Targets to reduce driving by 25% and accelerate mode shifts across B.C. signals a major transformation in transportation. How will the B.C. government follow through?
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In a recent poll, 70% of Kelowna residents supported the building of a cycling grid in their community. As a result, the city is planning for and promoting active transportation; in their most recent official community plan, the City of Kelowna pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 33% by 2030, and providing transportation options for residents that go beyond the motor vehicle is key.
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Yesterday, the Province of British Columbia announced almost $9m in grants awarded to active transportation infrastructure projects in municipalities across the province. The total amount of funding dropped from $10 million in 2019, to approximately $8.4 million in 2020; the total number of projects benefiting from provincial funds dropped by five, from 28 to 23.
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The BC Cycling Coalition has been working with members and stakeholders to develop four sets of recommended actions for the provincial government, which we’ve made public in a document entitled, “Recommendations to the Government of BC: Active Transportation for States of Emergency.”
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This disappointing and somewhat alarming gap in Budget 2020 — and all the related missing pieces in the MoTI Service Plan related to AT — seems to harken back to earlier eras, when cycling was just not part of the provincial conversation. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, active transportation was not really “a thing”, and we had no broad, mainstream cultural imperative driving the everyday discourse towards big, bold moves aimed at resolving existential crises.
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