Cycling group gets rolling
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Promoting safe and easy biking on the island
The Salt Spring Island Transportation Commission wants cyclists to roll up and offer input on ways to improve and encourage cycling on the island.
Commission member Kimi Hendess is trying to gather as many volunteers as possible ahead of the Salt Spring Island Bicycle Working Group’s inaugural meeting on Thursday, Nov. 19.
She hopes the group will provide a venue for island cyclists to inspire the commission on how to improve the island’s cycling infrastructure and promote biking as a way for more people to get to and from work or school.
The community-based advisory group will offer cyclists a laid-back setting to spread awareness of how cycling can improve the health and well-being of individuals and the planet. Hendess foresees monthly meetings where cyclists can develop strategies to promote construction of cycling paths, education programs and other initiatives.
“I’m hoping to encourage new people to come out and get involved who may not have been involved in community issues in the past,” she said. “We want a range of skill sets and areas of interest so people can work on whatever interests them, whether it be research and writing proposals to present to the transportation commission, doing bicycle safety education or whatever else the working group comes up with.”
Group members will work in conjunction with the Ministry of Transportation, Island Pathways and the Salt Spring Transportation Commission.
“This group will pick up on things that have been done by other groups in the past and come up with priorities for the commission,” she said.
For more information about the group, contact ssibicyclewg@gmail.com or call the transportation commission at 250-931-1372.
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