What could you learn by walking to school?

If the colder days, the falling leaves, and the rain in the forecast haven’t made a dent yet, we are here to tell you: It is Walktober!

For the second day of volunteer-led walks from the City of Surrey, we did a 2.3 km route around Green Timbers Urban Forest.

From Living Streets, we couldn't miss the opportunity to join Surrey Walks and their Saturday morning tours. Check this one around Bear Creek Park.

We read that we stopped walking for commuting but we have walked in a more pleasurable way. We have been discovering our neighbourhoods and we have claimed the streets for our on-foot trips.

As BESt celebrates it’s 30th Birthday this month, Momentum Magazine co-founder Amy Biker Walker recommends we revist the roots that set the foundation for who we are today.

We are proud to share about BEST’s own Isabel Garcia and her involvement in the Women4Climate global mentorship program. Isabel is an avid advocate for walking and public transit as an accessible, healthy means of getting around without relying on personal automobile ownership.

We are all aware of how these months have influenced our lives, but if there must be some positive aspect and some hope in our every day, it is that we reassured ourselves that being able to go for a walk is like a lifeline. Walking might be a light physical activity but it encompasses a huge mental exercise.

Today’s walk is about being local and staying close to home. We were very fortunate to have Mary Wilson guide and show us the hidden gems of this part of New Westminster.

Our weekly walking route starts on Edmonds and goes along Byrne Creek.

Naimah Asad is a mom of 3 kids, teacher of Grade 4 in Lord Kelvin and she takes walking seriously. In 2018 they won the first time, while she was full-term pregnant. She kindly answered some of our questions and we wanted to share them with you.

This week, we visited the renewed Pier Park in New Westminster. It officially opened on April 2nd, and we didn’t want to miss it!

For those who like to walk, who are avid walkers, we bring a walking route that might be too long for our standards: 12.5 km. At a slow and comfortable pace could take you around 3 hours to cover. Don’t be intimidated and try parts of the route.

When BEST was started in 1991, it’s roots were the first-hand experiences of cyclists in car-centric cities, with a vision of something better. There was no network of bike lanes on Metro Vancouver’s streets, and the same could be said of cities across North America. Planners were just beginning to wake up to the fact that car infrastructure was strangling the life out of urban and suburban spaces.