B.C.’s Leading Active Transportation Experts to Meet in Victoria
The 4th B.C. Active Transportation Summit will take place at the Victoria Conference Centre from October 28 – 30, 2026.
Hosted by the BC Cycling Coalition, the Summit will bring together more than 300 delegates, including 100 speakers, for a series of workshops, presentations and panel discussions over three days to share success stories and lessons learned from pedestrian, cycling, and shared mobility infrastructure projects and programs from across British Columbia.
Credits (clockwise from top-left): Magnolia Hotel and Spa, Destination Greater Victoria, City of Maple Ridge, Dylan Passmore, Destination BC/Andrew Strain
“Bringing Western Canada’s active transportation leaders together in B.C.’s capital is a great way to showcase all the progress that’s been made towards safer, sustainable, more livable, and more affordable communities—for this and future generations,” said Colin Stein, Executive Director of the BC Cycling Coalition. “It is also a unique opportunity for advocates, practitioners and policy leaders to meet face-to-face and learn from their peers.”
Victoria’s cycling advocacy organization Capital Bike is supporting the event as local hosts.
“We’re excited to be collaborating with the BC Cycling Coalition on this year's Summit, and we can’t wait to share the lessons from this city and our region with folks from all across British Columbia," said Ian MacKichan, Executive Director of Capital Bike.
MacKichan highlighted a presentation titled “How Victoria Reached 44% Walk & Bike Mode Share” by Stephanie Williams, a transportation planner from the City of Victoria, taking place on Day 2 of the Summit. "Reaching a 44% active mode share shows Victoria is leading the way in B.C., and possibly in Canada overall.”
This year’s conference is focused on three main themes: Community and Society; Policy and Strategy, and Design, Systems and Network Effects, and will feature keynote speakers Matteo Jarre, a senior Dutch planning consultant, and Adam Olsen, Director, Intergovernmental Relations with Tsartlip First Nation and former MLA for Saanich North and the Islands; and Dean Murdock, outgoing Mayor of the District of Saanich, who will moderate a discussion panel about Vancouver Island’s Island Rail Corridor.
The Active Transportation Summit will also feature a special screening of the film “A Simple Machine”, a luminous, deeply human story about personal freedom, economic independence, and the cost of wanting less in a culture built on more. The screening takes place at the Victoria Conference Centre at 8pm on Wednesday, October 28th, and will feature a Q&A with the director, Portland-based independent filmmaker Mark Alan Hoffman.
For more information on the conference schedule, speakers, and participating organizations, visit bccycling.ca/2026-at-summit.