New Westminster

Why Get Involved?

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
   

Local Committees take action through:
 

• 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.

Get involved, build your skills, and help shape a safer, more bike-friendly future for your community.

How you can support the New Westminster Committee

• Attend monthly HUB-New Westminster meetings to identify cycling issues and to provide input on cycling projects
• Help organize monthly HUB-New Westminster meetings by booking meeting rooms and organizing online meeting options
• Provide input on cycling projects to the City of New Westminster and other organizations such as TransLink and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure through letter writing, in-person meetings with staff, and participation in engagement opportunities
• Email HUB-New Westminster contacts about cycling projects, events, and public engagement opportunities
• Plan and assist with HUB-New Westminster’s participation in events such as Go by Bike Week and Car Free Day by coordinating participants, sponsors, and volunteers and picking up supplies (eg refreshments and bike maps)
• Raise public awareness of cycling projects, events and public engagement opportunities by posting on social media
• Plan and participate in inspection rides of cycling routes 

Send an email to newwestminster@bikehub.ca if you would like to join in and help make cycling better in New Westminster.
Join our mailing list on groups.io to get updates, meeting announcements, and meeting links. Everyone is welcome, no experience in advocacy or active transportation is required!
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2025 Action Plan

Objective One: Provide input into Active Transportation Network Plan (ATNP)

Benefits:
Position HUB New West as key stakeholder in discussion around Active Transportation.

Objective Two: Support Local Youth

Benefits:
Foster relationships with the local community and engage the next generation of AT advocates.

Objective Three: HUB SD40 Bike Friendly Buildings Report

Benefits: Increase safe active travel by children to school

News & Current Issues

• Q2Q Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge
• Waterfront Connections between Pier Park and Sapperton Landing
• City of New Westminster Master Transportation Plan.
• Central Valley Greenway—Read more
• Development of links from and through New Westminster to neighbouring municipalities along with better signage including to Burnaby across Tenth Avenue
• Safety and comfort for cyclists on local bridges, including the Pattullo Bridge upgrades
• Routes to facilitate hill climbing in New Westminster such as the Golden Hill route
• Safe routes to school and bike facilities at the new high school
• Sidewalk Cycling - cycling on sidewalks isn't permitted in most of Greater Vancouver. Maple Ridge and New West are exceptions (although HUB does not necessarily support cycling on sidewalks anywhere).

2024 Successes

• Committee is celebrating the addition of some new, separated bike infrastructure (not yet complete) to East Columbia St by the hospital.
• City of New West added 20 Lime e-bike sharing stations spread across downtown & Uptown .
• New Westminster installed about two dozen bike parking racks at locations requested by HUB-NW
• A new short multi-user path was completed along McBride Boulevard.
• There's been significant progress on improving the BC Parkway along Stewardson Way but the project is not yet complete.