Walking & Bike/Scooter Tours
Optional walking and bike/scooter tours are part of the AT Summit program. Reserve a spot during registration—space is limited.
Official Supplier
E-bikes & scooters for tours supplied by Evolve
All tours depart from the Victoria Conference Centre.
Walking tour participants should expect to walk for up to 90 mins with occasional stops.
Bike/scooter tour participants will be on the go for between 1 and 3 hours with occasional stops.
Day 2
Thu Oct 29 • 5:20-7:00pm
The Uninterrupted Walk
Ferry ride & walking tour—3.5km
Led by Yuval Fogelson (YF City) and Ciara Chamberlaine (Greater Victoria Placemaking Network)
A tour of approximately 90 minutes, beginning with a Victoria Harbour Ferry ride from Causeway Floats opposite the Empress Hotel. From West Bay in Esquimalt, the tour follows the Songhees Walkway to the Johnson Street Bridge, and ends at The Sticky Wicket Bar & Restaurant.
Day 3
Fri Oct 30 • 9:45-11:00am
Building Regional Connections through Data: Collaborative AT Data in the Capital Regional District
Bike/scooter tour—6.5-7km
Led by Nick Armstrong (City of Victoria), Jay Douillard (Capital Regional District), Kara Martin (Eco-Counter)
Staff from the CRD, the City of Victoria and Eco-Counter will lead participants on an exploration of various AT facilities with counters in the two jurisdictions.
The session will offer insight into how collaborative continuous data collection informs infrastructure investment, design, and installation. Attendees will have the chance to see on-the-ground counters perform in real-time and the design details to support their success. At points in the tour, discussion will focus on how open data and shared protocols help municipalities align goals, track regional trends, and communicate the impact of active transportation initiatives.
Participants will leave with practical insights into how collaborative data strategies can strengthen regional multimodal networks and accelerate the shift toward active mobility.
Fri Oct 30 • 10:00 am-2:00pm
Major Street Makeovers: Shelbourne and Sinclair
Bike tour—approx 25km round-trip
Led by Kathleen Gallagher and Troy McKay (District of Saanich)
This tour will explore two completed street transformation projects in Saanich: the Shelbourne Street Improvements Project and the Sinclair Road upgrades. Together, these corridors provide an opportunity to examine how major streets can be reconfigured to better support walking, cycling, transit, and vehicle movement, and how different design approaches perform once fully built and in operation.
Participants will experience both corridors from a cyclist’s perspective, observing how design decisions translate into real world conditions and discussing the successes, challenges, and trade offs inherent in large scale street renewal projects.
The tour requires participants to cycle from downtown Victoria to Sinclair Road and back, for a total distance of up to 25 km round trip. Portions of the ride may use non protected cycling facilities and shared roadways. This tour is best suited to confident riders who are comfortable cycling in a range of on street conditions.
Fri Oct 30 • 1:30-3:00pm
Seeing it in Action: How Residential Developments Can Shape Transportation Hubs Supporting Shared Mobility and Cargo Bike Integration
Bus ride to Vic West - approx 15-min each way
Led by Christian Brandt (Modo), Venkatesh Gopal (movmi), Councillor Dave Thompson (City of Victoria)
Successful transportation hubs are created when policy, development, active transportation infrastructure, and shared mobility services work together. Attendees will experience electric shared mobility integration firsthand through a guided site visit of the Kindred development, which has successfully implemented electric carsharing and incorporated innovative cargo bike parking facilities designed to support young families.
Key learning outcomes:
How Transportation Demand Management (TDM) policies influence development outcomes
How cargo bike parking can be successfully integrated into residential developments
How shared mobility services can complement active transportation infrastructure
How developers can create transportation hubs that reduce private vehicle dependence
Following a 15-minute introduction and project overview, attendees will depart the Victoria Conference Centre, taking a short (approx. 15-min) bus ride to a recently completed multi-unit residential development in Vic West. There, Julian West of Urban Thrive will provide a tour of the 633 Belton Ave development, showcasing how electric carsharing and cargo bike parking were successfully integrated into the project. Participants will learn about the rationale behind the development, key design decisions from the developer's perspective, resident adoption rates, and lessons learned throughout the process.
Ciara (she/her) lives in the Cook/Quadra area of Saanich. She lives gratefully on W̱SÁNEĆ and Lək̓ʷəŋən lands with her two teenage children, as a single parent. Ciara has a background in Planning and facilitation and works with Talking Circle Consultants. She is proud to be able to support planning for more fair, equitable, and just relationships on the land. Ciara is a member of 1Up Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre and has volunteered with the ‘Mom and Mentor’ program for years. Yoga is an important part of her life, and she is a member of both the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada and the Iyengar Yoga Centre of Victoria. Ciara has dedicated decades to her meditation, yoga and contemplative writing practices; she values being in and sharing with community and has facilitated numerous workshops and classes with the intention of creating spaces of safety and belonging where people feel seen and heard.