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Question: I cycle along a rural road near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The road I am talking about has a 60 km/h speed limit and a marked one metre wide shoulder on each side. On garbage pickup days some people place their residential bins on the shoulder. When that occurs cyclists are forced to move over into the roadway. Is this practice allowed?
A recent letter to Castanet in Kelowna titled Keep Riders off Sidewalks highlights a number of safety issues that new modes of active transportation have created. These issues are not restricted to the City of Kelowna and can be found throughout British Columbia.
Are you interested in using active transportation in your community but finding it difficult to get started? The BC Alliance for Healthy Living is offering a free active transportation toolkit to help you.
BC's electric kick scooter pilot project has been given a four year extension. Effective April 5, 2024 some new rules come into effect as the lessons learned in the first pilot that began in 2021 are applied.