BC’s outdated legislation, which prohibits the use of wheelchairs and mobility scooters on bike and roll routes including protected bike and roll lanes was a hot topic at the 2024 BC Active Transportation Summit in New Westminster. Where high quality bike and roll routes exist, more and more people are using them to travel on wheelchairs and mobility scooters despite the provincial government asserting it is illegal to do so Tanisha Sepuleda of Disability Rights Washington (‪@DisabilityRightsWA‬) discusses how they use bike and roll lanes in the Seattle area, where it is legal to do so. Dr Brett Petzer, cycling infrastructure consultant at ‪@Mobycon‬ in Amsterdam, Netherlands, explains that wheelchairs and mobility scooters use “has made the coalition for good cycling infrastructure far more powerful.” Find our more about the Summit at https://bccycling.ca/at-summit-2024

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Amnesty International Canada has published a comic book that makes the connections between transportation, climate, and human rights easy to understand. Stop Paving Over Our Rights: How to have fewer cars, less pollution, and better transportation for all follows Andy and Samira as they organize against a highway expansion project in their neighbourhood.

Read the full blog by Eric Doherty on Amnesty International Canada’s website at https://amnesty.ca/features/making-climate-justice-action-accessible-amnestys-stop-paving-over-our-rights-comic/