BC Safe Routes Now is a project of the BC Cycling Coalition that provides a map-based inventory of active transportation plans across British Columbia. It can help you find out what your community has planned for walking and cycling, and where active transportation planning may still be needed.
The project was created to make information about active transportation planning easier to find. The BC Active Transportation Planning Map brings together information about plans from communities throughout the province, with particular attention to rural areas and smaller communities.
What can you find?
Select a community on the map to find information about its active transportation planning. Depending on the community, you may find plans for cycling routes, sidewalks, multi-use paths and other facilities intended to make walking and cycling safer and more practical.
The information can also provide a starting point for understanding how a community's transportation network is intended to develop. If your community has an active transportation plan, you can read it and see what improvements have been identified. If it doesn't, the absence of a plan is useful information too.
Why does it matter?
An active transportation plan does not mean that a new bike lane, sidewalk or multi-use path is about to be built. Planning is only one step in the process. Projects still require decisions about priorities, design, funding and construction.
Planning does, however, provide a way to identify problems and establish priorities before individual projects are proposed. It can also help communities consider walking and cycling as part of the transportation system rather than as separate recreational activities.
For drivers, this matters too. Changes to road design can affect where pedestrians and cyclists travel and where motorists can expect to encounter them. Understanding the purpose and design of new facilities makes it easier for everyone to use them safely.
Check your community
If you want to know what has been planned for walking and cycling where you live, the BC Active Transportation Planning Map is a useful place to start. You may find that your community already has a detailed plan, is working toward one, or has little information available yet.
Explore the BC Active Transportation Planning Map to see what is available in your community.
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