HUB Cycling: Burnaby Local Committee

 

The Burnaby Local Committee is a volunteer group advocating for safer, more accessible cycling and active transportation in our city. We work with city staff and officials, provincial authorities and other community organizations to push for better infrastructure and to get more people biking and using active travel. We also host events and social rides to celebrate biking and build community across Burnaby.Group of people on bikes standing on a quiet street with cherry blossom tree in background

As one of HUB Cycling’s ten local committees, we're led by residents like you—no experience needed!

Join us for a social ride or attend a monthly meeting to see how you can help improve cycling and active travel in Burnaby.

 

Everyone’s welcome, no experience required.

To get regular updates as well as meeting announcements, agendas, and meeting links, join the Burnaby mailing list via groups.io or follow the committee on their Discord channel. 

 

COMMITTEE INFORMATION

Co-chairs: Sebastian
E-mail: burnaby@bikehub.ca


Get Committee Updates: Join the groups.io mailing list 

Meeting Minutes, Agendas, Examples of Advocacy work:  Burnaby Local Committee Wiki 

Join the discussion:  Join the Burnaby Local Committee's Discord Server 

MEETING INFORMATION

Meetings are currently being held virtually. 

Monthly on 2nd Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm  
Location: Online via Google Meet.
Email burnaby@bikehub.ca to join the next meeting

MEETING CALENDAR

 

What do Local Committees Do?

 

HUB Local Committees are at the heart of HUB's advocacy efforts. Made up of people who live, work, bike, walk, and vote in their communities, committee members bring valuable lived experience to the table. They're in the best position to speak up and push for safety improvements where they matter most. Here are some of the things our committees do:

  • Writing letters to decision-makers
  • Providing feedback on future transportation projects
  • Meeting with politicians, planners, and engineers
  • Organizing rides to assess cycling conditions
  • Hosting community events and building local alliances   
  • Local Committees are the backbone of HUB Cycling’s advocacy, and the work they do has already led to major improvements across the region.

Visit the Committee Wiki pages to see examples of past letters sent to decision makers, committee assessment bike ride infrastructure reports and past meeting minutes.

What are the benefits of joining a Local Committee?

When you join a Local Committee, you get the chance to: 

  • Work directly with municipal staff, elected officials and community organization,
  • Help solve local road and sidewalk problems and learn how they affect local communities ,
  • Build leadership skills and grow your confidence in advocacy and teamwork,
  • Expand your network by connecting with new people who share your passion ,
  • Help improve the livability and safety of neighborhoods.

Everyone is welcome—no experience needed! 

The committee is looking to fill the following positions: 

  • Co-Chair
  • Assessment Ride Leader
  • Events Coordinator
  • Community Liaison 

Please see the Committee Roles and Responsibilities document to see descriptions of roles. Send an email to burnaby@bikehub.ca if you would like to help and take one of these roles!

HUB Cycling views the diversity of our members and communities as assets and strive to create and sustain a diverse and culturally competent organization that reflects the populations we serve. This is central to our mission, “to get more people cycling more often” and to our ongoing efforts to remove barriers to cycling.

2024 Committee Highlights

 

  • Assessing bike infrastructure in Burnaby including producing and submitting three detailed reports and seven letters/emails to city staff and city council directly influencing key bikeway upgrades.
  • Hosting four social rides
  • Celebrating the following infrastructure upgrades in Burnaby for 2024 including:
    • Traffic calming measures in the Edmonds Town Centre and an upgrade to the bike network in the area, including two separated bike lanes (Southpoint Dr. and 18th Ave).
    • Paving a section of the Central Valley Greenway (CVG)
    • Construction on Gilmore Ave included a short section of new Multi Use Path (MUP) filling a critical gap.
    • Removal of two slip lanes at Gilmore & Lougheed and Gilmore & Dawson
    • New MUP on Alpha Avenue.

 

2025 Committee Objectives

Objective One: Continue Strong Assessment Ride Report and Feedback Precedence

Benefits:
By maintaining our strong precedence we can continue to assess infrastructure and provide feedback to relevant parties. Keeping our audience and our desired outcome in mind can keep feedback size and complexity in check. Saving us time from creating a larger and unwieldy ride report that may be unnecessary. Attending open houses after assessing smaller changes provides opportunities to exchange ideas directly with decision makers.

Objective Two: Continue Good Working Relationship with Collaborators

Benefits: Maintains and fosters current positive outlook and perception of the Burnaby Local Committee.

Objective Three: Establish and Maintain Perpetual List of Priorities

Benefits: Provides more structure and direction to our actions.

2022 Municipal Election Survey - Burnaby Survey

Party/AffiliationCandidateDo you think that your city's elected officials are doing enough to address transportation needs of future generations in light of the climate crisis & increases in transportation costs?Will you work to ensure that everyone in your city has equitable access to safe cycling infrastructure?Will you vote in favour of infrastructure projects that separate bicycles from cars and pedestrians in areas of high cycling potential?The budget for bike infrastructure should...Will you be a champion for active transportation on council?
Burnaby Citizens Association
Burnaby Green Party
One Burnaby
Independent
Alison GuNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Sav DhaliwalNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Pietro CalendinoNoYesYesIncreaseYes
James WangNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Daniel TetraultNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Antara DebNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Reah AroraNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Maita SantiagoNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Carrie McLarenNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Jasmine NicholsfigueiredoNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Tara ShushtarianNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Mario MiceliNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Richard N. LiuNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Martin KendellNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Heymann YipNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Deborah SkerryNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Scott Van DenhamNoYesYesIncreaseYes
Konstantine RoccasNoYesYesIncreaseYes
View candidates' long-form answers here.

 

Candidates that have endorsed our Cycling Platform

Reah Arora, Bill Brassington (SB), Pietro Calendino*, Peter Cech (SB), Antara Deb, Sav Dhaliwal*, Alison Gu, Larry Hayes (SB), Martin Kendell, Richard Liu, Carrie McLaren, Jen Mezei (SB), Jasmine Nicholsfigueiredo, Maita Santiago, Mikelle Sasakamoose (SB), Kristin Schnider (SB), Tara Shushtarian, Deborah Skerry*, Daniel Tetrault, Scott Van Denham, James Wang*, Gary Wong (SB), Heymann Yip*

 

Incumbents underlined
*endorsement with reservations
(SB) - School Board Candidate

View reservations here

Burnaby Cycling Maps and Resources

City of Burnaby and TransLink have created maps of the cycling networks in Burnaby to help all cyclists navigate safely and comfortably on their bikes. These maps are updated regularly to provide current information on cycling and show the comfort levels of each route based on how separated it is from traffic. PDF versions of the maps for Burnaby are available at the links below.  Cycling maps for other Metro Vancouver municipalities are available at bikehub.ca/maps.

HUB Cycling also has an extensive list of resources to support you on your active transportation journey!