bike lanes

Karly Nygaard-Petersen, a doctoral student at Royal Roads University, researched what role fun played in people’s uptake of e-scooters and micro-mobility options. (Courtesy of Karly Nygaard-Petersen)

E-scooter uptake highlights role of fun in transportation: Vancouver Island researcher

Royal Roads study looks into how cities can use commuter enjoyment in street adaptation decisions

 

As a video shows, some drivers get confused and wander into these protected lanes with their vehicles - including bike lanes that go in two directions in downtown Victoria.

VIDEO: Confused B.C. driver wanders into bike lanes, struggles to escape

Are some bike lanes poorly designed and confusing for drivers?

 

Approximately one in 20 workers in Victoria consistently biked to work in 2021, according to Statistics Canada’s most recent census. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria, Kelowna top the country in percentage of people cycling to work

Victoria also had the second most people in the country who usually walked to work in 2021, said StatsCan

 

A B.C. cyclist was awarded $261,000 in damages after getting struck by a driver in 2015. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

B.C. cyclist injured after driver turned right on red awarded $261K

James Christopher Rouse says he can no longer bike due to anxiety

A B.C. cyclist was awarded $261,000 in damages after getting struck by a driver in 2015. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
(Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)

Data suggests most B.C. travellers are comfortable sharing multi-use paths with e-bikes

UBC researchers say cities can design multi-use paths to accommodate e-bikes, bikes and pedestrians

(Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
The City of Duncan is considering constructing bike lanes on a portion of Coronation Avenue. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Bike lanes considered for section of Duncan’s Coronation Avenue

Lanes would run between Ypres Road and Trunk Road

The City of Duncan is considering constructing bike lanes on a portion of Coronation Avenue. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Can you dig it? BMX rider and trail builder Dylan King jumps Ucluelet’s new BMX park on a beautiful autumn day. (Nora O’Malley / Westerly News)

Vancouver Island’s West Coast going wild about cycling

Ongoing project will tie Tofino and Ucluelet together with a paved cycling trail

Can you dig it? BMX rider and trail builder Dylan King jumps Ucluelet’s new BMX park on a beautiful autumn day. (Nora O’Malley / Westerly News)
Mayor Lisa Helps posted images of locks she found attached to her bicycle after she left a film screening and presentation Friday evening. (Lisa Helps/Facebook)

Victoria Mayor finds bike “sabotaged”, believes she was intentionally targeted

Mayor Lisa Helps posts images to social media after movie screening

Mayor Lisa Helps posted images of locks she found attached to her bicycle after she left a film screening and presentation Friday evening. (Lisa Helps/Facebook)