On Friday, November 30, 2018, the Canadian cycling advocacy community lost a giant in Arno Schortinghuis. It would be impossible the BCCC team to adequately express what Arno meant to the organization, and to cycling in British Columbia, in the nearly two decades he was involved.
Read MoreThe Province of British Columbia’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services have recommended eliminating PST on electric assist bicycles.
Currently, bicycles and transportation fares in BC are exempt from PST charges, and clean energy vehicles are eligible for rebates up to $5,000.
Read MoreA resolution calling on the province to support effort advocacy efforts to modernize the Motor Vehicle Act passed at the 2018 Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) conference.
Moved by The City of New Westminster, the resolution entitled ‘Updating the BC Motor Vehicle Act to Improve Safety for All Road Users’ voiced support for meaningful recommendations toward reform of the Act, as expressed by the position paper ‘Modernizing the BC Motor Vehicle Act’, authored by the Road Safety Law Reform Group of British Columbia.
Read MoreIn collaboration with the Comox Valley Cycling Coalition and Friends of Rails to Trails Vancouver Island, the BCCC has released a report which identifies opportunities to improve cycling and walking transportation, recreation and tourism in the Mid-Vancouver Island Region, specifically the Comox Valley Regional District.
Read MoreRising competitive cycling star Ellen Watters died after having been struck by a motorist near Sussex, NB, in December 2016. Watters, 23, was on a training ride.
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