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Want better bike lanes? Make room for wheelchairs and mobility scooters

Posted on March 20, 2025 by edoherty

By Eric Doherty I was recently in Amsterdam where wheelchairs and mobility scooters are a common part of the traffic flow on bike and roll routes. This is also starting to happen in many other cities. Netherland’s laws welcome this, … Continue reading →

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Wheelchairs and Mobility Scooters Pave Way for Better Bike and Roll Routes – Video

Posted on September 30, 2024 by edoherty

BC’s outdated legislation, which prohibits the use of wheelchairs and mobility scooters on bike and roll routes including protected bike and roll lanes was a hot topic at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 … Continue reading →

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Traffic Evaporation: Why planners need to understand climate impacts of reallocating road space

Posted on September 30, 2024 by edoherty

This article, published in the peer reviewed journal Plan Canada, documents how road space reallocation to trigger traffic evaporation is an effective way of meeting vehicle travel and greenhouse gas reduction targets. Click here to read the full article https://ecoplanning.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Traffic-Evaporation-Plan-Canada-Fall-2022.pdf

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Making climate justice action accessible: Amnesty’s “Stop Paving Over Our Rights” comic

Posted on December 3, 2022 by edoherty

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 … Continue reading →

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