What have your local committees been up to in the last month
HUB Local Committees have been busy advocating for better biking and safer roads for vulnerable road users - hosting monthly committee meetings, meeting with municipal staff and City Councillors, collaborating with active transportation stakeholders and community groups, hosting social and assessment bike rides and pushing municipalities to expand protection for people on bikes and other vulnerable road users by writing letters and feeding into reports and engagement opportunities.
Here are just a few examples of the initiatives our volunteer advocates have undertaken in the last months to push for safer biking for people of all ages and abilities:
Burnaby: Committee is working with the city to provide feedback on the Southeast Bikeway Upgrade Project. Committee is also hosting a social ride, April 5th.
Delta/TFN: Committee provided feedback on Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall Development and high rise proposal.
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows: Committee continues to support schools who are seeking to create safer active travel options for students and families and are celebrating two Maple Ridge schools who won Bike Awards (Yennadon and Eric Langton Elementary Schools) for their active travel promotion.
New Westminster: Committee is organizing a social bike ride for New Westminster Climate Friendly Homes Tour.
North Shore: Committee provided feedback on Ambleside Commercial Area plan.
Richmond/YVR: Committee continues to focus on advocating for 30 km/h speeds on neighborhood streets. Contact committee if you think your Richmond neighborhood would benefit from this project.
Surrey & White Rock: Submitted a letter on 132nd Street Improvement Project with suggestions on how to make project safer for active travel.
Tri-Cities: Committee met with Metro Vancouver and Port Moody regarding Sasamat Greenway. Committee also presenting to schools on Go By Bike Week.
Vancouver/UBC: Vancouver Committee is celebrating the removal of Maze Gates (aka dismount gates) in Stanley Park.
Regional Advisory Committee (RAC): The Committee has written to the Minister of Transportation to support Bike Fraser Valley's position on the inclusion of active transportation components in the Hwy 1 Corridor Improvement Project.
Learn about the advocacy work in your community, join the next monthly meeting or subscribe to your Local Committee message board.