Tag: Pedestrian Safety

• Island Pathways – Committed to Safer Walking and Cycling for Over Three Decades

  September 1, 2023: Only seven came to welcome Island Pathways’ President, Bob MacKie, board member Margaretha Nordine, and Treasurer Luke Campbell of its Cycling Salt Spring committee. While the numbers were small, the conversation was rich, and all had the opportunity to participate. Our Territorial Acknowledgment morphed into a brief exploration of some of the events in our colonial history that set…

• That Difficult Balance: Parking Impacts of Creating a Walkable, Cycle-able Ganges

  August 18, 2023: Nine came to this ASK Salt Spring gathering to discuss parking in Ganges. After our Territorial Acknowledgement, a participant expressed deep concern that the Ganges Active Transportation Network Plan (https://www.crd.bc.ca/docs/default-source/crd-document-library/plans-reports/planning-development/salt-spring-island-active-transportation-network-plan.pdf), had been released without specifically reaching out to community members with mobility challenges to get their input. (This plan was presented to the Local Community Commission…

• CRD’s Gary Holman: Dangerous Pedestrian Lanes, Safety, and the Need for Mental Health Services

   December 13, 2019: Thirteen came to this session with Gary Holman. a good surprise as, originally, it had not even been scheduled (nor advertised) due to Thrifty’s need for the room for holiday preparations. Major topics of conversation included:  Our first guest lives at the corner of two major roads and is concerned about her responsibility…