levels and asks are we up to the challenge of making a truly liveable city.
For more info about the movie, screenings and to buy the DVD visit the You Never Bike Alone web site
