With gas prices expecting to break records, from BEST, we want to let you know that there are some options that you might try to help you through this.

Mobility for senior citizens is important - for shopping, medical appointments, social occasions and continued participation in community life. In the short-term, having older adults drive themselves to avoid COVID risk makes sense. In the longer-term, the liveability and vibrancy of our communities depends on a public transit system to reduce traffic congestion and provide a healthy alternative to driving.

Back in 2017, Vancouver began working on Gastown Complete Streets, a transportation plan for the city's historic Gastown neighbourhood, which included the concept of Vancouver’s first car-light area, transit and cycling improvements, celebrating the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations on whose territory it was founded, and acknowledging the area’s complex history in relation to indigenous people. Then COVID-19 arrived.

The COVID19 pandemic has led British Columbians to rethink the way we move around our communities and how we inhabit the space within them. With the rise of this ‘new normal’ and Dr.Bonnie Henry’s plea to ‘please go outside’, many municipalities are changing how space is allocated to allow for more accessible opportunities for active transportation -- walking included.

New spaces for walking and queuing. Re-allocated travel lanes for cycling and rolling. Expanded patios on streets to support the restaurant sector. These are just a few examples of initiatives being introduced by local governments over the past few weeks to support British Columbians, as we all look for ways to get back to commuting, shopping, dining out and recreation…while also aiming to maintain our distance.

The Climate Emergency Action Plan — announced just months after City Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 — proposes to mitigate some of the causes and effects of climate change by focusing on providing services and amenities close to where people live. Sustainable transportation plays an integral part of the plan, which is why calls one of its strategic pillars How We Move.

On February 28, 2020, HUB Cycling released Benchmarking the State of Cycling in Metro Vancouver, an in-depth report developed in partnership with all Metro Vancouver municipalities and TransLink, the regional transit authority, to provide a snapshot of the extent and quality of the region's bikeway network.