NEWS RELEASE - BCCC Announces Winners of Attended Bicycle Parking Grant

The BC Cycling Coalition proudly announced the recipients of the Attended Bicycle Parking Grant, aimed at promoting active transportation and enhancing bicycle parking programs across communities. The grant program, funded by the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI), received a strong response from municipalities, firms, and community organizations across the province. Applicants requested more than three times the allocated funding of $200,000, demonstrating significant demand for bicycle parking initiatives.

Cariboo Trail Road Improvements & Walking the Talk in 100 Mile House

Over the past 20 years, residents have voiced their concerns to local officials about feeling unsafe along Cariboo Trail Road. And while their worries were shared by district council, the project seemed out of reach; 100 Mile House pulls in only around $2.6 million in annual tax revenue, and an effective solution was estimated to cost upwards of $1 million.

AT Funding Stories, BlogAnna Lamb-YorskiJanuary 15, 2021100 Mile House, Cariboo Trail, COVID-19, infrastructure, active transportation, grantsComment

Kelowna Sees Public Buy-in for Biking, and is Planning Accordingly

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.

AT Funding Stories, BlogAnna Lamb-YorskiOctober 29, 2020Kelowna, active transportation, grants, MoTIComment

Revelstoke Growth Adds to Push for Cycling Infrastructure

Cycling culture in Revelstoke is big. The town boasts a machine-built mountain bike trail of some renown that runs a full vertical drop of 5,620 feet (and named, naturally, the ‘Fifty Six Twenty’). During a normal school year, the bike racks outside the elementary and high schools in town are packed — hundreds of bikes lined up to one another like dominoes. “There’s great potential to connect what we’ve go. The irony here is that everyone rides, but there are no bike lanes.”

AT Funding Stories, BlogAnna Lamb-YorskiSeptember 9, 2020Revelstoke, grants, provincial government, infrastructureComment

BC Active Transportation Infrastructure Grants Announced by Provincial Government

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.

NewsBCCC AdminJune 25, 2020MoTI, Move Commute Connect, grantsComment